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Urban Water
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.
200 ft deep wells , in the corner of roads/parks , needed for rain water harvesting in cities
Posted on 31 Mar, 2010 11:51 AMRAIN WATER HARVESTING AT CITY.
LET US MAKE PLANS TO PRESERVE WATER AND SAVE THE ROADS.
Water is an important and essential commodity to every one which is to be preserved.
AT CITIES.
Invitation to a film screening - "Water and a City", 13 February, 2010
Posted on 09 Feb, 2010 03:31 PMWater and a City - A documentary film about Bangalore’s relationship with water
Date : Feb 13th 2010
Time : 6.30 pm
Venue:
Centre for Film and Drama
5th floor Sona Towers, 71 Millers Road
Bangalore 500052
Phone: 22356263
Right to Water and Sanitation - Visioning and strategy planning meeting - India WASH Forum - FANSA FORUM - WaterAid (2009)
Posted on 16 Dec, 2009 04:14 PMThis report describes the proceedings of a workshop organised on the 5th of August 2009 at New Delhi, by the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA), the Forum for Policy Dialogue and Water Conflicts in India (FORUM), India WASH Forum and WaterAid.
The crisis of providing safe and affordable drinking water, as well as meeting the water requirements for livelihoods and infrastructure for rural and urban sanitation in India, is becoming acute by the day. In this context, ensuring the right of citizens to drinking water and sanitation, can be an important policy initiative to help improve the overall situation.
An integrated framework for analysis of water supply strategies in a developing city - Chennai (India)
Posted on 15 Oct, 2009 09:16 PMThis research study, by Veena Srinivasan, addresses the challenge of supplying water to rapidly growing cities in South Asia, using evidence from the water-scarce city of Chennai. Chennai (formerly Madras) is a rapidly growing metropolis of over 6.5 million people, whose infrastructure has not kept pace with its growing demand for water. In the year 2003-2004, Chennai experienced a severe water crisis, the piped supply for the entire city was virtually shut down for a 12-month period. Consumers became dependent on private tanker suppliers trucking in untreated groundwater from peri-urban areas.
National Conference on urban water management : Challenges and options, 13 Feb. 2009, Bangalore
Posted on 09 Oct, 2009 06:21 PMNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS
13-15th December 2009, Bangalore, India
A National Conference on Urban Water Management: Challenges and Option is being organised on 13-15th December, 2009 in Bangalore.
A presentation on storm water drains vs storm water infiltration
Posted on 05 Oct, 2009 10:55 AMFriends,
Please see attached PPT on an Australian Company's permanent solution of Storm Water Drains. They recommend infiltration of storm water at the point where rain falls rather than it being taken away to some other point through open drains.
Do you think this is workable in Bengaluru?
Chari
National Conference on Urban Water Management: Challenges and Options
Posted on 23 Sep, 2009 06:07 PMThe Centre for Sustainable Development (CSD) and GTZ in collaboration with BWSSB, KUWSDB, BBMP, BDA, IWWA, IPHE, IE is organising a National Conference on Urban Water Management: Challenges and Option. The objective of the conference is to facilitate the various stakeholders in urban water management to share their experiences in solving the urban water crisis in India and elsewhere.
Water supply and sanitation - Assessment - A WHO-UNICEF sponsored study (2002)
Posted on 17 Sep, 2009 11:07 AMThis report includes the findings of a study by the Planning Commission sponsored by the World Health Organisation and The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) that conducted an assessment of the water and sanitation situation in India in 2002. The assessment revealed that:
Critical issues related to groundwater: Centre for Water Policy
Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 02:16 PMClick on the link below for a comprehensive understanding about the issues related to groundwater.
Click on to know more about critical issues on groundwater in India