Facts &
Figures
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India
- Dynamics of water use
in India by estimates of SHI
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1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2010 |
2025 |
| Popultion,
mln* |
846 |
935 |
1017 |
1182 |
1371 |
| Irrigation
area, th.ha** |
43050 |
44459 |
46468 |
50846 |
64907 |
| Irrigation
area, th.ha*** |
45144 |
55000 |
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| GNP,
$US per capita**** |
359 |
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| Water
withdrawal, km3 |
518 |
542 |
565 |
628 |
830 |
| Water
consumption, km3 |
366 |
380 |
396 |
433 |
556 |
Source: United Nations Organization
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| TIPS
for CONSERVATION |
- Test
for a leaking toilet
- Use
water conserving plumbing fixtures
- Take
short showers
- Check
your water meter.
- Donąt
run water continuously.
- Avoid
using a garbage disposal.
- Choose
plants that are native to the area
- Water
lawn and gardens during the coolest part
of the day.
- Use
a bucket of water and a spray head on the
hose to wash your car.
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| Best
Practices |
| Urban
Sanitation in Low-income Areas of Bangalore
India Link
Cauvery Water
Supply Project: Multi-Agency Approach to
Finance in Bangalore India Link
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| Case
Studies |
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Andra
Pradesh (India)
Deepa
Joshi -The
Indian case study research will be carried out in Andhra Pradesh,
two mandals have been selected in Chittoor district, one in arid
drought-prone western Chittoor, which is also a tribal area and
another in eastern Chittoor, which is a high rainfall area.
Institutionalizing community-based watershed management in India: elements of
institutional sustainability Link
Indore is a town of almost two
million people in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It has about
110,000 residential connections, 750 commercial connections, and
1,100 industrial connections. It spends about 70 percent of its
budget on electricity; labor and general maintenance split the
remaining 30 percent. Indore currently averages a water supply
of about 210 million liters per day in a normal season. Link
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| Articles |
- Dried
up Well
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Millions
in India lack water as country dries up Link
Indian forest
fire compounds heat wave misery Link
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The world's natural supply of
underground water, on which two billion people depend, is being
run down, according to the United Nations Link
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| Product
Window |
| REQUIREMENTS
FOR WATER CONSERVATION PLANS, FOR
INDIVIDUAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Link
Cost-Effective Water
Saving Devices and Practices
Link
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| Scenario
In India |
- Water is the biggest
crisis facing India in terms of spread and severity,
affecting one of every three people. Even in Chennai, Bangalore
and Delhi water is being rationed and India's food security
is under threat. With the lives and livelihoods of
millions at risk, the nightmare has only just
begun......
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| Project |
Thematic Network on
Sustainable Policies for Promoting Water
Conservation Technologies and Practices is sponsored by the European
Commission Visit the website www.sustainwater.com
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| NEWS
Update |
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| Book
Review |
Making
water everybody’s business: practice and policy of
water harvesting, Centre for Science and Environment, New
Delhi
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| Benchmarking |
| Polymer purchase, waste, utilities and
packaging are significant costs for any plastics business.
This Benchmarking Guide presents the key findings from a
comprehensive telephone survey on resource efficiency in
plastics processing carried out in March 2002.
Link |
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