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Guidance Note
MoHFW. Advisory for ensuring safe drinking water during lock down and effective management of pandemic caused by Corona Virus. MoHFW, 2020.

COVID-19 has taken pandemic proportions in many countries and in view of the seriousness of the matter, Govt of India and State Governments have taken several pre- emptive measures to contain this disease in the country. Frequent washing of hands with frothing soaps is recognized as most...

Guidance Note

COVID-19 has taken pandemic proportions in many countries and in view of the seriousness of the matter, Govt of India and State Governments have taken several pre- emptive measures to contain this disease in the country. Frequent washing of hands with frothing soaps is recognized as most...

Water Supply Pune
Water For Pune's Future: 24x7 Water Supply Project. Pune Municipal Corporation, 2018.

This brochure gives an idea how Pune plans to make itself water sufficient.

Water For Pune's Future: 24x7 Water Supply Project. Pune Municipal Corporation, 2018.
Water Supply Pune

This brochure gives an idea how Pune plans to make itself water sufficient.

IHU WASH Project
IHUWASH Innovation Hub for Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Solutions In Catalyzing Innovative Urban WASH Solutions. USAID , 2018.

The document gives a brief about the various elements of the USAID supported Innovation Hub for Urban WASH (IHUWASH) project.

IHUWASH Innovation Hub for Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Solutions In Catalyzing Innovative Urban WASH Solutions. USAID , 2018.
IHU WASH Project

The document gives a brief about the various elements of the USAID supported Innovation Hub for Urban WASH (IHUWASH) project.

World Water Development Report
Nature Based Solutions for Water: World Water Development Report 2018. United Nations World Water Assessment Program, 2018.

The global demand for water has been increasing at a rate of about 1% per year over the past decades as a function of population growth, economic development and changing consumption patterns, among other factors, and it will continue to grow significantly over the foreseeable future. Industrial...

Nature Based Solutions for Water: World Water Development Report 2018. United Nations World Water Assessment Program, 2018.
World Water Development Report

The global demand for water has been increasing at a rate of about 1% per year over the past decades as a function of population growth, economic development and changing consumption patterns, among other factors, and it will continue to grow significantly over the foreseeable future. Industrial...

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
SCADA -Water management & treatment Project by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, 2018.

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is responsible for catering to the domestic and commercial water demand of the city. Sabarmati river and Narmada canal are the two main sources of water for the city. AMC currently operate 3 major Water Treatment Plants namely Kotarpur, Raska, jaspur. Currently...

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is responsible for catering to the domestic and commercial water demand of the city. Sabarmati river and Narmada canal are the two main sources of water for the city. AMC currently operate 3 major Water Treatment Plants namely Kotarpur, Raska, jaspur. Currently...

Executive Summary
Reducing Inequalities in Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals: Synthesis Report of the Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic Initiative . Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group, 2017.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Bank’s corporate goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity call for specific attention to the poor and vulnerable. The overarching objective of the SDGs is to end poverty in all its forms, but their key difference from...

Executive Summary

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Bank’s corporate goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity call for specific attention to the poor and vulnerable. The overarching objective of the SDGs is to end poverty in all its forms, but their key difference from...

Drinking water WHO
Potable reuse: Guidance for producing safe drinking-water. Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO), 2017.

In response to growing pressures on available water resources, potable reuse represents a practical source of drinking-water in specific circumstances.

This document describes how to apply appropriate management systems to produce safe drinking-water from municipal wastewater. Information...

Potable reuse: Guidance for producing safe drinking-water. Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO), 2017.
Drinking water WHO

In response to growing pressures on available water resources, potable reuse represents a practical source of drinking-water in specific circumstances.

This document describes how to apply appropriate management systems to produce safe drinking-water from municipal wastewater. Information...

World Bank ICT in Sanitation
Bhatnagar, Vandana, Nidhi Batra, and Kanak Tiwari. Mainstreaming citizen feedback on service delivery using ICTs : findings and lessons from ICT-based feedback surveys on water supply and sanitation services in Indian cities. The World Bank, 2017.

The water and sanitation sector in Indian cities is characterized by weak accountability processes and lack of customer orientation. The institutional focus of service providers tends to be on creating new assets, rather than delivery of services and performance efficiency. Moreover, in the...

World Bank ICT in Sanitation

The water and sanitation sector in Indian cities is characterized by weak accountability processes and lack of customer orientation. The institutional focus of service providers tends to be on creating new assets, rather than delivery of services and performance efficiency. Moreover, in the...

Urban Water Systems in India
Shah, Mihir. Urban Water Systems in India: A Way Forward In Working Paper 323. New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2016.

Urban water and wastewater management are relatively under-studied subjects in India. The Indian urban space has been understood in an undifferentiated manner, which ignores the specificities deriving from the stage of urban development, the sources of water, as also the diverse nature of...

Shah, Mihir. Urban Water Systems in India: A Way Forward In Working Paper 323. New Delhi: Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2016.
Urban Water Systems in India

Urban water and wastewater management are relatively under-studied subjects in India. The Indian urban space has been understood in an undifferentiated manner, which ignores the specificities deriving from the stage of urban development, the sources of water, as also the diverse nature of...

NYC Water Supply Report 2016
New York City 2016 Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report. New York City: NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 2016.

The New York City Water Supply System provides approximately 1 billion gallons of safe drinking water daily to more than 8.5 million residents of New York City, and to the millions of tourists and commuters who visit the City throughout the year. The water supply system also provides about 110...

New York City 2016 Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report. New York City: NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 2016.
NYC Water Supply Report 2016

The New York City Water Supply System provides approximately 1 billion gallons of safe drinking water daily to more than 8.5 million residents of New York City, and to the millions of tourists and commuters who visit the City throughout the year. The water supply system also provides about 110...

WASH factsheet
The World Bank Group. Domestic private sector participation : India . The World Bank Group, 2016.

In urban areas, piped water supply and sanitation are predominantly provided by urban local bodies (municipalities) in charge of operations and maintenance (O and M). In rural areas, there are about 100,000 water supply systems and, in some states, responsibility for service provision is being...

WASH factsheet

In urban areas, piped water supply and sanitation are predominantly provided by urban local bodies (municipalities) in charge of operations and maintenance (O and M). In rural areas, there are about 100,000 water supply systems and, in some states, responsibility for service provision is being...

water market
Shankar, Saripalli Bhavani. Market Based Solutions to Safe Drinking Water: Approaches and Constraints In Indore Management Journal. Vol. 5. Indore Management Journal, 2013.

Universal access to safe drinking water still remains a goal to be achieved in India. In spite o huge spending on development of water infrastructure, we have not been able to arrest the spread of water borne diseases. The constraints faced by the state Governments in supplying safe drinking...

Shankar, Saripalli Bhavani. Market Based Solutions to Safe Drinking Water: Approaches and Constraints In Indore Management Journal. Vol. 5. Indore Management Journal, 2013.
water market

Universal access to safe drinking water still remains a goal to be achieved in India. In spite o huge spending on development of water infrastructure, we have not been able to arrest the spread of water borne diseases. The constraints faced by the state Governments in supplying safe drinking...

Self supply of water supply
butterworth, John, Sally Sutton, and Lemessa Mekonta. Self-Supply as a Complementary Water Services Delivery Model in Ethiopia In Water Alternatives 405-423. Vol. 6. Water Alternatives, 2013.

Self-supply, where households invest to develop their own easily-accessible water supplies, is identified as an alternative service delivery model that is potentially complementary to more highly subsidised community-level provision. The approach is widespread in Ethiopia with family wells...

Self supply of water supply

Self-supply, where households invest to develop their own easily-accessible water supplies, is identified as an alternative service delivery model that is potentially complementary to more highly subsidised community-level provision. The approach is widespread in Ethiopia with family wells...

Cost of Environment Damage
India - Diagnostic assessment of select environmental challenges : An analysis of physical and monetary losses of environmental health and natural resources. World Bank Group, 2013.

This report provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: (i) urban air pollution, including particulate matter and lead; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; (iii) indoor air pollution; and four...

Cost of Environment Damage

This report provides estimates of social and financial costs of environmental damage in India from three pollution damage categories: (i) urban air pollution, including particulate matter and lead; (ii) inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and hygiene; (iii) indoor air pollution; and four...

NYC Green Infrastructure Plan
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Green Infrastructure Annual Report 2016
NYC Green Infrastructure Plan: A Sustainable Strategy for Clean Waterways. New York City: NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 2012.

New York City’s efforts to improve water quality are a critical part of PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg’s blueprint for a greener, greater city. Already the Harbor is cleaner than it has been in over 100 years, and millions of people enjoy the City’s waterfront and waterways every year, thanks in part...

NYC Green Infrastructure Plan: A Sustainable Strategy for Clean Waterways. New York City: NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), 2012.
NYC Green Infrastructure Plan
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Green Infrastructure Annual Report 2016

New York City’s efforts to improve water quality are a critical part of PlaNYC, Mayor Bloomberg’s blueprint for a greener, greater city. Already the Harbor is cleaner than it has been in over 100 years, and millions of people enjoy the City’s waterfront and waterways every year, thanks in part...

Guidance Notes for Continuous Water Supply (24-7 Supply)
Guidance Notes for Continuous Water Supply (24-7 Supply) In A Guide To Project Preparation, Implementation And Appraisal. New Delhi: Ministry of Urban Development, 2011.

The provision of safe, reliable and affordable water supply through efficiently managed arrangements is a key goal for the water supply sector. It is being increasingly acknowledged that these objectives are difficult to achieve through conventional water supply networks without targeting...

Guidance Notes for Continuous Water Supply (24-7 Supply) In A Guide To Project Preparation, Implementation And Appraisal. New Delhi: Ministry of Urban Development, 2011.
Guidance Notes for Continuous Water Supply (24-7 Supply)

The provision of safe, reliable and affordable water supply through efficiently managed arrangements is a key goal for the water supply sector. It is being increasingly acknowledged that these objectives are difficult to achieve through conventional water supply networks without targeting...