Water Supply

Ensuring access to water in urban households

This paper deals with how urban Indian households obtain water for their daily requirements. The link between economic status and access allows the analysis of issues such as water sharing, sole access, ability to pay, need for improvements, etc. The authors also put forth a strategy for levying user charges for different economic status households.

Publication Date: 
05/10/2001
Laveesh Bhandari, Piyush Bajpai
Economic and Political Weekly
36
39
3774
Tags:
Urban Water Supply, Water Demand, Water Distribution, India, Urban Sanitation, Water Supply
Energy

 Green university

Anna University is turning green with serious efforts to curtail pollution within the campus

Publication Date: 
14/09/2001
J Saravanan
Down to Earth
10
20010915
0
Tags:
Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Noise Pollution, Organic Farming, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Green Spaces, Chennai (D)
India

 Vindicated

The Magsaysay award for Rajendra Singh has meant volte face by critics of community based water harvesting

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
10
20010831
0
Tags:
Ruparel, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Irrigation, Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), Rajasthan, Alwar (D)
Industry

 Water talk

Youngsters from all over the world seek to change the paradigm of water

Publication Date: 
30/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, CSE
Water Resources

 Fighting over water

Two people were killed in Pakistan during protests against water scarcity

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Water Demand, Drought
Agriculture

 More shocks

The Gujarat government turns a blind eye to the quake ravaged water storage facilities. More bad news for a state facing its second drought

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Water Quality, Drinking Water, Irrigation, NGO, Gujarat
Industry

 Fasting for water

A Delhi resident goes on a fast to protest against the water problem

Publication Date: 
29/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Management, Water Distribution, Water Demand, NGO, Delhi
India

 Sponsoring a scarcity

The Delhi Jal Board makes every effort to aggravate the water shortage in Delhi

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Water Quality, High Court, NGO, CSE, Delhi
Environment

 water woes

As Pakistan reels under a severe drought, water scarcity has become a common problem. In Sindh province several protests have been held against the water crisis. "In a country where public

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
A Asha
Down to Earth
Tags:
Sind, Water Demand, Drought, NGO, Pakistan, Karachi
Environment

 The transformation of Neemi

Water is an element that has been the mantra (formula) for prosperity. Yet, it is fast becoming both polluted and scarce. The revival of the

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
Down to Earth
10
20010531
0
Tags:
Water Demand

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