Presentations

In this presentation Probhash Kumar Biswas and Tirthankar Sarkar of Jadavpur University, Kolkata have designed a rainwater harvesting and grey water recycling system to meet some of the water needs of the hostel block in Jadavpur University.

A sharing workshop on groundwater organised by ACWADAM (Advanced Center for Water Development and Management) in Pune on 21/22nd May 2009 saw some very good presentations being made. Dr Tushaar's Shah's keynote speech provided an amazing big picture of groundwater use in agriculture. The presentation can be viewed on slideshare and the entire speech is available on YouTube in 4 parts.

This presentation by C Vishnupriya of Bharat Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai looks at an existing residential building with a rainwater harvesting system that is not adequately sized.

Currently the college has a daily water consumption of 17.8KL and inadequate supply. The design integrates water conserving devices such as waterless urinals and eco-san toilets with grey and black water treatment systems and rainwater harvesting.

This presentation in the design competition "Water - Safe sustainable and for all" by Arun Karthik N and Kannan G from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai describes water harvesting scheme of IIM Kozhikode.

This presentation by Himanshu Raj and Neelam Verma of Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur draws upon traditional and modern c

The presentation provides several water management measures including rainwater harvesting, grey water reuse, black water treatment and use and eco-sanitation in  Andaman and Nicobar islands. It also provides recommendations for modification in agricultural practices and other livelihoods that can be taken up with the given water availability.

Arghyam and India Water Portal are promoting this design competition with the objective of increasing awareness on the important issue of water as a resources that needs to be conserved and on the role that architects and designers could play in ensuring the s

This presentation by Dipanjan Das and Shashank Jain, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi deals with their urban design encompassing the Central Ridge in New Delhi and its integration with the surrounding densely populated urban areas.