Water Resources

Groundwater WASH nexus in Asian cities: Hanoi, Kathmandu, Khulna

This working paper assesses the groundwater-WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) nexus based on an analysis of domestic water uses in three groundwater dependent Asian Cities: Hanoi (Viet Nam), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Khulna (Bangladesh).

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
Binaya Raj Shivakoti
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Tags:
Groundwater, Urban Water Supply, Sanitation, Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh, Groundwater Quality, Water Resources
Water Resources

Groundwater WASH nexus in Asian cities: Hanoi, Kathmandu, Khulna

This working paper assesses the groundwater-WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) nexus based on an analysis of domestic water uses in three groundwater dependent Asian Cities: Hanoi (Viet Nam), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Khulna (Bangladesh).

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
Binaya Raj Shivakoti
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Tags:
Groundwater, Urban Water Supply, Sanitation, Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh, Groundwater Quality, Water Resources
Water Supply

Draft Rajasthan urban water policy

The Draft Rajasthan Water Policy aims to influence the thought process and deliberations that will set an overall direction to developmental activities in the urban water sector. The Policy aims initially at recognizing issues related to urban water management in aspects related to drinking water.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2016
Government of Rajasthan
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Water Policy, Rajasthan
Water Resources

Options for decoupling economic growth from water use and water pollution

Global trends point to a relative decoupling of water – that is, the rate of water resource use is increasing at a rate slower than that of economic growth.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2016
UNEP
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Water Demand, Water Pollution, Water Supply, Economic Development, Agriculture, Industry, Urban Water Supply, India, Global, Water Pricing
Water Supply

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drinking Water, 24/02/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drinking Water, 24/02/2016. Assistance to the states including Karnataka and Rajasthan for improving the facilities for drinking water is being provided under the Schemes Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), SMART CITIES, North Eastern Region Urban Development Programme (NERUDP), and 10% Lumpsum scheme.

Publication Date: 
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Drinking Water, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, India, Statistics, Parliament
Natural Disasters

Managing drought: learning from Australia

This research reflects on some of the key lessons from the Australian Millennium Drought experience in order to assess the opportunities for California. It serves as a powerful resource for Californian water planners and managers as it grapples with drought and seeks to build resilient and sustainable water systems.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2016
Alliance for Water Efficiency
Tags:
Droughts, Australia, Extreme Weather Events, Urban Water Supply
Habitat And Urbanisation

Urban infrastructure and governance mission under JNNURM

Rapidly increasing urbanisation in India has brought much needed focus on the urban development policies in India. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was the first programme to provide substantial funds for urban local bodies to improve their infrastructure and bring in better governance systems. This article tries to look at the mission from a new public management perspective. The performance of ULBs in project implementation shows delinking from the reforms agenda of the mission.

Publication Date: 
09/01/2016
Vidhee Kiran Avashia, Amit Garg
Economic and Political Weekly
51
2
41-57
Tags:
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urbanisation, infrastructure, Governance, Political Decentralisation, Urban Development, Urban Sanitation, Urban Water Supply, Finance, Statistics
Water Pollution

Hydro-geochemistry and application of water quality index (WQI) for groundwater quality assessment, Anna Nagar, part of Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India

In the present study, the geochemical characteristics of groundwater and drinking water quality has been studied. 24 groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride, sulphate, nitrate, calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and total hardness. The results were evaluated and compared with WHO and BIS water quality standards. The studied results reveal that the groundwater is fresh to brackish and moderately high to hard in nature. Na and Cl are dominant ions among cations and anions.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2015
S. Krishna kumar, A. Logeshkumaran, N. S. Magesh & et al
Applied Water Science
5
4
335–343
Tags:
Groundwater Quality, Chennai (T), Tamil Nadu, Drinking Water Quality, Urban Water Supply
Water Supply

Most Tanzanians rely on unsafe water despite government efforts: survey

DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Only one in three people in Tanzania has access to piped water despite government efforts to improve water supplies with most of the population still re

Publication Date: 
27/11/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Water Supply, Drinking Water, Water Quality, Tanzania, Health Effects, Diseases, Urban Water Supply, Africa
Water Supply

Draft Rajasthan urban water policy 2015

The Draft Rajasthan Water Policy aims to influence the thought process and deliberations that will set an overall direction to developmental activities in the urban water sector.

Publication Date: 
24/11/2015
Government of Rajasthan
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Water Policy, Water Management, Water Quality, Water Supply, Rajasthan, Drinking Water, Sanitation

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