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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)
Water and Waste Expo 2023
Leading fair for water, sewage, waste and recycling by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Posted on 09 Feb, 2023 08:47 AM

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is pleased to announce its flagship event Water & Waste Expo 2023 scheduled from 16 to 18 February 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The Expo would be hosted at the capital city of India, New Delhi - the powerhouse for the water and solid waste industry.
Budget 2023-24: Drinking water supply and sanitation continues to get priority
Budgetary allocations for urban sanitation get an impetus, but Swachh Bharat Mission – Rural (SBM-R) records no change in its budgetary allocation
Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability
Posted on 07 Feb, 2023 01:38 PM

Safe water, sanitation and hygiene are pillars that improve the quality of life and enhance the 'ease of living' of people, especially in rural areas. In this regard, the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) has made significant progress in providing drinking water and safe sanitation to rural households.
An amount of Rs 1840 crore has been approved to effecvely implement Water Security Plans through convergence of ongoing/new schemes (Image: Pavitra K B Rao, Wikimedia Commons)
Union Budget 2023-24: A detailed analysis with a water lens
A detailed analysis of Union Budget 2023-24 from the water lens
Parteek Kumar
Posted on 03 Feb, 2023 11:51 AM

Having its domain in agriculture and allied activities, rural development, drinking water and sanitation, energy and transportation sector, water resources are quite crucial for an economy of a state. A union budget other than making financial provisions, also tells us about the vision of a government.
(Image: Utthan/India Water Portal Flickr)
Creating a pool of water quality trainers at scale
Developing core skills of trainers through the Trainer Certification Program
Neha Pawar
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 11 Jan, 2023 10:52 AM

According to the Global Water Quality Index, India ranks 120th out of 122 countries in water quality, its ability and commitment to improving it.
Strengthening skills of participants to impart training in their respective work areas (Image: INREM Foundation)
Professionalizing Water Quality Management by empowered stakeholders
Online Water Quality Management (WQM) Course for JJM
Nanak Santdasani
Sunderajan Krishnan
Posted on 29 Dec, 2022 07:12 PM

Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is an aspirational programme aiming to provide functional tap water connections to every household in rural India, ensuring access to adequate safe water.
Water Quality Champions, in the making (Image Source: INREM Foundation)
Imagining a societal scale water solution
Water anywhere straight to where it is needed
INREM Foundation
Posted on 28 Dec, 2022 12:45 PM

A forwarded message on whatsapp: a mythological character in a critical scene: the warrior lying on a bed of arrows, thirsty, and the Hero using his magical arrow brings the river Ganga right there, with the Parjanyastra , a magical arrow that brings rain. In this version though, the water did not come out from the ground — the earth was dry and the missile couldn’t work!
Bhisma drinking water of Patala Ganga which was drawn on earth by Arjuna (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Safe drinking water in rural India: What do numbers hide?
While drinking water coverage in rural India has improved, has it also improved reliability and safety of drinking water? This CEEW brief explores and analyses the available data to find out.
Council on Energy Environment and Water
Posted on 21 Dec, 2022 02:14 PM

Recent data shows that drinking water coverage has improved considerably in India with 89 percent of the rural population having access to an improved water source within a round trip of 30 minutes.
Adequate and safe drinking water, a valuable resource in rural India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Water Quality Management Course - Not just a training program
In this article, we will understand how the WQM course is continuing to influence the needs of learners that come from diverse backgrounds. The course model also offers core insights to many others who would like to engage in a virtual training program.
INREM Foundation
Kiran Kumar Sen
Posted on 16 Dec, 2022 01:17 PM

The journey of the Water Quality Management (WQM) Course into a movement with over 1500 WaterQualityChampions’ (WQC) across the country is curious and exciting. The course is enabling participants into “Water Quality champions” that even the course creators did not anticipate. Hence, it demands a closer introspection - into what went behind.
During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration
Mobilising communities for WASH
WaterAid India’s partnership with USAID and Gap Inc. benefits 2400 villages across 7 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
WaterAid India
Posted on 13 Dec, 2022 05:25 PM

Convened to mark the successful conclusion of the Women+Water Alliance project in select districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, U.S.
WaterAid has focused on establishing community-led water quality monitoring & surveillance (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal Flickr)
Workshop: Biosand Water Filter (JalKalp) Technology
Posted on 13 Oct, 2022 06:49 PM

About the workshop
Workshop to build capacities on the biosand filter (Image source: Sehgal Foundation)
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