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Award-winning initiatives taken up by the City Managers' Association Karnataka on urban water management - Case studies
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PMThe following case studies describe the work of the City Managers' Association Karnataka in water management covering rainwater harvesting, watershed development, drinking water and water body restoration initiatives, set in an urban context. These initiatives were implemented in association with urban local bodies - Town Municipal Council Kundapura, Town Municipal Council Hosadurga, City Municipal Council Chitradurga, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC).
Electrical well logging techniques for ground water exploration
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 08:12 AMA concise explaination of the techniques used for groundwater exploration.Electrical well logging is a kind of geophysical logging tool for ground water exploration. It involves the continuous recording of electrical resistance, resistivity and spontaneous potential (SP) of formations of a drilled bore hole. This helps to identify the formations and also delineate freshwater aquifers from saline aquifers.It is also used to delineate the fracture system in hard-rock terrain, for rejuvenation of poor/low-yielding bore wells.
Mumbai college -- need a speaker on water quality
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 06:02 PM
We are planning a conference on water purification processes in February 2010. Can we seek participation of an expert in giving a talk to the students for 45-60 minutes?
Regards,
Dr R S Waghmare
Thadomal Shahani Engg College
Rd No 32 TPS III Near National College Bandra(W) Mumbai 400050
Floods in AP,India - Concept Note to Enable the Flood Affected Communities in Rehabilitation and Disaster Management
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 05:58 PM'Alliance for 5 Life Sustaining Elements' ( ALSE), is a group of 6 senior NGOs (list is available in the concept note) who are working in the rural development sector since 2 to 3 decades in Andhra Pradesh, have collective
Contact information of nodal officers for flood relief in Belgaum, Bijapur and Gadag
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 05:42 PM
We thank Sevabharati Karnataka, www.sevabharatikarnata.org from where we have picked up these files.
Sevabharati Karnataka - Information on the organisation
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 05:37 PMSevabharati Karnataka is one of the organisations working on relief work. They are planning to build 2349 homes at a cost of Rs. 1 Lakh each in 19 villages across 7 affected districts. More information is available at their site:
http://www.sevabharatikarnataka.org
Nominate an outstanding innovation for the Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 03:44 PMNestlé Prize
Do you know of a project that will have a significant impact on water management or access to clean water? Nominate it for the Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value!
Groundwater quality scenario in Karnataka state - District-wise individual reports (2004)
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 03:36 PMAs part of its committment to provide safe drinking water to its rural communities, the Karnataka State Government as part of its World Bank-assisted Jal Nirmal Yojana program, implemented through the Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, took an initiative to adopt a Geographical Information System (GIS) approach to develop a Spatial Information and Knowledge base on groundwater quality of Karnataka.
Floods in AP,India - Concept Note to Enable the Flood Affected Communities in Rehabilitation and Disaster Management
Posted on 27 Oct, 2009 01:41 PM'Alliance for 5 Life Sustaining Elements' ( ALSE), is a group of 6 senior NGOs (list is available in the concept note) who are working in the rural development sector since 2 to 3 decades in Andhra Pradesh, have collective