Water Management

The latest loss figures (24 Feb. 09 is five districts, 35 blocks, 33.29 lakh peopla, 9.97 lakh live stock., affected area 3.68 lakh hectares, 2.37 lakh houses, 527 human death a and 19,323 loss of cattle.

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Forwarded to the Portal by: Sulekha M.V.,Water Today Water Today, a bimonthly magazine focuses on changes and developments in the Water and Wastewater industry. It offers a high-level forum for discussion thereby enabling the water industry professionals to delve the issues about the products of interest, projects, and best verified practices that will benefit the industry. Water Today seeks quality articles written by water experts that can be published in our magazine. The article/case study may be about 6-8 pages in MS Word format with relevant images and tables etc. Our current issue is on Water Audit (last date for submission of article is 2nd April). The editorial calendar is given below for ready reference.

"Megh Pyne Abhiyan" is a network of NGOS that has been working in flood affected areas in Bihar with Arghyam support for the past few years. MPA has been grappling with the idea of providing clean water and sanitation in Bihar.

WaterAid India invites applications from experienced and professionally qualified candidates for the following position, to be based in New Delhi as part of the WaterAid India Country Office. The salary and benefits offered is competitive one of the best in the sector. Admin & IT Officer New Delhi Primarily responsible for the Admin and IT functions for the Delhi office, the position is required to coordinate, support and consolidate Admin and IT support role for the entire programme which includes the country office in Delhi and 4 Regional Offices. The post holder reports to Director Finance and Administration. This being a critical programme support function, the position is expected to demonstrate people friendly attitude, provide timely support and develop well planned work plans and annual calendar of deadlines for key compliance. In performance evaluation of this position, the Line Manager will take inputs from other Units of WAI.

Anjal Prakash from SaciWATERs, Hyderabad report on the theme, 'Knowledge, Education and Capacity Development Strategies'.

Coordinated by UNESCO , IHE with about 24 other institutions around the world, the session focused on the issues related to knowledge management and development. This is with in the context of sharing newly gained knowledge through appropriate systems. In particular, the session addressed the need of strengthening the role of education, knowledge and capacity development in sustainable use and management of water resources. Friday witnessed the deliberations of the main theses in three parts , knowledge management and development, institutional capacity building and empowering organizations and people. In his opening remark, Richard Meganck, head of UNESCO , IHE and Kusum of NetWater & WfWp stressed the need to energized actors outside traditional water sector. They called for bridges divides between theoretical and political boundaries. "The capacity building needs go beyond training to develop talent and it starts where training ends"said Ms Athukurala.

Forwarded to the Portal by: Anu Maheshwari, SaciWATERs Image and Content courtesy: SaciWATERs The side session organized by SaciWATERs, the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, at the World Water Forum 5 called for generating visible demand for interdisciplinary studies on water in South Asia with a focus on creating a cadre of women water professionals to combat the 'masculinity' of current water sector. The side event titled Up-scaling IWRM Education in South Asia: Which boundaries to cross? was organized by SaciWATERs for the Crossing Boundaries Project in Feshane Lale Hall 5 at the World Water Forum 5, Istanbul, Turkey. The session evaluated the current status of water resources education, assess the demand for interdisciplinary water professionals and identify challenges, opportunities, and new initiatives in the realm of higher education for water resources in South Asia through the findings of the study titled "Strengthening IWRM Education in South Asia; Which Boundaries to Cross?". Prof. S Janakarajan, President, SaciWATERs, welcomed the panel members and the session speakers and briefly described the purpose of the Crossing Boundaries Project, an endeavour of SaciWATERs with six partner institutions in four South Asian countries, to bring a paradigm shift in water resources management education in South Asia. Dr. Peter Mollinga, Convener, SaciWATERs, initiated the session by briefing the participants on the objectives of the study which was to review the progress of the Project's initiative and to determine whether higher education system in South Asia was responding to the reforms generated by the Project.

As a part of World Water Day events, the Ministry of Water Resources is organizing a one-day workshop at New Delhi on 23rd March 2009. The program is as below.