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Facts &
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In the
year 2002 United Nations gave their first report on
Development of World Water at:
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RAIN WATER HARVESTING |
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The Rainwater Club of Bangalore is
disseminating information to women slum dwellers on how to do
rainwater harvesting using drums. Read the complete article
at,
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This is an interesting article on rainwater harvesting at
Chennai. For more visit.
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TIPS for
CONSERVATION |
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The following
link illustrates a number of simple ways in which we can
save water in our homes.
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This site provides the reader tips on simple ways to use
water wisely. It also helps in taking decisions to
support water wise public investment, conserve land
resources and improve water quality. With developing
countries moving towards fast paced development,
information provided in this has relevance to water
issues in the developing world as well. For more,
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WATER RELATED DISEASES |
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Typhoid and Paratyphoid are
two of the common water borne diseases more prevalent in
less industrialized countries. Information on their
causes, how they affect people, and how we can prevent
it at:
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Unsafe
drinking water and poor sanitation kills more than
thousands of people every day. For example Cholera can
cause rapid dehydration and death, for more information
on cholera:
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WORLD WATER DAY |
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22nd March is celebrated as the world’s water
day. An interesting article on it at:
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Other relevant information on
Water
It has been estimated that by 22nd century
there will be a 30% increase in the monsoon rains in
India leading to climatic changes. For more
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Case
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The processes involved in manufacturing
of soft drinks is extremely damaging and the extraction of ground
water for it deprives the poor people, living nearby to the
manufacturing unit, of their fundamental right of access to clean
water. Following link presents a case study of effect of a CocaCola
manufacturing unit set up in Plachimada village in Palakkad district
of Kerala and how it affected the village ecology and the villagers.
LINK
This section focuses on innovative approaches to conserving and
purifying water and managing wastewater. It also addresses
improvements that can be made to watersheds and water-bodies. For
more
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Articles |
Water Policy
PM
while inaugurating a conference of ministers in charge of Rural
Drinking Water Supply and Rural Sanitation in states and union
territories said that safe drinking water for every rural
inhabitation has been identified as a key component and will be
delivered within next four years.
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Rural Water Management
Women are part and parcel of the environment. They are active
participant in water management of rural agriculture from seed
selection to harvesting. Following is an interesting article on the
role of women in water management; how they derive water without
disrupting its natural process of regeneration, how they conserve
water through techniques based on observation of the local
environment and also how they improve the quality of water by means
of various botanicals.
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Low
cost poly-houses made of mud walls, bamboo structural roofs coupled
with a steel and a plastic sheet for the roof has been shown to be
an economical method for harvesting rainwater by China. The
following article discusses its viability in India.
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The truth about our drinking
water
These days tap water
is not safe to drink, people know the fact that water is not safe,
but they don’t know what toxic material are there in it. More
details
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Book Review |
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Reclaiming Public Water
Achievements, Struggles and Visions from Around the World
Edited by Belén Balanyá, Brid Brennan, Olivier Hoedeman,
Satoko Kishimoto and Philipp Terhorst
Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory,
January 2005 (1rst edition) March 2005 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 90-71007-10-3
This book provides an insight on
the global water debate
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WATER
PERSPECTIVES, ISSUES, CONCERNS: Ramasamy R. Iyer; Sage
Publications of India Pvt. Ltd., Post Box No. 4215, Greater
Kailash Market 1, New Delhi-110048.
In this book
the author has discussed and critically analyzed several
events related to various aspects of water resource
development and management.
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SCENARIO
IN INDIA |
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A nation where
drought and floods continually create havoc, the people and media
of two states in India have come together to combat the acute
water crisis. Driven by the never ending shortage of water the
people of Rajasthan and Karnataka decided not to wait for the
government to supply piped water but to something themselves on
the backs of organized support from people of capacity. In this
the media played a very important role as a motivator and
coordinator.
LINK
The
increasing population of city-dwellers in India is putting a great
strain on the already strained centralized water supply system of
urban areas. Experts predict that the number of city-dwellers is
on the rise and by 2020, about 50 per cent of India's population
will be living in cities.
LINK
Contamination can
enter water bodies in a number of ways and results in making it
unfit for use. This article presents the state of the water bodies
in India, particularly with an emphasis on Ground water quality.
For more
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GLOBAL ISSUES |
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Pollution of oceans and rivers and other water bodies is increasing
with increase in the corporate globalization. More than 70% of the
population on this earth does not get clean water and most of these
belong to the developing nations. Of all the available water on this
earth, 85% is used by just 12% of the population and this 12% do not
live in the third World! The following site also provides
information on how the access to fresh water is fast becoming a
political problem.
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UNESCO is doing a World Water Assessment Program in different
countries of the world to help them improve their self assessment
capability by building on their existing strengths and experiences.
Initially seven case studies involving 12 countries were prepared
(WWDR1) in this regard. Then, learning from the successes and
failures of the first attempt the study was extended to 38 countries
and 16 case studies were prepared therein, highlighting that it is
often the action at the local level which provides the starting
point of most fruitful efforts. At the following site is the 2nd
World Water Development Report of United Nations containing the 16
case studies conducted over 38 countries.
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Global
Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis
presents three alternative future scenarios for global water supply
and demand, and food production and consumption, based on the
results of the IMPACT computer model. These projections demonstrate
the effect of policies and priorities on the world water situation.
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provides an article on this.
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