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Dear Friend,
World Water Day 2021 under the theme ‘valuing water’ was appropriate and timely as we observe the one-year mark of Covid 19 pandemic declaration. We all understand the critical role water plays in fight against infectious diseases but at the same time, the pandemic itself has put at risk some of the gains made in previous years in India and across global south towards achieving the SDGs goals related to water and sanitation.
School of Water and Waste through its series of activities engaged with governments, municipalities, businesses, farmers, civil societies, communities and individuals to inform that it is a shared responsibility of us all – to tap rainwater for in situ water augmentation, decentralised wastewater treatment including local reuse and conservation of water bodies to build resilience in human settlements - including safeguarding ecosystems and the poor, the excluded and the vulnerable.
In this endeavour, we are pleased to put forward this bi-monthly newsletter exhibiting, updates, publications, training, events and more.
We look forward to hearing impact stories of change from all our alumni, partners and readers.
Your suggestions and feedback are welcome. Please do share them with us
at: sww-aaeti@cseindia.org
Best regards,
Suresh Kumar Rohilla
Senior Director & Academic Director |
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School of Water & Waste Activities
Please find below our events, news updates, useful tools and opportunities for you to learn more and collaborate with us in our ongoing and upcoming endeavours. |
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World Wetlands Day: Wetland Conservation in Delhi
2 February, 2021
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, the Wetland Authority of Delhi (under the Dept. of Environment and Forests, GNCTD) organised a webinar on 'Wetland Conservation in Delhi', inviting various experts to discuss and deliberate on the importance of wetlands, and status of wetland conservation practices in Delhi.
Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla- Senior Director, CSE highlighted the cross-cutting legacy issues that need to be addressed for management of Delhi’s water bodies.
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City Sanitation Task Force (CSTF) meeting in Chunar and Bijnor cities of Uttar Pradesh
5 February, 2021
CSE Technical Support Units assisting the urban local bodies organised the 7th City Sanitation Task Force (CSTF) meetings in respective towns. CSTF members committed to launch of Malasur Campaign in a time bound manner to show its commitment towards effective FSM in ongoing Swacch Surveskshan 2021 including issuing licence to private desludgers, notification of FSSM bye-laws for operationalising desludging of septic tanks and implement model decentralised wastewater treatment project.
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Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Water Dialogues: Rainwater Harvesting and Water Management
22 February, 2021
The second webinar in the water dialogue series organized by Stockholm International Water Institute promoting the wealth of ideas and knowledge from global water champions and the Stockholm Water Laureates.
Ms Sunita Narain, Director General – CSE (Stockholm Water Laureate – Year 2005) shared the tradition and journey of rainwater harvesting in India, and how decentralized systems are essential for reaping the benefits of rainwater harvesting.
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CSE Interactive Session cum virtual booth at ADB e-exhibition
15 - 19 March, 2021
School of Water and Waste at Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was invited in an event e-Marketplace: Catalyzing Innovations and Digitization for Safe, Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Management by Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla- Senior Director, CSE exhibited three tools i.e. MOUNT, SaniKit and C-GINS developed by School of Water and Waste to scale advocacy, innovation in policies and practices including successfully implemented case studies. One of the publications titled “Water and Sanitation Plan for Brahmandiha GP in Bankura, West Bengal'' was also launched in this event as an outcome under the capacity building programme of West Bengal State Govt. and project partners.
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World Water Day 2021: Valuing Water by Implementing Faecal Sludge and Septage Management
22 March, 2021
As the world celebrates World Water Day with a theme of ‘valuing water’, NDTV speaks to experts to understand the relationship between faecal waste and water pollution and how India can resolve the two crises.
Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla- Senior Director, CSE stated that there is a need to translate policy and focus on the entire sanitation chain.
Mr. Rohilla highlighted the need for convergence of various national missions at city level.
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Water Crisis: Why We The People Should Care
22 March, 2021
On the occasion of World Water Day with a theme of ‘valuing water’, NDTV speaks to Ms Sunita Narain- Director general, CSE, and editor, Down To Earth on the severe water shortage likely in urban hubs.
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Water Management in a Climate Risked World: New Challenges
22 March, 2021
The eleventh webinar in the webinar series organized by International Water Association (IWA, India). CSE being an active member of the association, Ms Sunita Narain- Director General, CSE and Editor, Down To Earth was invited to deliver this webinar on "Water Management in a Climate Risked World - New Challenges" on the eve of World Water Day.
Ms Narain talked about CSE's research on India Water warriors as how they successfully managed water in their region and addressed uncertainties related to climate change.
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International Water Week: SARNET website launch
22 March, 2021
Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum (LRWHF) convenor of the South Asia Rainwater Harvesting Network organised this webinar. LRWHF is CSE’s South Asia Regional programme partner involved in promoting rainwater harvesting.
Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla- Senior Director, CSE was invited to address the virtual gathering along with several government dignitaries joining from different parts of South Asia. The government delegates who addressed the meeting were: Hon. Dinesh Gunewardena- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara- Minister of Water Supply Service of Sri Lanka, Hon. Ugyen Wangdi- Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan), Hon. Ganesh Shaha- Former Minister of Water Supply and Sewage of Nepal, His Excellency M Ashraf Haidari- High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Sri Lanka and Mr Reed J. Aeschliman- Mission Director of USAID to Sri Lanka and Maldives. The event was attended by 45 participants.
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28th Convergence India & 6th Smart Cities India Expo: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Promotion
24 March, 2021
The digital session was part of the expo organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), aimed at promoting water, sanitation and hygiene with respect to building a digital and smart India.
Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla- Senior Director, CSE was invited to discuss on lessons learnt from the pandemic in water, sanitation and hygiene sector and also highlighted that working with communities is important for better mobilization. He quoted ‘this pandemic has reinforced and reemphasized that water comes first and sanitisation is also important but they can’t be seen in isolation.’
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Malasur Campaign: Bijnor and Chunar cities of Uttar Pradesh
February - March, 2021
CSE Technical Support Units (TSUs) in Bijnor and Chunar organized an IEC Campaign highlighting the need for safe disposal and treatment of septage / faecal sludge management with the support of Nagar Palika Parishads of both towns.
The activities included wall paintings on the community and public toilets, formalization of private de-sludgers through registration and licensing, etc.
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Faecal Sludge Management (FSM)
1 - 9 February, 2021
International training programme on Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) organized in partnership with WaterAid Bangladesh by School of Water and Waste. The aim of the training was to sensitise manager as well as build technical knowledge of practitioners to design and implement effective faecal sludge management aimed at promoting citywide inclusive sanitation.
The training was attended by more than 80 participants from WaterAid and partner organizations in South Asian countries.
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Planning and Designing of Rainwater Harvesting System
10 - 12 February, 2021
The training was organised by School of Water and Waste to build a community of practice with knowledge and skills required for planning, designing and implementing rainwater harvesting systems at individual and neighbourhood scale considering various design principles, institutional framework, O&M and economics of RWH.
There was a diverse group of 26 young, mid-career and experienced professionals from different expertise like planners, architects, consultants, engineers, researchers, academicians and students.
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Decentralized Wastewater, Faecal Sludge and Septage Management
9 - 12 March, 2021
The training organised by School of Water and Waste aimed to sensitise managers about the decentralised wastewater treatment approach and build technical skills of practitioners in designing and implementing DWWT projects as well as understand different business models and economics.
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| Outreach: Resources, Publications and Blogs |
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Uttar Pradesh safely treated 100+ million litres of Faecal Sludge in its 5 front runner cities
5 March, 2021
Centre for Science and Environment has partnered with the Department of Urban Development (Uttar Pradesh) to follow the progress of the state in bringing about reforms and implementing interventions which would help in achieving effective Faecal Sludge and Septage Management.
As per the data a total 107.5 million litres of safely treated faecal sludge has been recorded from 23000+ no. of tanker trips in 5 cities of UP, i.e. Jhansi, Unnao, Lucknow, Kanpur and Chunar since 2015.
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| Webinars and Online Workshops/Events |
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Sustainable Urban Water Management – Challenges & Opportunities in Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation
5 March, 2021
The School of Water and Waste organised this webinar in partnership with Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), USA, aimed at sensitizing key stakeholders about the need to develop water resilience in cities in wake of climate change.
The webinar was attended by over 1,200 participants from 567 cities across 62 countries. Engineers, architects, planners, social scientists, etc. representing private consultancies, government departments, academic institutions, NGOs actively participated in the webinar.
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10 KLD Faecal Sludge and Septage Treatment Plant in Chunar
13 March, 2021
10 KLD Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) at Chunar, Uttar Pradesh trail run have commenced by on 13th March 2021. CSE is technical knowledge partner helping the executing agency Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, Chunar local body and the National Mission Clean Ganga in implementing effective FSM interventions aimed at both achieving citywide sanitation and improved river health.
This is first pilot FSTP funded by under Namami Gange programme by the National Mission Clean Ganga.
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Water and MGNREGA: Transforming India
22 March, 2021
Down To Earth and CSE organised this webinar to share findings of a country-wide survey of the impacts of MGNREGA after 15 years of its implementation. The report covered 16 villages in 15 districts of as many states, and brought back incredible stories of revival, resurrection and hope from the ground.
The webinar was inaugurated by Ms Sunita Narain- Director general, CSE and featured the highlights of the report on villages that have made the transformation from drought to prosperity. It brought together the Jal Yodhas – the representatives of the villages who have made this possible.
27 - 30 April, 2021 (Residential)
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| Upcoming Events |
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2nd Impact Workshop cum Master Class on Capacity building initiative for Citywide Water and Sanitation Management
16 – 18 June, 2021
The School of Water and Waste is organizing a 3 days ‘Impact Workshop cum Master Class’ Part II, to re-connect with alumni and resource persons for evaluation and assessment of the trainings organized by CSE. The workshop is aimed to identify knowledge and skill gaps in the area of city wide water & sanitation, knowledge exchange on best experience and learnings to bridge in the capacity building of individuals & institutions to strengthen research, advocacy and capacity building aimed at creating ‘change agents’ – water manager and leaders.
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Training programme on GIS and Remote Sensing for Designing & Implementing Green Infrastructure
Part A (Online): 23 June to 9 July 2021
Part B (Residential): 28 – 30 July, 2021
The School of Water and Waste is organising this tailor-made training in partnership with University of the West of England (UWE) on Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS), aimed to equip practitioners, managers and regulators with state of art tools and techniques required for water sensitive urban design and planning to move efficiently from traditional techniques to smart, cost effective and sustainable water and sanitation solutions.
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