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Drinking and other Domestic Uses
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
WASMO wins United Nations Public Service Award 2009!
Posted on 08 May, 2009 12:56 AMForwarded to the Portal by: Madhavi Purohit, WASMO
Image and Content Courtesy: WASMO, UNPAN
Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO), Gujarat wins the United Nations Public Service Award. Water and Sanitation Management Organization (WASMO) of Government of Gujarat has been declared winner for 'United Nations Public Service Award - 2009' under the category of "Fostering participation in policy-making decisions through innovative mechanisms"for "Institutionalization of Community Managed Drinking Water Supply Programme and User Level Water Quality". This award will be received at a ceremony to be held on 23rd and 24th June 2009 at United Nations Head Quarters in New York. It is an internationally acclaimed Award being conferred by the United Nations, Division for Public Economic and Public Administration, New York, for recognizing the significant contribution made by the organization to improve the public administration. The UNPSA Programme recognises institutional efforts to design, provide and expend services to citizens in a cost effective manner while promoting people's participation in the design of services and the definition of their needs for poverty alleviation and as a step forward to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
Call to action on act on eradicating the diarroheal disease !
Posted on 07 May, 2009 07:31 AMImage and Content Courtesy:Resources For Diarrheal Disease Control
PATH & the US Coalition for Child Survival have issued a Call to Action on Diarrheal Disease. The same is quoted below. "Over the last three decades, the global community has shown that it has the tools to dramatically reduce childhood death and illness from preventable and treatable diseases, such as diarrhea. During that time, for example, millions of children's lives have been saved by protecting them against diarrheal disease and its consequences through proven and affordable solutions. Yet diarrheal disease still unnecessarily takes the lives of more than 4,000 children daily, despite the fact that we hold in our hands more cost-effective and proven solutions for preventing and treating diarrhea than any other childhood illness. By increased and effective allocation of resources in a portfolio of improved treatment, nutrition, and water and sanitation interventions, we can help ensure that this common disease is no longer a leading killer of children in low-income countries.
Basic course from water-research.net on hardness of water and its health impacts, water testing for bacteria, coliform, nuisance bacteria, viruses and pathogens in drinking water
Posted on 01 May, 2009 02:18 PMHardness of water
Right to water and sanitation - a manual by Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Posted on 01 May, 2009 11:34 AMAccess to water and sanitation is necessary for health, education, economic development and the environment. The international community has committed to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
Water to the people: drinking water and water for livelihoods - conflicts and alternative concepts in India – A report by Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) and Church Development Service (EED)
Posted on 30 Apr, 2009 12:21 PMThis study is a part of water and democracy programme initiated by the Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) as a joint initiative with Church Development Service (EED) in 2007 involving more than 50 partner organisations in South Asia.