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News regarding hydrological problems of the country for the year 1999-2000: A report by National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 29 Jul, 2010 07:07 AMThe report presents the hydrologic information and news available from print media and various government agencies mostly for the year 1999-2000 compiled problem-wise and basin-wise for the whole country.
Step by step: Achieving sustainable sanitation - Lessons from civil society experiences - A report by Arghyam
Posted on 29 Jul, 2010 02:19 AMSeveral concerns were raised during the discussions on the the manner in which the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) was being implemented, followed by identification of steps that were needed to ensure social, technical, institutional, financial and environmental sustainability of the programme.
The discussions revealed that:
- The TSC indeed led to the mainstreaming of sanitation in India. However, more emphasis was placed on hardware targets, while social mobilisation had been largely ignored. Thus, inspite of increase in the coverage of toilets, their usage and sustainability had remained low.
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2010 National Urban Water Awards (NUWA) - Invitation for applications
Posted on 27 Jul, 2010 10:35 AMImage courtesy: NUWA
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, invites nominations for the National Urban Water Awards 2010.
The National Urban Water Awards Awards (NUWA) have been instituted by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Government of India, to recognize, inspire and celebrate excellence in urban water management.
These awards have been instituted with the explicit purpose of honoring urban local governments, water boards and organizations who have demonstrated improvements in service delivery of water through effective water management practices. The awards aim is to provide a forum to showcase urban initiatives and inspiring models in water managements.
Research outputs from National Institute of Hydrology for 1996 to 2001
Posted on 24 Jul, 2010 09:25 PMThe research outputs from National Institute of Hydrology have been divided according to the year of creation below. You can also view an excel spreadsheet
Planning of crop and water management practices using weekly rainfall data - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 24 Jul, 2010 10:40 AMThe report presents a methodology for planning of crop and water management practices using weekly rainfall data.
Daily rainfall-runoff modeling using deterministic and stochastic approaches – A research report by National Institute of Hydrology
Posted on 23 Jul, 2010 11:09 PMThe report discusses the application of deterministic and stochastic approaches in daily rainfall-runoff modeling. The structure of a simple hydrologic water balance type conceptual model of daily time scale is discussed and tested on three catchments of India. Further, the deviations of historic and computed runoff series obtained by using the model, which indicate the error in the fitting of model, is analyzed and used to improve the predicted flows.
Proposing a National River Authority of India (NRAI)
Posted on 23 Jul, 2010 04:29 PMIntervening at the urgency of the water situation of the country and need in larger interest of the people and nation from political, legal, social, administrative, commerce,trade,cultural, world tourism angles, apart from agricultural and drinking water angle; annual devastation by floods,and loss by drought. One single Authority, with P.M. as Chairman may hopefully bring expected and good results in river management; riverine rejuvenation - National River Authority of India
Here is a draft proposal for such an authority to be created.
We are looking for collaborations on making this a reality.
Please post your comments.
Study of the Investment Ecosystem in Cleantech!
Posted on 23 Jul, 2010 03:54 PMYou need to raise money, understand the investment ecosystem!
No matter how wonderful an idea solves a problem it needs capital!
Clean technology is and will always be capital intensive because, it is in the infant stage requiring R&D and serves a huge chunk of the population.
Water jobs via Devnetjobs dated 21st July, 2010
Posted on 21 Jul, 2010 02:45 PMContent Courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
- Short Term Consultant in Monitoring and Evaluation
Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia
Location: MP, HP and Karnataka
Last Date: July 23, 2010
Synergos Fellowship for NGOs working for the Poor
Posted on 21 Jul, 2010 10:43 AMImage and Content Courtesy: Synergos
The Senior Fellows Network is comprised of distinguished international civil society leaders committed to collaborative efforts that address the underlying causes of poverty and inequity.