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Water Management
Strengthening quality monitoring to provide safe drinking water: Common treatments and analyses
Posted on 30 Jan, 2012 10:59 AMAuthor : Ravi Savant
Contextualising urban water supply in a changing environment: India Urban Conference, November 17-20 2011
Posted on 30 Jan, 2012 09:21 AMIt aimed to set the challenges faced by urban planners in the current economic, socio-political, and ecological landscape. This would enable informed and negotiated choices on urban development. The stated objectives of the conference are as follows:
SaciWATERs invites applications for Senior Fellow, Hyderabad – Apply by February 15, 2012
Posted on 29 Jan, 2012 10:31 AMContent courtesy: DevNetJobsIndia
SaciWATERs is a private, not-for-profit policy research organisation working at a south Asia level. It is committed to bringing about structural changes in the dominant water resources management paradigm in South Asia. Within this ambit, the focus is on transforming water resources knowledge systems. The key ideas are an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water resources issues from a pro-poor, gender sensitive and human development perspective with emphasis on exchange, interaction and regional collaboration at the South Asia level.
Saving some last remaining free flowing rivers
Posted on 24 Jan, 2012 06:38 AMGuest post by: Parineeta Dandekar
Tank irrigation in Karnataka: A historical survey
Posted on 24 Jan, 2012 06:12 AMThe book covers entire eras from the ancient to the current period. It also gives information about the structural, financial and institutional aspects of tank construction and management.
The full book is available for download on the India Water Portal. Please right-click on the cover page image of the book, and select 'Save link as', to download the full book.
Liquid Dynamics: Rethinking sustainability in water and sanitation
Posted on 20 Jan, 2012 06:55 PMThis paper begins with the slow rate of progress in achieving the millennium development goals of environmental sustainability, especially in the areas of water and sanitation. This is due to the disconnect between the global rhetoric (which often focuses on water as an economic good) and social realities (such as the cultural attitudes towards water)
Looking beyond Durban:Where to from here - An article in EPW
Posted on 20 Jan, 2012 03:58 PMThe Durban climate negotiations have set into motion new negotiations, with the possibility of re-opening old and contentious issues, while at the same time leaving the global climate regulatory framework unchanged. While disappointing, this does create a possibility of starting anew.
6th World Water Forum, World Water Council, Marseille, France, March 12-17, 2012
Posted on 19 Jan, 2012 08:34 PMOrganizer: World Water Council (WWC)
Venue:
The 6th World Water Forum will be held in the "Parc Chanot - Palais des Congrès et des Expositions de Marseille". Located in the 8th District, in the centre of Marseille, a few minutes from the beaches and the Old Port, the Parc Chanot covers 170 000 sqm and comprises a convention centre and an exhibition centre.
National seminar on governance and management of drinking water, IPE, February 14-15, 2012, Hyderabad
Posted on 19 Jan, 2012 10:39 AMOrganizer: Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)
Bangledesh's perspectives on Tipaimukh dam
Posted on 18 Jan, 2012 11:33 PMThe Indian government and two other Indian authorities have signed an agreement on October 22, 2011 regarding construction of the Tipaimukh Dam.