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Live feed: WSSCC Global Forum on Sanitation & Hygiene - 9-14 October 2011, Mumbai
Posted on 13 Oct, 2011 10:22 AMWe all know the statistics: 2.6 billion people around the world are without access to a basic toilet. Diarrhoea – the vast majority of it due to poor sanitation and hygiene – is the second biggest killer of children worldwide.
Between us, we also have many of the answers. We have experiences of low-cost technologies that are acceptable and affordable for poor communities in rural areas. We have been involved in designing communications programmes that have contributed to sustained behaviour change.
We have seen governments and civil society working together to set up policies and programmes that ensure access to better sanitation in challenging settings, such as crowded informal settlements in fast-growing megacities. We have also seen businesses grow up around sanitation and hygiene, allowing individuals to make a dignified living and clients to buy the sorts of products and services they want and need.
Social exclusion and policy recommendations for the 12th Plan - WASH News and policy update
Posted on 11 Oct, 2011 09:52 PMContent courtesy: India WASH Forum
Women and water - A collection of papers - Economic and Political Weekly - Volume XLVI - Number 18 - April 30 (2011)
Posted on 07 Oct, 2011 07:31 PMIt does this in the context of the new decentralised governance structures that are based on the assumption that domestic water supply is the legitimate domain of women and thus power and authority needs to be granted to women to manage water resources.
However, there is a very little understanding of how this has benefited women and what are the challenges experienced during the process of implementation or the outcomes gained from these processes, in the context of the Indian society that continues to propogate patriarchal values and is based on structures that are inherently hierarchical and inequitable.
Some of the papers dwell on and explore the inherent biases in the literature and make an attempt to understand their implications for women in managing water resources, while some of the papers share case studies on the outcomes of the implementation of the decentralised water management policies at the village level.
Polluted river stretches in India: Criteria and status - A report by Central Pollution Control Board
Posted on 04 Oct, 2011 10:53 PMThis brief report by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) presents an analysis of the monitoring of the water quality in India under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme. The water quality data for the years 2002-2008 has been analysed and monitoring locations exceeding the water quality criteria have been identified as polluted locations with respect to risk.
Water and wastewater analysis – A guide manual by Central Pollution Control Board
Posted on 03 Oct, 2011 10:14 PMThis guide manual on water and wastewater analysis prepared by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), caters to the need of evolving a simplified code of practice for the lab
Cabinet approves new Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Bill (2011)
Posted on 01 Oct, 2011 11:42 AMContent courtesy: Press Information Bureau
The Cabinet has taken a decision to place a proposal with Parliament to introduce the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill (MMDR Bill), 2011, in terms of the National Mineral Policy, 2008 and also repeal the existing Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
Imagine H2O invites for prize and incubator - Competitions for water innovation
Posted on 30 Sep, 2011 11:10 PMImagine H2O is a not-for-profit company with a mission to inspire & empower people to solve water problems. Its vision is to turn water challenges into opportunities.
Water conservation through better irrigation
Posted on 26 Sep, 2011 11:30 AMArticle and image courtesy: IndiaWaterReview
The agriculture sector in India, like elsewhere in the world, remains the largest consumer of water. As much as 80-85 per cent of India's available water resources are deployed annually in the agriculture sector, with industry being the second-most largest water consumer. But, contrary to the amount of efforts being put among industrial consumers to bring down their water consumption, agriculturists remain stuck on age-old methods and systems that lead to wastage of water.
So, while industry has been spending money on conducting in house research and development (R&D) to bring down their overall water consumption for making goods and products as well as deploying technologies that treat and reuse water and wastewater better, the agriculture sector has maintained status quo. Across India, farmers are still using flood irrigation methods for their crops. Most of them have not even head of drip irrigation or are so poor that they cannot afford to invest in drip irrigations systems.
WSP-South Asia invites Short Term Consultants for SDA, Orissa, Bihar, MP, Karnataka & Meghalaya
Posted on 26 Sep, 2011 09:55 AMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia.org
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe and sustainable access to water and sanitation services.
EU supported programme on urban local bodies in development - Call for proposals - Apply by November 18, 2011
Posted on 25 Sep, 2011 07:24 PMIndia and the European Union (EU) are committed to an equal and dynamic dialogue on all areas of mutual of interest and concern as major actors in their own regions, and as emerging global players on the world stage. In today’s rapidly evolving international order, India and the EU are increasingly called upon to play major roles, both within their respective regions and beyond. The challenge for both is to strengthen the EU-India partnership through institutional and civil society frameworks and mechanisms that will sustain the necessary political will to fully realise all joint endeavours.