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July 28, 2024
Tap into the numbers: Budget insights on WASH
The budget allocation for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation reflects a steady upward trajectory, underscoring the importance of scaling financial commitments to meet the growing demands of the WASH sector.
Child drinking water from handpump in Guna, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Anil Gulati, India Water Portal Flickr)
June 30, 2024
How Burhanpur became India's first Har Ghar Jal District
SHGs empower women, ensure sustainability: A model for water tax collection in Burhanpur
Rural water security (Image: Shawn, Save the Children USA; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
June 12, 2024
The ripple effect of safe drinking water on health under Jal Jeevan Mission
Leveraging research to optimise water programs for improved health outcomes in India
Closing the tap on disease (Image: Marlon Felippe; CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
March 25, 2024
Managing our domestic water demand
Best practices and tips to reduce water consumption from Bangalore.
Saving every drop counts (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
January 7, 2024
Evolution of state's role in rural drinking water governance in India
Need to nudge state governments to evolve a detailed roadmap (planning, implementation and operations related strategies)—immediate, medium and long-term—for ensuring drinking water security.
Demand-responsive approach became the mainstay of the project with the initiation of sectoral reforms (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
December 19, 2023
Employment potential of India's Jal Jeevan Mission
This IIM Bangalore study highlights the spillover effects of public investments in rural water supply systems in the form of employment generation.
The employment structure under Jal Jeevan Mission encompasses both direct and indirect employment during construction and O&M phases. (Image: Wallpaperflare)
Public-private partnerships and lessons from Tiruppur Water Supply and Sewerage Project
A paper on the ongoing study of the Tiruppur Water Supply and Sewerage Project
Gaurav Dwivedi
Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 04:00 PM

This paper by Manthan Adhyayan Kendra presented at The Third International Conference on Public Policy and Management, Indian

Progress on drinking water and sanitation - Special focus on sanitation
A report that tracks the progress on target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 01:50 PM

 WHOThis report found on the World Health Organisation site has been brought out by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, that tracks the progress on target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which is "To halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation".

2008 being the International Year of Sanitation, the report highlights the importance of sanitation, as being the crucial stepping stone to health , which offers:

Invitation: Workshop on integrated domestic water management, Development Alternatives, Orchha, MP
Posted on 12 Sep, 2009 12:41 AM

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Sisyphean labours - Domestic water supply in the central-western Himalayas
A paper that informs that domestic water supply, mistakenly referred to as drinking water supply, is a state subject under the Indian constitution.
People’s Science Institute (PSI)
Posted on 11 Sep, 2009 01:11 PM

This paper by the People's Science Institute informs that domestic water supply, mistakenly referred to as drinking water supply, is a state subject under the Indian constitution. However, policies and programmes are ususally set within a national framework as a part of the national five year plans. Domestic water supply programme performance in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have followed national trends.

Mazhapolima - A community based well recharge programme
A project report on a community based well recharge programme in Kerala to recharge ground water and improve supply of drinking water
Sunita Nadhamuni
Manohar Rao
Arghyam
Posted on 04 Sep, 2009 05:34 PM

When stakeholders come together, they can address critical water related issues.
India's experience with drought management: Changed perspectives and challenges
Drought is a natural disaster. Nearly 200 million ha land in India in 135 districts of 13 states are severely affected by drought four times in every 10 years.
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Government of India
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:43 PM

This document describes the drought situation in India over the years, the earlier perspective at drought management and the gradual change in perspective at managing droughts that evolved over the years.
Arsenic contamination of irrigation water, soil and crops in Bangladesh: A paper from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
Data indicates that approximately 20 percent of the shallow tubewells in Bangladesh exceed the standard and 10000 to 30000 people have been diagnosed with arsenicosis to date
Alex Heikens
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 12:53 PM

Arsenic contamination of irrigation water, soil and crops in Bangladesh: Risk implications for sustainable agriculture and food safety in Asia.

Click here to download the paper
Summary for policymakers: Synthesis of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
A brief overview of the sector-wise projected impacts of climate change on agriculture, water resources, human health as well as industries and settlements
Rama Mani
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 03:43 PM

Altered frequencies and intensities of extreme weather, together with sea level rise, are expected to have mostly adverse effects on natural and human systems.
Rooftop rain water harvesting arrangements in Kerala - Municipality Building (Amendment) Rules (2004)
The Kerala Government's Department of Drinking Water Supply's notification on rooftop rain water harvesting arrangements in the state
Department of Drinking Water Supply - Government of Kerala
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 01:02 PM

This document from the Department of Drinking Water Supply (Government of Kerala) published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 92/2004, dated 12-01-2004 by the Government of Kerala includes a notification on the amendment of rules and includes:
Provision of rainwater harvesting structure - Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2003
Link to the Tamilnadu Government's official ordinance which made rainwater harvesting compulsory in the state
Municipal administration and water supply department
Government of Tamilnadu
Posted on 21 Aug, 2009 12:58 PM

Provision of Rain Water Harvesting Structure - Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2003 - Read more
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