A two day workshop on "Safe guard Future drinking water supply in Odisha", was organised on 29-30 April 2010. This event was as a result of cooperation between Gram Vikas, UNICEF, Deltares and ICCO (organisations involved in water supply and sanitation) and evolved out of a felt need to engage people from diverse fields to provide inputs for designing future courses of action.

The workshop had the following objectives:

• To conduct the current situational analysis of water quality in Odisha from monitoring to date;
• Increase awareness of the importance of groundwater monitoring (quality and quantity);
• Discuss and exchange of experience on Odisha’s rural drinking water issues in terms of water resources;
• Improve cooperation in the water sector and exchange

The meeting involved 13 technical discussions, followed by group work and formulating the next steps.

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