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Drinking and other Domestic Uses
Debate - Private sector approaches to water management for the poor
Posted on 02 Jun, 2009 10:20 AM"Innovations in Microfinance" Series
A debate on Private Sector approaches to Water Management for the poor provides a unique opportunity to learn about private sectro microfinance approaches to water management that have been used for a range of purposes from purchasing household water connections and clean water storage units, like rainwater harvesting tanks to the construction of household latrines.
The debate sponsored by the Citi Foundation & Arc Finance is to be held at the New York Asia Society and Museum. The event can also be accessed via a free live video webcast. More details below the fold.
Approximately 1.1 billion people lack clean water supplies and 2.7 billion have no access to proper sanitation. To combat conditions that lead to sickness and disease, low income families across Asia are asking for clean water and improved sanitation to keep their families healthy and productive. Sophisticated modern piped water networks are too expensive for most developing countries and poor people living in the slums often pay 5 to 10 times more per liter of water than wealthy people living in the same city. Sensing a business opportunity, microfinance organizations are beginning to explore the market for making water more accessible to the poor.
District human development report card for 10 districts- the PAHELI report
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 03:46 PMThe PAHELI report (Peoples' Audit of Health Education and Livelihoods) is a rapid assessment of the prevailing status of human development in a district and covers four major sectors: life and livelihoods, water and sanitation, mother and child health, and education and literacy. The design and execution of PAHELI was done by Pratham and PAHELI district partners.
The ninth compendium of environment statistics by ministry of statistics and programme implementation (2007)
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 02:50 PMThe ninth compendium of environment statistics 2007, brought out by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), provides data on five core parameters - land/soil, water, bio-diversity, atmosphere and human settlements. These statistics can be used to understand various aspects of the environment, and to explain the impact of economic activities on sustainable development as a whole and the environment in particular.
Maharashtra groundwater (regulation for drinking water purposes) act, 1993
Posted on 01 Jun, 2009 02:05 PMThe Maharashtra groundwater (regulation for drinking water purposes) act, 1993, take protection measures for public drinking water sources such as prohibition of construction of wells within certain limits.
Karnataka urban drinking water and sanitation policy (2002)
Posted on 30 May, 2009 02:25 PMIncreasing urbanization has resulted in greater pressure on the existing urban water supply and sanitation systems leading to increasing demand on the one hand to augment the source and improve distribution and on the other to increase the coverage of underground drainage (UGD).
Karnataka ground water (regulation for protection of sources of drinking water) act, 1999
Posted on 30 May, 2009 01:06 PMThe key points addressed in Karnataka ground water (regulation for protection of sources of drinking water) act, 1999, are -
Guidelines on swajaldhara by department of drinking water supply, ministry of rural development (2002)
Posted on 30 May, 2009 09:23 AMThe Swajaldhara Guidelines are an outcome of the Sector Reforms Project launched on a pilot basis in the year 1999-2000 and presently scaled up for the whole country from the Tenth Plan. Thus, if the village/block level Panchayati Raj Institutions or User Groups come forward and agree to adhere to the reform principles, water supply schemes can be taken up by them in those areas.
Water security for residents of apartments & gated communities in Bangalore - An article by SS Ranganathan
Posted on 29 May, 2009 04:27 PMMr. S.S. Ranganathan, author of this guest post, is a retired senior executive of Ion Exchange and currently a consultant based in Bangalore.
He can be reached at: ss.ranganathan@gmail.com , +91-9343734229
WATER SECURITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF APARTMENTS & GATED COMMUNITIES - S.S.Ranganathan
Drinking water and sanitation in rural Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra- A review of policy initiatives - Forum for Watershed Research and Policy Dialogue
Posted on 29 May, 2009 11:12 AMThese papers published by FORWARD provides a background on the water crisis in India and describes the water and sanitation situation in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Asia water watch 2015 - progress made by asian nations in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals
Posted on 29 May, 2009 10:46 AMThis report by the Asia Development Bank aims at assessing the progress made by asian nations, in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals, which is "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people with