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Steps to create awareness about rainwater harvesting and encouragement to states for implementation of rainwater harvesting projects - PIB release
Posted on 25 Feb, 2011 10:41 AMGiving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on the average annual rainfall and rainwater harvesting, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Water Resources, said that rain water is harvested through surface storages and recharge of ground water.The total storage capacity created through major and medium projects is around 225 BCM. The data on quantum of rainwater harvested through groundwater recharging is 433 BCM. Ministry of Water Resources does not maintain the data on quantum of water harvested due to manmade structures separately.It is estimated that the water utilized in 2010 is about 681 BCM.
A map of World Water Day 2011 events across India
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 04:09 PMWelcome to the World Water Day Events 2011.
"The continuing farce called conditional clearances" - Dams, Rivers and People
Posted on 24 Feb, 2011 10:55 AM
Aerobic systems : A unique system of sewage treatment in septic tanks
Posted on 22 Feb, 2011 12:22 PMThis naturally results in two ill effects : (i) Increasing Pollution with untreated sewage and (ii) wasting of water, specially if it can be better treated and reused to an extent.
Water jobs via DevNetJobsIndia.org dated 16th February, 2011
Posted on 17 Feb, 2011 12:16 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
- Consultants (implementing watershed projects)
Nabcons, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NABARD
Location: Udaipur (Rajasthan), Pune, Amravati and Jalna (Maharashtra)
Last Date: 15th March, 2011
- Scientific Officer - Groundwater Hydrology and Remote Sensing/GIS
International Water Management Institute
Location: Hyderabad
Last Date: 15th March, 2011
Supreme court judgement on common lands - Jagpal Singh versus State of Punjab (2011) - Guest post by Subbarao Prabhala
Posted on 17 Feb, 2011 12:24 AMIt lays down in no uncertain terms the rights of citizens over the what in the West are called 'Commons' . Even the well-informed among us are not aware of their rights over such public spaces.
The Order states that :
Groundwater Information System - Data on groundwater quality and level for all states of India from 2005-09 from the Central Groundwater Board
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 12:45 PM
Steps to access the data:
Understand water conflicts around India with the help of Google Maps - Water Conflicts Forum
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 12:42 PMWe are beginning this effort with the conflicts that we have already documented by the Forum. You could also contribute to this effort by sending in abstracts of conflict cases that you know.
Western Ghats Portal (WGP) is looking for a Project Manager
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 10:43 AM
The Western Ghats Biodiversity Open Collaborative Information System or Western Ghats Portal (WGP) is a joint project between French Institute of Pondicherry and Strand Life Sciences, representing India Biodiversity Portal. WGP is being funded by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. CEPF is a global programme that works towards safeguarding biodiversity hotspots by providing strategic assistance to non-governmental organizations, community groups and other civil society partners. ATREE is the Regional Implementation Team to implement the conservation strategy outlined in the Western Ghats Ecosystem profile in partnership with CEPF.
Ancient, traditional water and agricultural management systems - A collection of papers from the national seminar on water and culture, organised at Hampi, by Sahayoga and Kannada University (2007)
Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 06:28 AMA National Seminar on Water and Culture was organised by Sahayoga and Kannada University between June 25-27 2007. The seminar was intended to provide useful documentation to those working on water and agricultural management systems, those interested in integrating these traditional techniques with modern practices and to those working towards providing sustainable access to water and food, for all common citizens.