Wastewater

Organizer: Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society

Venue: Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions, Kengeri, Banagalore

• New Water Policy by 2011
  Nine years after the last document, work is on to put in shape a new water policy for India that will by the end of the year not just lay down a framework for the allocation of water but also take into account the impact of climate change and the remedial steps that need to be taken.

• Japan will extend Rs 2,557 Crore aid
  Japan is to extend an aid of Rs. 2,557 crore to India for three projects through its Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) window. The projects pertain to cleaning the river Yamuna in the national capital Delhi, crop diversification promotion in Himachal Pradesh and biodiversity conservation and greening in Tamil Nadu

Sustainable Water Management: Policy, Investments, Projects and Challenges

Organizer: Indian Infrastructure

Venue: The Imperial, New Delhi

Content Courtesy: Centre for Science and Environment

• Decentralised Wastewater Treatment & Reuse Policy Workshop
  
  Date: 3rd - 4th March, 2011
  
  CSE is organising a two day programme focusing on how urban areas can establish decentralised wastewater treatment  system (DWWT) particularly in unsewered areas that would facilitate recycling and reuse of water.

This naturally results in two ill effects : (i) Increasing Pollution with untreated sewage and (ii) wasting of water, specially if it can be better treated and reused to an extent.

Organizer: International Quality and Productivity Center(IQPC)

Venue: The Grand New Delhi, India

Topics:

• Understanding guidelines and discovering new investment opportunities in the wastewater sector in India
• Re-engineering existing wastewater management systems

Integrated water resource development & management for national growth

 Utility value of world’s freshwater resources like lakes and rivers are diminishing rapidly due to over exploitation & pollution. Groundwater, an alternative to surface water is also a natural victim. The rate of ground water drawing versus its re-charge has already disturbed the natural aquifer equations.

Ministry of Earth Sciences, the nodal agency for promotion of Earth Sciences related studies in the country, plans to launch i) a major programme in Andaman & Nicobar Island to understand the geodynamics of the region and ii) to develop damage scenarios for various Urban centers that lie in the vicinity of Himalaya.

• Proposals are solicited from scientists/academicians working in relevant areas at different institutions in the country.  Proposals may be submitted to address any of the following issues:
  
  1. Crustal structure studies: delineation of deep structures by seismological (including ocean bottom seismometer), seismic, heat flow and gravity methods, and surface or shallow subsurface structures using GPR, shallow seismic, resistivity, geological methods, etc.

The city of Aurangabad has benefited from the construction of  aqueducts and canals by its earlier rulers. According to the authors  between 1617 and 1803, a number of aqueducts and canals were constructed.