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Scientific and Technological Approaches for Sustainable Use of Water Resources - GIST Convention, Pune
Posted on 14 Sep, 2010 02:23 PM
Organizers:
- Vijnana Bharati
- Maharashtra Education Society
Topics:
- River Basin Hydrology & Climate change
- Water & Irrigated Agriculture
- Water for Energy
- Water for Environment
- Water for Drinking, Domestic & Industrial Use
Venue: Maharashtra Education Society's Abasaheb Garaware College Karve Road, Pune 411004 (Maharashtra) India
Description:
Global Indian Scientists and Technocrats (GIST) forum is a unique knowledge exchange platform for Indian scientists and technocrats spread within the country and across the world. The forum will facilitate to give a holistic approach using science & technology for creating definitive path towards sustainable development
Third edition of Genpact NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours 2011
Posted on 13 Sep, 2010 03:19 PMContent and Image Courtesy: NASSCOM Foundation
Training on rainwater harvesting in semi-arid regions, IRHA, Maharashtra
Posted on 03 Sep, 2010 11:38 AMBabhli water conflict: Less water, more politics - EPW article
Posted on 01 Sep, 2010 02:13 PMThis paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly highlights the recently growing conflicts over water sharing between states in India and argues that the intensity and periodicity of these conflicts are increasing and that these conflicts are expected to get worse with the increasing uncertainty of rainfall and water availability. The document goes on to describe the latest one in the news, the conflict between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh over the Babhli barrage.
Augmenting groundwater resources by artificial recharge: A case study of Kolwan valley by ACWADAM
Posted on 24 Aug, 2010 04:19 PMThe presentation by ACWADAM deals with a case study of augmenting groundwater resources by artificial recharge in Kolwan valley, Mulshi taluka, Pune. The DfID funded project was undertaken by the British Geological Survey in collaboration with its partners in India from 2002–2005. The objectives of the study were:
- Improved knowledge of the impacts of managed aquifer recharge in different physical and socio-economic settings.
- Guidance on scope and effectiveness of managed aquifer recharge for implementers, funders and policy makers.
- Dissemination of knowledge.
Participatory Communication and Action – Approaches, tools, processes, media matter, Deolali, Nashik, Maharashtra
Posted on 23 Aug, 2010 10:21 AMOrganizer: Media Matters
Status of urban water supply, sanitation and solid waste management - CPHEEO data (2005)
Posted on 06 Aug, 2010 11:11 AMThis link on the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO) website, presents data related to the status of the urban water, sanitation and solid waste management in India. The data includes information on:
- Status of water supply (physical)
- Status of urban water supply (financial)
- Status of urban sewerage/sanitation system
- Status of low cost sanitation
- Status of solid waste management
Data is included from different states in India namely Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Pondicherry, Sikkim and Tamilnadu respectively.
Possibility of revival of dug wells in hard rock India through recharge: A discussion paper by CAREWATER
Posted on 03 Aug, 2010 08:07 PMThe discussion paper by Carewater INREM Foundation on possibility of revival of dug wells in hard rock India through recharge is based on a field study across ten districts of the country. The study seeks to understand how localized governance of groundwater in hard rock areas is to be pursued through pricing (water, energy), legal regulation and community institutions. Water supply augmentation and demand management are both to be taken care of, directly through regulation or through indirect instruments such as pricing.
K-East Ward Mumbai Water Distribution Improvement Project (WDIP): FAQs compiled by CASUMM
Posted on 01 Aug, 2010 03:58 PMThis document by Collaborative for the Advancement of the Study of Urbanism through Mixed Media (CASUMM) provides details about the K-East Water Distribution Improvement Project (WDIP) started in Mumbai, in the form of FAQs.
It argues that the very way in which the project is being planned and implemented, indicates that the agenda of the donor organisations is to gradually push for the privatisation in the water sector.
Water distribution improvement "World Bank style" in K-East Ward Mumbai - A working paper by CASUMM
Posted on 01 Aug, 2010 03:43 PMIn this document by CASUMM, the author raises important questions regarding the recent trends towards privatisation of water supply in Indian cities by discussing the case of the water supply scheme project in the K-east ward of Mumbai.
The privatisation of the water supply scheme, which has been implemented through grants by the World Bank (WB) raises serious questions regarding the intentions of the international organisations that fail to take into consideration the local context and the needs of the people and focus exclusively on profit making.