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Urban Water
Sustainable urban water supply in south India : Desalination, efficiency improvement, or rainwater harvesting?
Posted on 11 May, 2011 05:26 PMAbstract:
A hydrologic-economic modeling approach for analysis of urban water supply dynamics in Chennai, India
Posted on 11 May, 2011 05:21 PM
The goal is to reconstruct past system behavior and diagnose the causes of a major water crisis. In order to do this, we develop a hydrologic-engineering-economic model to address the complexity of urban water supply arising from consumers’ dependence on multiple interconnected sources of water.
Factors determining informal tanker water markets in Chennai - Blog post by Veena Srinivasan
Posted on 11 May, 2011 05:15 PMIn these, private tanker truck operators transport water extracted from peri-urban wells to urban consumers. This study adopted a systems modeling approach to analyzing the informal tanker market in India. The results indicate that the demand for tanker supply was caused by lack of groundwater availability in private wells as well as unreliable piped supply.
River bank filtration in Uttarakhand - Blog post by Neelima Garg
Posted on 11 May, 2011 02:30 PMProcess of River Bank Filtration technology
Pumping induces seepage from the surface water into the aquifer and results in quality improvements enroute to the well by natural processes such as filtration, biodegradation, adsorption, redox reactions and mixing. RBF can also occur under natural conditions as a result of an influent river.
Hydrology and quality of groundwater in and around Bangalore city - Review and excerpts from the report released in March 2011, by the Department of Mines and Geology (Govt of Karnataka)
Posted on 10 May, 2011 08:34 PMA welcome and important document, it brings up-to-date our understanding of the rapidly changing groundwater situation in Bangalore.
Month | New borewells added each month | Borewells registered with BWSSB | Monthly % growth |
Jan-09 | 91018 | ||
Feb-09 | 924 | 91942 | 1.02 |
Mar-09 | 705 | 92647 | 0.77 |
Apr-09 | 965 | 93612 | 1.04 |
May-09 | 1136 | 94748 | 1.21 |
Jun-09 | 748 | 95496 | 0.79 |
Jul-09 | 904 | 96400 | 0.95 |
Aug-09 | 868 | 97268 | 0.90 |
Sep-09 | 2062 | 99330 | 2.12 |
Oct-09 | 838 | 100168 | 0.84 |
Nov-09 | 875 | 101043 | 0.87 |
Dec-09 | 2699 | 103742 | 2.67 |
Jan-10 | 1759 | 105501 | 1.70 |
Total as on Jan-2010 | 14483 | 105501 | 15.91 |
Growth of bore wells during February 2009 to January 2010 in Bangalore city
CSE is looking for Deputy Coordinator/Senior Researcher for its urban water programme at New Delhi - Apply by 2nd May, 2011
Posted on 28 Apr, 2011 04:05 PMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi. CSE researches into, lobbies for and communicates the urgency of development that is both sustainable and equitable.
The CSE, an established research and advocacy institute needs Deputy Coordinator/Senior Researcher for its urban water programme.
Citizen's uprising against encroachment and pollution of Ram Nadi, an urban river in Pune, Maharashtra
Posted on 25 Apr, 2011 11:37 AMForwarded to the portal by: Parineeta Dandekar
Groundwater and artificial recharge investigations around proposed site of the Devi Ratn Hotel, Ballupura, Jaipur, Rajasthan - A report by Green Systems
Posted on 22 Apr, 2011 11:57 AMThe proposal is an in-depth study of the geo-morphological setup of the area; there are also findings on geology and hydrology and the area's climate and rainfall and groundwater resources.
Proposal for groundwater recharge in National Capital Region - A report by SK Sharma and Green Systems
Posted on 22 Apr, 2011 11:53 AMIt also explains the various laws that have been put in place to increase groundwater replenishment.