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Water Management
Water Jobs via DevNetJobsIndia.org dated August 25, 2010
Posted on 25 Aug, 2010 04:13 PMContent Courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
- Technical Officer
WaterAid India
Location: Bhubaneshwar
Last Date: September 5, 2010
Water for All - An educational booklet by Utthan
Posted on 25 Aug, 2010 10:32 AMThis document is an educational booklet on water management, published by Utthan, which works towards empowering women's groups to seek clean and adequate quality of water for all.
The booklet provides background information on water as an important natural resource and the importance of protecting and maintaining the quality and quantity of this natural resource.
The details have been explained in a manner that is simple and understandable and include illustrations that are self explanatory and easy to follow.
The booklet is divided into the following sections:
Water quality status of historical Gundolav lake - Kishangarh - South Asian Journal of Tourism and Heritage
Posted on 25 Aug, 2010 09:44 AMThis paper published in the South Asian Journal of Tourism and Heritage describes the water quality status of Gundolav Lake in Rajasthan, which was once used for drinking water as well as for recreational activities under the tutelage of the princely state of Kishangarh. This has now become a site of wastewater disposal and facing a critical threat for its sustenance.
Recent years have led to an increasing awareness of the importance of water bodies and the need for conservation of water bodies, especially freshwater wetlands. The Ramsar Convention (2002) identifies wetlands as the starting point for integrated water management strategies. This is because they are the source of fresh water, maintain the health of the water course and water bodies, have the capacity to supply water to meet the human needs and are a key to future water security.
Augmenting groundwater resources by artificial recharge: A case study of Kolwan valley by ACWADAM
Posted on 24 Aug, 2010 04:19 PMThe presentation by ACWADAM deals with a case study of augmenting groundwater resources by artificial recharge in Kolwan valley, Mulshi taluka, Pune. The DfID funded project was undertaken by the British Geological Survey in collaboration with its partners in India from 2002–2005. The objectives of the study were:
- Improved knowledge of the impacts of managed aquifer recharge in different physical and socio-economic settings.
- Guidance on scope and effectiveness of managed aquifer recharge for implementers, funders and policy makers.
- Dissemination of knowledge.
Unprecedented floods in Ghaggar Basin in Punjab and Haryana : SANDRP, newsletter, June-Jul 2010
Posted on 24 Aug, 2010 11:18 AMThe SANDRP newsletter for June-July 2010 continues its critical analysis of dams, irrigation and related issues:
- Unprecedented floods in Ghaggar Basin in Punjab and Haryana
- Free-flowing rivers around the World
- Artificial Glaciers to Survive Global Warming
- Babli row between AP & Maharashtra
- Successful campaign against Rupsiyabagar Khasiyabada HEP
Environmental flows A methodology of calculation for India (Part 1)
Posted on 24 Aug, 2010 10:07 AM
In order to maintain the ecological goods and services of rivers and other hydrological regimes like wetlands, lakes, etc., environmental flow allocations (eflows) are a necessity. At the same time, water demands in India are increasing and will keep increasing and solutions like waste water treatment, pollution control, correction of leakages and wastage of water, efficient irrigation systems, efficient agricultural systems, etc., will take considerable time to evolve, even with our best efforts. So what should we do in the meantime? There are vulnerable ecological systems on the verge of collapse..How do we respond to these challenges?
Pumping tests on wells: A means of measuring the storage and transmission properties of aquifers
Posted on 24 Aug, 2010 10:03 AMThe presentation by ACWADAM is part of the training module developed by them on “Planning, development and management of groundwater with special reference to watershed management programmes”. Pumping a well and observing the effect of such pumping on the water level in the pumped well as well as in the adjoining parts of the aquifer through observation wells is the basic procedure involved in a pumping test.
Drop shot - Photo contest brought to you by Schools Water Portal
Posted on 23 Aug, 2010 05:38 PMThe Schools Water Portal is a section under the India Water Portal, an open, inclusive, web-based platform, for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It is a voluntary effort co-ordinated by Arghyam, a non-profit trust set up with a personal endowment from Ms. Rohini Nilekani, which works in the area of water.
The Schools Water Portal is organizing "Drop Shot - Photo Contest" for all the students above VIII std to XII std and the undergraduates (2 categories).
Converting rain into grain: Opportunities for realizing the potential of rainfed agriculture in India - A working paper by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food
Posted on 22 Aug, 2010 10:41 PMThe study was done under the "Strategic Analyses of India’s National River Linking Project", of the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) to estimate the available runoff in the potential regions to mitigate the terminal drought in the dominant rainfed districts of India.