Praveena Sridhar
Praveena Sridhar
Drought-free in Maharashtra – six small villages, one big lesson
Posted on 10 Jun, 2013 02:09 PMMaharashtra is reeling under a drought – one of the worst in the last 40 years. The state declared drought in 125 out of 358 talukas during kharif 2012-13, and then declared water scarcity in 3,905 villages in rabi 2012-13.
"Bottle it up: We can use it" - Scientific studies on human urine - A presentation by Arghyam
Posted on 10 Feb, 2012 11:13 AMThis presentation by Arghyam includes the results of doctoral study done by G Sridevi under the guidance of Prof.
Water owned by all and used by all
Posted on 30 Mar, 2010 02:17 PMThis is cross posted from my blog (link). I wanted to introduce the idea of common pool resources, on which there is a whole new body of work coming up lately. This had won Elinor Ostrom the 2009 Nobel Prize. For water sector, I believe this theory can definitely yield some new insights. And it all starts with a question "Who owns the water?'
Analysis of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam in the Amazon rainforest
Posted on 07 Feb, 2010 10:34 PM 
Photo from International Rivers
Nature Conservancy a decade ago estimated the value of earth’s ecosystem services to be at least $33trillion a year. At the time of estimation it was close to gross world product. Something about that figure wasn’t quite clear and I always wondered how they managed to come up with the number.
No mention of water issues in the high-level discussions in Copenhagen
Posted on 07 Dec, 2009 12:56 PMEver since the tide of COP 15 related news swelled across the media and press releases in various parts of the world, I have been wondering if climate issues are different from that of water. Perhaps water doesn't count as a valid climatic element or may be it doesn't make the argument any stronger than what carbon emissions and global warming can do!
Speakers and presentations of WHSC 2009 day 3 : Ashok Jaitly talks about the policy issues on water conservation
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:58 AMAshok Jaitly, Water Resources Department, TERI
Policy issues in water conservation
Habil Attarwala, Furaat Earth Ltd., Gujarat
Recommendations of the Working Group meeting on technological issues related to groundwater - Day 2
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:32 AMAttending today's technology sessions, I couldn't help thinking about what Carl Sagan once remarked about science and technology. He noted,
Case presentation on what works in Rain Water Harvesting ( RWH)
Posted on 25 Nov, 2009 06:15 AMObserving water harvesting from many different geographies, demographies and cultural setups, we have different approaches emerging to address the situation! The following are the cases presented by the speakers from their regions of work, who have come to understand and identify what works in RWH.
Traditional techniques of water management - Interesting cases presented by Farhad Contractor & Rajendra Singh
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 09:58 PMRajendra Singh of Tarun Bharat Sangh and Farhad Contractor of Sambhaav Trust, had
Speakers and presentations of the WHSC 2009 Day 2 : Rajendra Singh emphasises the need for decentralized water management
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 05:11 AM