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Water Management
Mission Possible Water Sector Transformation, Centre of Excellence for Change, Chennai
Posted on 25 Jun, 2010 03:38 PMThe need for water conservation in India
Posted on 25 Jun, 2010 01:48 AMNatural resources are limited and considering industrialization and global warming we should start focusing on preserving natural resources or need to find out optimum way to utilize these resources.
Earth, tree and water are linked to each other and due to vast industrialization we are breaking the nature rules now the time has come to give back or restore our natural resources.
Hydrological problems of India – A compilation of news items for the year 2000
Posted on 21 Jun, 2010 05:02 PMThis report is a compilation of the hydrological news in the print media in the country for the year 2000. The report is an attempt to put forth diverse hydrologic information and events reflecting the problems and indicate solutions for hydrologists, planners and water resource managers in particular. National newspapers like Hindustan Times, Indian Express and Hindu have been referred to, for tracking the Indian hydrological events due to flood, drought, quality, demand supply and availability.
Effective groundwater management in urban areas
Posted on 20 Jun, 2010 06:32 PMOften groundwater pumping is undertaken assuming the resource to be infinite. This myth has been shattered in the last few decades with increasing scarcity and deterioration in terms of quality as a consequence of over-exploitation and mismanagement of this resource to meet competing demands for drinking water and other needs in urban cities. However, managing groundwater is not an easy task.
Historical maps of Indian towns and cities (1893, 1909, 1924)
Posted on 15 Jun, 2010 11:11 PMThis set of maps of Indian towns and cities, dated between 1893 and 1924, give an idea of historical water bodies in each town/city, and can be compared with present day maps, to discover water bodies, that may have been lost to urban encroachments or other human interventions.
Irrigation water management for food security in India: The forgotten realities - Paper by IRAP
Posted on 09 Jun, 2010 06:14 PMIn this paper, the authors examine the current debates around India's water crisis and its implications for food security in the country. The paper takes a critical look at the recent official assessments of groundwater exploitation in India in the context of these debates.
The paper proposes that there is a need to make a qualitative assessment of the magnitude of food security and water management challenges facing the country. It argues that two important factors drive the agricultural growth and food production in India. These include access and availability of arable land and water resources, which need to be examined and analysed with particular reference to their regional variations, to get a true understanding of the situation.
Women empowerment - Jalswarajya project launches 'Jalmitra' initiative in Maharashtra
Posted on 08 Jun, 2010 08:54 PMWomen ‘JALMITRA’ spanning awareness on O&M
Article by - Prabhakar Mishra, IEC Specialist, Jalswarajya Nagpur.
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National seminar on water security - Call for papers
Posted on 07 Jun, 2010 01:16 PMOrganizer: Water and Food Equitable Distribution Organisation (WEDO)
Topics:
- Making more surface water available
- Sustainable and enduring solutions for water
Venue: Henry Maudslay Hall, Anna University, Chennai
Description:
WEDO ( Water and Food Equitable Distribution Organisation) is a unique Initiative of professionals and experts with hands-on experience, a Think-tank of the free enterprise with lateral thinking to design and evolve projects on a scientific and technological basis to provide acceptable engineering solutions to be proposed to the nation: Models, designs and plans for Production, storage and distribution of vital resources in India.
Resource guide on mainstreaming gender in water management for India - Regional language guide hardcopies and CDs available from CEE Lucknow
Posted on 07 Jun, 2010 12:56 PMCentre for Environment Education (CEE), Northern regional office based in Lucknow has been working with Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) for trans-adapting the resource guide on ‘Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management’ in Hindi for India as part of the South Asia version. The Resource guide was first published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2003. This is the second edition of the Resource Guide on Mainstreaming Gender in Water Management of August 2006.
National Water Mission under National Action Plan on Climate Change: Revised Comprehensive Mission Documents - Ministry of Water Resources (2009)
Posted on 05 Jun, 2010 11:46 PMThe National Water Mission (NWM), under the aegis of the Ministry of Water Resources, is one of the eight missions being constituted under the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC). The NAPCC was launched by the Prime Minister in 2009 as a nation-wide effort to tackle climate change.