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Urban Sanitation
District human development report card for 10 districts the PAHELI report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThe PAHELI report (Peoples' Audit of Health Education and Livelihoods) is a rapid assessment of the prevailing status of human development in a district and covers four major sectors: life and livelihoods, water and sanitation, mother and child health, and education and literacy. The design and execution of PAHELI was done by Pratham and PAHELI district partners.
Water security for residents of apartments gated communities in Bangalore An article by SS Ranganathan
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMMr. S.S. Ranganathan, author of this guest post, is a retired senior executive of Ion Exchange and currently a consultant based in Bangalore.
He can be reached at: ss.ranganathan@gmail.com , +91-9343734229
WATER SECURITY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF APARTMENTS & GATED COMMUNITIES - S.S.Ranganathan
Learning from experience water and environmental sanitation in India UNICEF report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThis report by the
Human Development Report 2006 United Nations Development Programme
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThe human development report for the year 2006 published by the United Nations Development Programme focuses on water and sanitation and is divided into the following chapters:
Understanding the urban poors vulnerabilities in sanitation and water supply by Barbara Evans Centre for Sustainable Urban Development 2009
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThis paper by Barbara Evans was presented at the Rockerfeller Foundation Urban Summit (1-6 J
Asia water watch 2015 progress made by asian nations in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThis report by the Asia Development Bank aims at assessing the progress made by asian nations, in meeting target 10 of the millennium development goals, which is "to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people with
Tirupur water supply and sanitation project : an impediment to sustainable water management
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThis paper published on the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) website examines the reasons behind the new project and the institutional, financial and legal aspects of the Tirupur PPP.
It also examines important legal issues such as the right to water, competing interests in water, financing of projects, waste water management and the environmental consequences of the PPP. More particularly, it questions the wisdom of planning a water supply project that seeks to prioritize the needs of a polluting industry over the basic water needs of the region.
The New Tirupur Area Development Corporation Limited (NTADCL) is the first public private partnership, set up in 1995 primarily to supply industrial water to Tirupur, a major export centre for knitwear, in India. This water supply and sewerage project is also the first project to be structured on a commercial format; first concession by a state government to a public limited company to draw raw water for domestic and industrial uses and to collect revenues; the first index-based user charges and direct cost recovery for urban environmental services.
Sewage canal: how to clean the Yamuna a presentation by Centre for Science and Environment CSE
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThis presentation provides an introduction to the book by the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE) titled Sewage Canal: How to Clean the Yamuna”. As per the presentation, several crore rupees have been sunk into plans to clean up the Yamuna.
Delhi jal board act 1998 and amendment bill 2002
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMDelhi jal board act (1998)
The Delhi jal board act, 1998 aims to provide for the establishment of a Board to discharge the functions of water supply, sewerage and sewage disposal and drainage within the National Capital Territory of Delhi and for matters connected therewith. The Government after the issue of the notification under sub-section (3) of Section 1, constituted the Delhi Water Board by notification in the official Gazette.
Assessing the operation and maintenance status of water supply A WHO Publication
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMThe term "Operation and Maintenance" has been used as a general concept covering a wide range of activities carried out by utilities, government and communities in order to sustain their services and to maintain existing capital assets.