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Enhancing crop water productivity to ameliorate groundwater decline - Article from Current Science
Posted on 15 Nov, 2010 10:55 PMThe following article is a literature survey of water management interventions taken up in Indian fields to improve the water productivity which would in turn reduce the groundwater decline.
Model Schools: Suvarna Jala - A status report by Arghyam (2009)
Posted on 15 Nov, 2010 10:46 PMThis is a status report of Arghyam's sponsored efforts to develop and showcase community managed water and sanitation systems in 17 schools of 7 districts of Karnataka.
The Government of Karnataka through its Suvarna Jala Yojana aims at providing drinking water in 23,683 rural government schools. This was funded to the tune of Rs 7735 lakh. Arghyam conducted a survey of this scheme in 2007 in 7 districts to ascertain the status of the scheme. The survey found out that out of the 1269 rainwater harvesting structures completed by November 2006 only 140 structures were functional.
Technology options for household sanitation - A report by the Ministry of Rural Development and UNICEF
Posted on 15 Nov, 2010 10:14 PMAs part of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), the Ministry of Rural Development under the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission and UNICEF have brought out a compedium that details the various sanitation technologies available to above and below poverty line households .
The authors have divided the report into three subjects - the first being the need for household sanitation and the extent of the problem in rural India. The second section looks at sanitation technology in general with a focus on rural areas and technologies for different conditions. The third part deals with operation and maintenance of such technologies and includes a chapter on components of a toilet.
Climate change and its impact on groundwater – A presentation by ACWADAM
Posted on 13 Nov, 2010 09:38 PMThis presentation by ACWADAM deals with climate change and its impacts on long-term replenishment of groundwater. The presentation provides an overview of the current insights and knowledge on climate change impacts and gives an overview of best options for developing and safeguarding groundwater resources.
Policies and laws related to urban infrastructure - A collection
Posted on 13 Nov, 2010 01:07 AMIndia Water Portal has recently uploaded a set of important policies and laws. This collection pertains to urban infrastructure, water supply and more.
Policies and laws related to climate change and environment - A collection
Posted on 13 Nov, 2010 01:03 AMIndia Water Portal has recently uploaded a set of important policies and laws. This collection pertains to climate change, environment, disaster management and more.
Policies and laws related to water bodies, water pollution and regulation - A collection
Posted on 13 Nov, 2010 01:00 AMIndia Water Portal has recently uploaded a set of important policies and laws. This collection pertains to water bodies, water pollution and regulation and more.
Policies related to conservation of water bodies
UN Water is looking for Chief Technical Advisor
Posted on 12 Nov, 2010 12:56 PMContent and Image Courtesy: UN Water
UN-Water is the interagency mechanism established in 2003 by the Chief Executive Board and the High Level Committee on Programmes of the United Nations to promote coherence and coordination in UN system actions aimed at implementing the agenda defined by the Millennium Declaration and the World Summit on Sustainable Development as it relates to its scope of work.
UN-Water is seeking a new Chief Technical Advisor to support its broad range of activities in pursuing the continued promotion of coherence and coordination within the UN System initiatives related to all aspects of freshwater and sanitation, as well as water resource management.
Status of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in urban areas – A research study by CPHEEO (2005)
Posted on 11 Nov, 2010 10:16 PMThis study by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) assesses the status of water supply, sanitation and solid waste management in selected 300 cities and towns of India including all metropolitan cities and selected Class I and Class II urban centres. It estimates the requirement of funds for full coverage of population by these services in the urban areas of the country from 1999 to 2022 (at five yearly intervals). Overall, the study confirms the normal notion that the metropolitan cities are better provided for than the other size class of urban centres.
Effective interventional approach to control anaemia in pregnant women through avoidance of flouride - Current Science paper
Posted on 11 Nov, 2010 07:33 PMThis paper from Current Science deals with anaemia in pregnancy and low birth weight babies, which can lead to maternal and infant mortality, and continues to plague India and several other countries despite nutritional counselling and maternal iron and folic acid supplementation. It reports the results of fluoride avoidance as an approach to address the issue. The methodology of the research entailed the following -