Governance

How polluted are our rivers? Assessments vary, but all point to serious contamination.

South Africa: New Water Management System in Cape BuaNews (Tshwane) 5 December 2007 Cape Town The City of Cape Town is introducing a new water demand management system for its residents. It consists of a water management device, which is installed in residents' houses, and a central control team in the City administration that regulates the functioning of these devices with the help of a computer set up. "This system will help our customers to save water and to manage their monthly water bills, and it will help the city to manage debt," the city council said. It will also help residents to identify any leaks and have them fixed, instead of running up a huge water bill and then being unable to pay.

The recent issue of their newsletter is now available at their website: http://www.water.org/waterpartners.aspx?pgID=909 It contains information of partner NGOs success stories, case studies and water and sanitation issues.

Waterscapes: Cultural Politics of a Natural Resource edited by Amita Baviskar

The subtitle is "Colonial Capitalism and Flood Control in Eastern India"

Author : Rohan D'Souza Oxford University Press

Job: To manage the content and community on India Water Portal.

List of tasks will be:

Groundwater - India's Water Lifeline needs urgent intervention

Govt is non serious about the crisis

"Community Based Natural Resource Management"

Issues and Cases from South Asia

Ajit Menon, Praveen Singh, Esha Shah, Sharachchandra Lele, Suhas Paranjape, K.J. Joy