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Water Management
"Dying Tigers, hidden numbers" : SVARAJ Newsletter, October 2009 ,SPLASH
Posted on 02 Dec, 2009 12:06 PMSVARAJ Newsletter October 2009 edition - SPLASH has the following contents:
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- Dying Tigers, hidden numbers
- Is Gen Next more environmentally conscious?
- New Media and Development - Can we stand up to the challenge?
- Tell us what you think - Youth in governance
- The critical link between climate change and food, water and livelihood security
- Water drops Global
IWMI International workshop on Indus-Gangetic Basin project
Posted on 02 Dec, 2009 12:10 AMIt looked unreal then! It appeared a little relevant afterwards. Centuries later it made sense. And only in the recent times has the intensity and appropriateness of Leonardo Da Vinci's observation that water is the driver of nature, struck us!
Speakers and presentations of WHSC 2009 day 3 : Ashok Jaitly talks about the policy issues on water conservation
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:58 AMAshok Jaitly, Water Resources Department, TERI
Policy issues in water conservation
Habil Attarwala, Furaat Earth Ltd., Gujarat
Recommendations of the Working Group meeting on technological issues related to groundwater - Day 2
Posted on 26 Nov, 2009 03:32 AMAttending today's technology sessions, I couldn't help thinking about what Carl Sagan once remarked about science and technology. He noted,
UNESCO Water Digest Water Award 2009-10
Posted on 25 Nov, 2009 10:53 AMWater Digest Water Awards were set-up in 2006 to honor distinguished work carried out by various companies in order to save & conserve water.
Decision tree based approach to water : A presentation by Durjoy Chakraborty
Posted on 25 Nov, 2009 04:55 AMOn technology and policy, on what works and what doesn't, on what should work and what can be scaled up... there have been numerous approaches and methodologies presented here at WHSC. That too, with a good number of case studies, substatiating the effectiveness of the chosen approach. Planning at micro and macro levels too, have been deliberated upon.
Speakers and presentations of the WHSC 2009 Day 2 : Rajendra Singh emphasises the need for decentralized water management
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 05:11 AM
Recommendations of Working Group meeting - Planning and implementation issues related to Rain Water Harvesting(RWH)
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 04:12 AMThe issues related to planning and implementation were largely concerned with water quality, budgeting and equity.
The group deemed it necessary that the following are addressed on a greater priority:
- Centralized vs. decentralized rainwater harvesting
- Water quality aspects in rainwater harvesting system
- Water quality management through rainwater harvesting
Recommendations of Working Group meeting on policy issues- Water harvesting issues
Posted on 24 Nov, 2009 03:37 AMWorking Group Meetings formed by a panel of experts in the respective field, formed a significant aspect of WHSC Conference. The conference is geared towards effecting a change in the way water resources are governed and managed. Towards this, the working group meeting's recommendations were valuable, and awaited.
India threatened by flood-drought syndrome, says Mr M.Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 23 Nov, 2009 02:36 PM
M.Gopalakrishnan speaking on Policy Issues (Photo: Praveena Sridhar)