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IEC in Jalswarajya Project (Maharashtra) - A guiding light for water supply sector
Posted on 01 Jun, 2010 11:51 PMIEC in Jalswarjya- A guiding light for WSSD, Govt. of Maharashtra
- An article based on vibrant experience of Jalswarajya Project
Prabhakar S. Mishra
IEC specialist, Nagpur
Introduction
Whenever we are working on development front we need to put communication at heart place. Worldwide past experience suggest that modernization approach of development communication fail to sustain impact on stakeholders due to its vertical one way format based on prejudice which fix responsibility of being backward on under develop class. Till end of 20th century mostly communication in development sector was argument and advocacy based. Also efforts initiated with expectation of switch effect behavioral change, that outcast trust from communication.
An ecological framework for water management in a domestic context - A spreadsheet-based toolkit by Biome
Posted on 08 Apr, 2010 10:43 PMBased on user-entered data on domestic water demand, waste water discharge, rainfall availability and recharge, extent of reuse of treated waste water, this spreadsheet-based toolkit developed by Biome Solutions allows you to juggle around with the relevant data fields, and figure out various ways in which you can bring down your overall groundwater draft (and hence ecological footprint) as low as possible, and gives a snapshot result of your overall household-level water input and output situation.
Training program on Open Source GIS – Quantum GIS, TERI, New Delhi
Posted on 31 Mar, 2010 10:26 AMOrganizer: Department of Natural Resources
Description: TERI University, New Delhi in collaboration with kCube, Chennai is planning to organize Training Program on Open Source GIS – Quantum GIS.
Water contamination footprint- A paper by Chetan Pandit
Posted on 16 Feb, 2010 01:27 PMGuest post by Mr. Chetan Pandit who works for the Central Water Commission, Government of India
This blog is a condensed version of the paper published in the 3rd Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production, organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forests jointly with UNEP, at New Delhi on 11-12 Feb 2010. The views expressed in this article are author’s personal views, and are not to be taken as the views of his employers.
In any discussion about Sustainable Development (SD) the quantity of consumption is invariably the main concern. Perhaps this stems from the original definition of SD as the “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs", which invokes the spectre of insufficient quantities of resources at some time in the future. This concern is invalid for water, because water is a dynamic and renewable resource. Every hydrologic year brings a fresh packet of water. There is no way to use in this year, the rainfall that is yet to occur in the next year, or next decade. Moreover, any unused water will flow away to the oceans. The storages capacities, whether in surface storages or in aquifer, are adequate for one year only, at the most a little carry over for the next year. With many basins already reaching “water stressed” status, the problem at hand is how to supply the needs of this year, and there is no question of storing the water for future generations. Thus, in the context of water, quantity of water used should not be the primary concern for SD.
Conference on Water, A Precious Liquid, New Delhi
Posted on 29 Jan, 2010 03:06 PM8th February at 6.30pm, Instituto Cervantes, Hanuman Lane, Connaught Place, Delhi
Case Studies on Groundwater Management from Indiatogether.org
Posted on 18 Jan, 2010 01:30 PMCase Studies on Groundwater Management from Indiatogether.org
Climate Change and its Impact on Biodiversity-ENVIS newsletter, September 2009
Posted on 17 Jan, 2010 02:28 PM
A woman who brought toilets, education and compassion to her village - The story of Anna Lakshmi of Tamil Nadu
Posted on 23 Dec, 2009 10:29 AMPriyadarshini, or Priya to friends, wanders inquisitively around a large cement pad where a group of about thirty women and men are gathering to create a map of their village using a colored chalk powder called Rangoli.
Challenges in integrated management of water resoures - Field report from Mulbagal, Karnataka
Posted on 20 Nov, 2009 06:56 PM
In an earlier post on IUWM and interventions based on hydrological considerations, I had discussed the typologies which could define the way we intervene and address the inconsistencies in the water utility services as well as the net water availability of the region.