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Drinking and other Domestic Uses
Water disinfection - a manual by World Health Organisation (2003)
Posted on 19 May, 2009 11:34 AMThis manual by the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS/PAHO), under the aegis of the World Health Organisation (WHO), provides extensive information on various m
Villages in Maharashtra adopts best practices for groundwater and water quality improvement
Posted on 18 May, 2009 04:36 PMThe two documents describe five case studies that highlight some successes and best practices from the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra.
Improving health through clean water innovations- a presentation by Aquaya Institute, Indonesia
Posted on 18 May, 2009 04:29 PMSome new technologies and approaches for improving health through clean water - the work of the Aquaya Institute.
View Slideshow (0.8MB) Part 1 | Part 2
“Oru Oorula Oru Oorani”: a movie highlighting the problems and solutions for drinking water in drought prone districts of Tamil Nadu
Posted on 18 May, 2009 03:44 PMThe film highlights the problems and solutions for drinking water in drought prone districts of Tamil Nadu. Ooranis are village ponds that were engineered several centuries ago to harvest rainwater.
Time: 14mins
Water quality and environment standards and categories of most polluting industries from Central Pollution Control Board
Posted on 16 May, 2009 01:42 PMWater quality standard sectiion
The water quality standards section on the site of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), contains data on limits/standards of various indicative water quality parameters, such as coliform, pH, dissolved solids, bod etc, for each designated water use (drinking, bathing etc).
Read the standards and also view this file for water quality and drinking water quality standards from www.groundwatertnpwd.org.in
Monitoring of Indian National Aquatic Resource: This article on the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website, contains graphs indicating the water-source wise national water quality monitoring network data, water quality trend across different parameters (bod, coliform etc), and water quality trend (measured in terms of bod) in various rivers of India.
Environmental standards section
The environmental standards section of the Central Pollution Control Board website, contains more than 40 industry–specific effluent standards, ranging from battery manufacturing to thermal power plants.
Read the industry–specific standards
Under the same section, read through some of the more recently–notified industry– specific standards and some proposed industry–specific standards here
The CPCB is a national body formed to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in the country by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality of air and to prevent, control or abate air pollution in the country.
For more info, click here
17 most polluting industries in India
This site provides information on the list of 17 most polluting industries, identified by the Central Pollution Control Board (Ministry of Environment and Forests). The site provides information on the following sections:
Resolving the conflict over rural groundwater use between drinking water & irrigation supply – A case study by World Bank
Posted on 15 May, 2009 11:55 AMThis case study deals with resolving the conflict over rural groundwater use between drinking water and irrigation supply in Tamil Nadu. In rural water-supply provision, resource availability has not received the attention it deserves.
Delhi water and wastewater reforms bill (2003) – a draft recommended by J Sagar Associates
Posted on 13 May, 2009 05:02 PMThis document presents the draft Delhi Water and Wastewater Reforms Bill (2003) prepared by J Sagar Associates (JSA). The bill provides for constitution of a Regulatory Commission for the water and wastewater sector, reorganization of the water and wastewater sector, rationalization of water and wastewater tariff, increase avenues for participation of the private sector in the water and wastewater sector and taking measures conducive to the development and management of the water and wastewater sector in an efficient, commercial, economic and competitive manner in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Household water delivery options in urban and rural India – A working paper by Stanford Centre for International Development
Posted on 12 May, 2009 05:14 PMThis working paper by the Stanford Centre for International Development deals with household water delivery options in urban and rural India. The recent potentially far-reaching policy changes frame the paper on drinking water options for urban and rural India. Given the primacy of drinking water as a national objective, and the policy of decentralization through community ownership, private sector participation and devolution to local governments, it asks: How can India alleviate its household level drinking water deprivation, in the near-to-medium term, and in cost-effective ways?
Drinking water access in Bangalore through the framework of human rights: a PhD dissertation
Posted on 12 May, 2009 04:55 PMThis PhD dissertation by Jenny T Gronwall for Linkoping University's Tema Institute looks at issues of drinking water access in Bangalore through the framework of human rights, analyzing three interlinked dimensions: the right to water as a human right; water in terms of property rights; and water rights.
Case studies on urban water management and rainwater harvesting from India and across the world
Posted on 11 May, 2009 04:31 PMBest practices on urban water management from across the world