Water Management

Greening Sanitation Programme

Authors: Nitya Jacob & Amandeep Kang, Centre for Science and Environment
New Delhi, February 2013
(This paper was written for UNDP to feed into a process of greening rural development programmes by the
Ministry of Rural Development, GoI)

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Towards Conservation of Waterbodies

 June 11, 2013
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) India organised a day long workshop on conservation of waterbodies in Sri Lanka on June 11, 2013.

Towards wetland/lake conservation (Meeting in Colombo)

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India, is organising a day-long meeting on lake conservation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 11, 2013 in partnership with Sri Lanka Water Partnership. The meeting will be attended by regulators, researchers, environmental lawyers and prominent NGOs from India and Sri Lanka. The meeting will help to focus on the massive water crisis that South Asian cities are facing and suggest possible solutions.

Vice President Hamid Ansari expresses concern over scarce water resources as well as the stark inequity in access to water : March 4, 2013, New Delhi

He was speaking at Centre for Science and Environment’s Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue on water and wastewater management in cities, titled ‘Excreta Does Matter’
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Excreta does matter - A report: March 4-5, 2013

On World Water Day, we release the report of the Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue: Excreta Does Matter. This two-day meeting attempted to join the dots between improper and inadequate sewage treatment and India's growing water crisis. It brought together about 500 people from NGOs, private sector, academia and the government to present and debate the challenges of urban sewage treatment and water supply. Please click here for the full report.
 

The River needs water

The Yamuna River continues to attract bad press for being a sewage canal.

Regional Workshop on "Energy and Resource Efficiency in Urban Water Management” in Guwahati, Assam on February 28, 2013

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organized a regional workshop on “Sustainable Water and Sanitation: Energy and Resource Efficiency in Urban Water Management” on February 28, 2013 at the NEDFi Conference Hall, Guwahati, Assam. The workshop was supported by Urban Development Department (UDD) and Guwahati Development Department (GDD), Government of Assam as the local partner state.

State Level Workshop on "Water conservation and wastewater recycle/ reuse in Rajasthan – Issues and Challenges" in Jaipur, Rajasthan

Jaipur, February 7, 2013: CSE organised a state level workshop on “Water conservation and wastewater recycle/ reuse in Rajasthan - Issues and Challenges” on February 7.

Roundtable Discussion on Urban Lake and Wetland Protection and Restoration, and Reuse of Waste Water 29 January, 2013

For the last few decades our urban water bodies are being ignored and killed remorselessly. These crucial kidneys in our urban environment are encroached, polluted, and used as dumping grounds. Planners only see lucrative land. To address these issues the Centre for Science and Environment organized a roundtable discussion on urban lakes/wetland protection and restoration  on  January 29, 2013 at the India Habitat Centre.

CSE recommends BOD as suitable parameter for water quality, wants equipment approval simplified

Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a satisfactory parameter to measure water quality. However, the process of measurement should be improved and speeded up. Two ways of doing this are using a bio-sensor based system or a spectrophotometer, that give results within minutes and are nearly as accurate as laboratory-based monitoring. That said, conventional laboratory testing must also be made more robust with clear protocols for sampling, transport and testing.