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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)
December 1, 2023
Ensuring sustainability of rural drinking water systems
A summary of case presentations from a national symposium organised by IIM Bangalore, appointed by the center as the JJM Chair for O&M in collaboration with Arghyam and eGovernments Foundation.
Drinking water sustainability in rural India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
October 20, 2023
Building community expertise in planning, designing, and overseeing WASH systems
A holistic approach to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) initiatives
Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
March 13, 2023
Providing access to safe drinking water to transform 10,000 lives in several Indian states
Halma and WaterAid's focus was on sustainability of existing water sources
Rubi, Buxar district’s field coordinator for WaterAid India, performs water testing to examine the quality of drinking water in the village of Bicchu Ka Dera, Buxar, India. 25 May 2022. (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
Building the water quality champions cohort in Jharkhand
A knowledge-driven platform could act as a catalyst in achieving drinking water targets
Neha Pawar
Manisha Shah
Rashika Pullam Chetti
Posted on 27 Jun, 2023 09:33 PM

Jharkhand State is on the journey of ensuring the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation of their laboratories and recently completed the accreditation of 29 labs in the state for water quality testing on a mission mode.
Rural water planning: Challenges and the way forward
Long-term support is crucial for sustaining community water supply schemes beyond the trial period
Adarsh Dalavi
Posted on 26 Jun, 2023 03:25 PM

The Jal Jeevan Mission is approaching its final year. It has progressed from 17% functional household tap connection coverage in 2019 to 63% in May 2023. A significant number of households are still waiting for a connection with a 55 lpcd service level.
Lessons from four states of India (Image: WallpaperFlare)
Madhya Pradesh's villages lead the way in climate smart agriculture
News this fortnight
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 03 Apr, 2023 11:21 AM

Madhya Pradesh's climate smart villages provide lessons in climate change adaptability

A Climate Smart Village project initiated by the state government on natural farming in Madhya Pradesh villages has yielded highly successful results setting an example for other villages in India to follow.
Lush green farms in Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Rajarshi MItra via Wikimedia Commons)
Providing access to safe drinking water to transform 10,000 lives in several Indian states
Halma and WaterAid's focus was on sustainability of existing water sources
Halma
WaterAid India
Posted on 13 Mar, 2023 08:57 PM

More than 10,000 people in Bhagalpur and Buxar districts of Bihar have been given access to life-saving clean, drinking water through Halma plc’s Water for Life campaign in partnership with WaterAid.
Rubi, Buxar district’s field coordinator for WaterAid India, performs water testing to examine the quality of drinking water in the village of Bicchu Ka Dera, Buxar, India. 25 May 2022. (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)
Water tankers help, but not “all” women
This study found that water tankers helped in coping with water scarcity and reducing the drudgery of women, but only those from the rich upper castes while reinforcing gender stereotypes.
Anandita Sarkar
Posted on 07 Mar, 2023 12:11 PM

Accessing water for daily needs has culturally and socially been considered as gendered domestic work and the task of collecting water in rural areas where water is scarce and fetching water is extremely tedious and time consuming. 
Women carrying water in Rajasthan (Image Source: Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons)
Poisoned waters of Kashmir 
Indiscriminate use of pesticides has not only contaminated the freshwater resources in Kashmir valley, but also increased risks to human health.
M. Imran Ganaie
Ishrat Jan
Afshan Nabi Mayer
Alamgir A. Dar
Ishtiaq A.Mayer
Pervez Ahmed
Javid A. Sof
Posted on 27 Feb, 2023 03:15 PM

Pesticides and fertilisers have been used indiscriminately to increase crop yields and agricultural output in India and their excessive use has been feared to threaten human health as well as biodiversity through contamination of surface and groundwater resources. 
The Jhelum River flowing through Jammu to Kashmir, in India (Image Source: Bhoomikavinod via Wikimedia Commons)
Getting to know the MGPNY status in project wards
A rapid dipstick survey of the Mukhya Mantri Gramin Peyjal Nishchay Yojana through frontline workers
Pritesh Kumar Lal
 Madhavi Purohit
Posted on 23 Feb, 2023 12:02 PM

AKRSP(I), Water For People and Arghyam have partnered on a project for the sustainable operation and maintenance of the drinking water supply schemes

Getting a quick sense of the status of O&M of the water supply schemes (Image: AKRSP(I))
Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 07:26 PM

Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state
States and union territories have been advised to undertake testing of water quality on a periodic basis (Image: Maxpixel)
Building content on water quality for scale
Innovative training and learning methods developed by INREM Foundation not only ensure that learner's needs are prioritised, but also help in adapting content to suit different contexts.
Kiran Kumar Sen
Sarmila Kakoti
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 08:12 AM

Our drinking water is fraught with quality issues like chemicals, microplastics, excessive minerals, bacteria, and other contaminants, which tend to be local in nature, and require mitigation action at the local level. Frontline workers in these localities require an understanding of how to assess the local water quality and what steps to take to address issues that are discovered in water.
Use of safe water cards in online training (Image Source: INREM Foundation)
Sustaining ward level water supply schemes in Bihar
Design principles for operation and maintenance at scale
Manu Srivastava
Umesh Desai
Vivek Sharan
Posted on 15 Feb, 2023 12:12 PM

Bihar pioneered water supply connections to every rural household under the Mukhya Mantri Gramin Peyjal Nishchay Yojana.
The programme intends to improve safe drinking water coverage in rural Bihar (Image: AKRSP(I))
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