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Storage and Supply
Water supply system for London city - the ring main system of Thames
Posted on 11 May, 2009 03:20 PMThis deals with the Thames Water Ring Main Extensions and its plan to increase the area served by its London Ring Main by constructing two extensions in a £90m project. The tunnelling will take place in north-east and south-east London and will help Thames Water to meet the capital's growing demand for water. The Ring Main was built to improve the speed and efficiency of transferring supplies of drinking water across the capital.
Deep tunnel sewarage system of Singapore
Posted on 11 May, 2009 03:15 PMThis deals with the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) which has been developed as an efficient and cost-efficient solution to meet Singapore’s long-term needs for used water collection, treatment, reclamation and disposal. Conceptualised and managed by PUB, it was conceived as a cost-effective and sustainable solution to meet Singapore’s long-term used water needs.
Source South Asia 2008, Issue 11 (11 Nov 08)
Posted on 16 Nov, 2008 03:51 AMSince its foundation in 1968, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has facilitated the sharing, promotion and use of knowledge so that governments, professionals and organisations can better suppor
Rainbow Drive Layout -- A model for urban water management ?
Posted on 10 Nov, 2008 10:10 AMBangalore's sprawling expansion outpaces the public utility's ability to accommodate skyrocketing demand for water and sanitation services, and it is increasingly common for new residential communities to assume total management for their own water and sanitation services through their resident welfare associations.
Blog action day -- Water and poverty
Posted on 15 Oct, 2008 10:24 PMToday is Blog Action Day 2008, where blogs all over the world are writing about poverty. We thought we would use this opportunity to talk about water and poverty.
FLOW, the film
Posted on 29 Sep, 2008 07:15 PMThese facts may surprise you: 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water.* There are over 116,000 human-made chemicals that are finding their way into public water supply systems.* Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry; the third largest behind electricity and oil.* Flow, a new film about the implications of the world water crisis, can help you wrap your head around those dis
New arrivals at Books for Change
Posted on 16 Sep, 2008 10:47 AMA list of new books that are currently available and related information is presented.
Newsletter:Water Moves
Posted on 11 Jul, 2008 06:52 PMForwarded to the portal by: Biswanath Sinha, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Water MOVES is a quarterly published by Soci