Rural Water Supply

26 Govt labs to test water quality

A total of 26 district-level Government laboratories have been established in Chhattisgarh for testing the purity of drinking water.During the last three years, 56,388 samples of ground water sourc

Publication Date:

11/08/2014

Source: Pioneer (Raipur)

Tags:

Chhattisgarh, Water Quality, Fluoride, Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Water Supply

Water Supply

A micro financing framework for rural water and sanitation provisioning in Sub-Saharan Africa

This report explores a hybrid mechanism of microfinance, based on community networks and third party collateral for meso-scale loans, to provide a different financing model for small community water and sanitation supplies.

Publication Date:

01/08/2014

Author(s): Sandrine Mengueze, Dorcas Mbuvi, Sarah Dickin, Corinne Schuster-Wallace

Source: United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health

Tags:

Rural Water Supply, Rural Sanitation, Africa, Finance

Water Supply

AfDB Grants Malawi $104 Million for Water, Daily Times Reports

The African Development Bank and Malawi signed three agreements for $104 million in the form of loans and grants, the Daily Times reported.

Publication Date:

01/08/2014

Source: Bloomberg

Tags:

Water Supply, Rural Water Supply, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Africa, Malawi

Water Pollution

1.8 lakh people forced to drink unsafe water: CAG

Investigation found no unit had been set up to monitor water quality in Odisha

Publication Date:

30/07/2014

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Water Quality, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Population, Rural Water Supply

Water Supply

Chitral village gets water supply

CHITRAL: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has completed a water supply scheme at a cost of Rs2.3 million, benefiting at least 400 households of Orghoch village.

Publication Date:

16/07/2014

Source: Dawn (Pakistan)

Tags:

Water Supply, Drinking Water, Rural Water Supply, Pakistan, Agriculture, Irrigation, South Asia

Habitat And Urbanisation

World Bank offers to fund Punjab’s tourism projects

Chief Minister seeks technical support on various projects

Publication Date:

16/07/2014

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Punjab, Tourism, World Bank, Irrigation, Rural Water Supply, Rural Sanitation, Habitat And Urbanisation

Water Supply

Targets fixed for Twenty Point Programme (TPP) for 2014-15 under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)

Targets fixed for Twenty Point Programme (TPP) for 2014-15 under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). Letter to Secretary/Principal Secretary in charge of Rural Water Supply/PHED of all states and UTs governments.

Publication Date:

15/07/2014

Source: Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Tags:

Rural Water Supply, Drinking Water, India, Statistics

Governance And Institutions

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on local bodies (Karnataka)

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on local bodies (Karnataka). The report has been laid on the tabel of the State Legislature Assemly on 14-07-2014.

Publication Date:

14/07/2014

Source: Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Tags:

Panchayats, Karnataka, Municipal Corporation, Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Bangalore (T), Rural Water Supply, Corruption, Rural Development

Water Supply