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Water Management
Call for Papers: Water Grabbing? - Water Alternatives - Last date to send abstract 30th June, 2011
Posted on 30 May, 2011 03:51 PMWater Alternatives (WaA) is an interdisciplinary journal addressing the full range of issues that water raises in contemporary societies. Its ambition is to provide space for alternative and critical thinking on such issues. WaA welcomes contributions that address any dimension of water resources development, management and use, and their relations with society and the environment.
Khadkipada, Maharashtra - A tale of development, an account of transformation - A film by WOTR on the Water Channel
Posted on 26 May, 2011 01:42 PM
Interlinking of water harvesting structures through link water channels - A viable alternative at micro-level by Ambuja Cement Foundation
Posted on 25 May, 2011 07:39 PMThe coastal areas of Gujarat especially the villages lying within 20-25 km from the seashore are suffering from the problem of salinity ingress. Most of the rivulets that drain this region like Goma and Somat are seasonal at best and their water does not last beyond monsoons. The other aquifers like ponds, which get water from these rivers, also dry up as early as October.
A perspective of watershed development in the central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand – A paper by Malavika Chauhan
Posted on 25 May, 2011 08:23 AMIt traces the historical growth of thinking on watershed in the region, and highlights issues and influences. Impacts and benefits are discussed in relation to sustainability. The review shows that success in these projects is usually isolated, mostly seen in small micro-watersheds with naturally good water harvesting conditions.
Monitoring system for incentive programs – Learning from large-scale rural sanitation initiatives in India – A report by the Water and Sanitation Programme
Posted on 21 May, 2011 02:15 PMIt is a part of the Global Scaling Up Rural Sanitation project of the Water and Sanitation Programme, World Bank and focuses on learning how to combine the approaches of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), behavior change communications, and social marketing of sanitation to generate sanitation demand and strengthen the supply of sanitation products and services at scale, leading to improved health for people in rural areas. This is one in a series of knowledge products designed to showcase project findings, assessments and lessons learned in the project.
Over the last few years, the concept of open-defecation free communities has emerged as one of the building blocks toward achieving total sanitation. The term ‘access’ is widely used to capture increase in sanitation usage. However, a clean environment is a public good. Hence, there was a need to achieve total sanitation at the community level to realize public health benefits. This has led policy makers and practitioners to adopt strategies that achieve community-wide total sanitation status, which includes the community becoming open-defecation free, and adopting safe hygiene and environmental sanitation practices.
Training Programme on monitoring & evaluation of development interventions, Sambodhi Research & Management Institute, 26th - 28th May 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 19 May, 2011 12:32 PMOrganizer: Sambodhi Research & Management Institute
Venue: Sambodhi Research & Management Institute, New Delhi
International WaterCentre Water Leader Scholarships 2012 - Apply by 1st August 2011
Posted on 17 May, 2011 03:55 PMThe International WaterCentre (IWC) awards scholarships to a small number of excellent candidates who are accepted into the IWC Master of Integrated Water Management (MIWM). Scholarships are awarded to applicants who clearly demonstrate potential to become water leaders of the future.
The Masters program is custom-designed by leading practitioners and academics from a range of disciplines from four leading universities in Australia.
Groundwater scenario in major cities of India – A report by Central Ground Water Board
Posted on 17 May, 2011 10:35 AMIt covers varying groundwater scenarios in the country including the highly developed metros, the hilly region, the coastal cities, the cities tapping unconsolidated and hard rock aquifers. The report briefly describes the administrative set up, status of water supply and demand, groundwater scenario, feasibility of rainwater harvesting and groundwater development strategy.
It is an updated version of an earlier report on “Groundwater in urban environment in India” (2000). Since then, groundwater regime, urban demography and water demand have changed enormously. This report will form a scientific base for an in-depth understanding of urban groundwater system including aquifer geometry, water level behavior and groundwater quality. The possibility of artificial recharge to rejuvenate the urban aquifers has also been discussed.
Future water solutions for India - a paper by Himanshu Thakkar in the Palgrave Development journal
Posted on 13 May, 2011 03:58 PMThis paper by Himanshu Thakkar published in the journal Development looks at the daunting challenges that future water demand places on India a
Water conservation and Islam ? A blog post by Ausaf Malik
Posted on 27 Apr, 2011 02:29 PMMany of the ancient old age stories describes also in these holy text, but only two religion have more sensitive about to water conservation concept in their religious thoughts, as well as in the traditions also.