To increase accountability in water supply management, Chennai Metrowater will soon implement a system where the entire process, from sourcing to distribution of drinking water to residents, will be monitored through a centralised online network.

The water agency floated a tender recently to implement the project using real-time data acquisition and a matrix display system. According to sources in Metrowater, the centralised city water supply network will help the agency monitor the status of supply daily.

In early August, as people struggled to survive the humid summer heat, a huge power cut deprived almost half of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, of electricity for more than 16 hours and led to th

Say Govt. must focus on making the most of available resources

As Delhi gets ready to implement public-private partnership models in the city to plug water and revenue leaks and ensure round-the-clock supply, water conservation experts want the Administration to look beyond dams and private companies and focus instead on water harvesting, recycling and off-channel reservoirs.

JAMMU: With the Asian Development Bank funding worth Rs 360 crore, the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) has augmented nearly 24 million gallons of water per day (MGD) for Jammu city by constructing 54 tube wells and raising 59 over head tanks.

Not only this, ERA has also provided big relief to the people of the winter capital city by installing 44 high capacity pumping equipment at 13 critical pumping stations for better pumping and 38 dedicated feeders at various PHE pumping stations for assured water supply.

The answer to Delhi’s perennial water crisis could lie in two successful public-private partnership (PPP) models — one in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and the other in the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad

Pilot project in command areas of Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi

The Planning Commission on Thursday gave thumbs up to Delhi Government’s move to involve private entities in supply of water in several areas of the city on the lines of power sector. The reform initiative in the water distribution sector has been complimented by Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia when Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit briefed him about the move.

Finding it difficult to cope with demands of vertical growth of the city, the Delhi Jal Board has decided not to give water connections to each dwelling unit in a multi-storeyed apartment block.

The Delhi Jal Board wants consumers to adapt to “community sharing of resources”, and for that it has proposed that all upcoming multi-storey buildings in the city should have a single bulk water connection and the residents should learn how to divide water among themselves.

The DJB has recently written to the municipal bodies to alter the building bye-laws and introduce the provision that all high rises will have just one bulk connection instead of multiple connections. The rationale for doing so is this-- if there is single underground reservoir for a multi-storey and a single over head tank, only one booster pump will be required to lift water, thereby saving energy and also limiting the consumption of water.

Setting the ball rolling for privatisation of water distribution system, the Delhi government on Friday approved a long-pending proposal to involve private entities in management, maintenance and supply of water in several areas of the city.

The private entities will be involved in command areas of Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi underground reservoirs and water treatment plants under PPP mode. The decision was taken at a board meeting of Delhi Jal Board presided over by chief minister Sheila Dikshit.

Water tanker lorries are the main lifeline in many of Kochi’s villages

The city may well take pride in her title as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. But the Queen’s subjects are often left anxiously waiting for non-descript water tankers arranged by the authorities to roll in to their neighbourhoods to quench their thirst. Whether or not the tankers supply quality water or comply with hygiene and sanitation parameters, statistics explain why it may be necessary to include them in the list of essential services.