Water Management

This book by IUCN is directed at practitioners involved in water-related negotiations that aim at fair and mutual agreements on optimum and sensible use of water by all. The book provides the necessary motivation, ideas, tools and inspiration for people involved in water negotiations throughout the world.

Many a times, the underlying approach to negotiations involves bargaining and competition. However, the book believes that emphasis on constructive engagement involving multiple perspectives and consensus building can lead to fair and equal distribution of this valuable resource to everyone.

The book is divided into five chapters that give out important key messages as to how to go about the process of negotiating:

National Conference on Water
Theme:"Efficient Water Management: Challenges and Solutions"

Organizers:

• Water Digest
• Bhaskar Foundation
• Dainik Bhaskar

Topics:

• Efficient use of Water: Need for Institutional Mechanism
• Creation and Restoration of Water Bodies: Case Studies
• Health & Hygiene: Purity and Availability Matrix
• Water Harvesting & Ground Recharging: Every drop is precious
• Maximizing efficiency, cleaning impurities: Role of Modern Technologies

Venue: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Description:

We are delighted to invite you to National Conference on Water on the theme Efficient Water Management: Challenges and Solutions jointly organized by Water Digest ,  Bhaskar Foundation and Dainik Bhaskar and Supported by Govt. Of Madhya Pradesh to be held on June 25-26, 2010 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, invites Expression of Interest (EoI) for providing solutions and managing water challenges under the

Technology Mission:  Winning, Augmentation and Renovation (WAR) for Water

Organizers: Shri Anupam Mishra, Gandhi Peace Foundation

Venue: India International Center, Conference Room – I, New Delhi.

Dear All

Please find attahed vacancy notice of 3 Positions below and alos find the link attached for more informations.

icrc.humanresources@gmail.com

Water and Habitat Program Manager

International Committee of the Red Cross

Location: Raipur - Jagdhalpur

This document by WaterAid India, India highlights the poor water and sanitation situation in the urban slums in India, in the context of rapid urbanisation and the increase in the number of slums and slum dwellers in the cities.

Guest post by Pranab, Sucharita & Priyabrat
Odisha State Center

With summer scorch intensifying, pinch of water woes and conflicts are becoming more painful in Odisha this year. While pollution continues to be the concern, scarcity and quality of drinking water across Odisha, both from rural and urban landscapes have become the major water news in vernacular media. With news of more and more tube wells going defunct/ drying up, water-supply systems becoming ineffective and quality of surface and ground water plummeting with metal and biological pollution, this issue of Water Feeder attempts to reiterate the urgency of thinking and action towards alternate management of our water resources. It also underlines grimmer months ahead, with summer intensifying further and hydrological year approaching its end.

Cap-Net is an international network for capacity building in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). It includes a partnership of autonomous international, regional and national institutions and networks committed to capacity building in the water sector.

The Cap-Net website has a number of resources on water management issues and includes:

This presentation deals with the projects implemented by Paharpur Business Centre and Software Technology Incubator Park (PBC-STIP), New Delhi towards reduction in potable water consumption through its projects on water closet replacement, waterless urinal and sensor tap.

The other potable water savings projects of PBC-STIP include dish washer (GE make), soap free water for gardening, use of native plant species, drip irrigation, hydroponics culture for growing plants and use of conductivity meter. Its initiative in water conservation runs across all verticals and it engages with the supply chain to sensitize them on water issues.

The presentation deals with Mahindra and Mahindra’s (M&M) work on optimal utilization of groundwater resources in its vehicle manufacturing plant at Zaheerabad, Andhra Pradesh. M&M had taken help from ICRISAT and Groundwater Department of GoAP to study the hydro-geology and topography of the estate and prepare ground water maps.

A time bound master plan of water augmentation was worked out to undertake activities like rainwater harvesting pits, new locations for borewells/ openwells/ percolation tanks, planting of less water intensive trees, re-usage and re-cycling of wastewater, rainwater channels to recharge the under ground water reservoirs and installation of drip irrigation.