The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
MUMBAI: Although the city has been allotted an additional water supply of 100 million litres a day (mld) since January 6, the BMC has not been able to carry it to Mumbaikars' taps. This is largely due to the delay in laying of water mains between Mulund and Amar Mahal …
Staff CorrespondentSlum dwellers of Ghuntirghar and Chitarpar slums under the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and Rishipara slum in Narayanganj upazila are facing severe safe water and sanitation problems. Around 70 percent dwellers of Chitarpar slum said neither Dhaka Wasa nor DCC provides direct water and sanitation services to the slum, …
Staff reporter NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board has approved several water and sewerage schemes besides welfare measures for its employees. At the 92nd meeting of the Board chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit earlier this week, one of the major schemes approved was the design and construction of a …
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi International Airport is now gearing up to have its own water supply in time for the Commonwealth Games. The new water distribution system from the Dwarka Water Treatment Plant was approved by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday. While the Rs 133.5-crore project was …
Gurgaon, famous for its plush buildings and luxury apartments, stares at a serious problem: water scarcity. Excessive drawing of groundwater has led to the water table receding almost six metres in the last two years, according to a study carried out by the Gurgaon administration. Compared to the adjoining blocks …
Bhopal: Badee Jheel, a picturesque water body that draws large number of people and also provides drinking water to nearly half the city, is fast drying up. From a once sprawling spread of 31 sq km, the Upper Lake has shrunk to less than nine sq km. This year the …
The primary objective of this report is to provide practical guidance to World Bank teams advising on the design and implementation of reforms of urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sectors. The reform of urban WSS sectors is needed to increase access to the infrastructure, improve efficiency of operations, and …
The aim of this capacity building programme is to improve the efficiency and positive impact of urban, community-managed water and sanitation schemes. The manual was originally developed in collaboration with the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority
The supply of Palar drinking water, allegedly contaminated by mixing of sewage, has affected several dozen families in East Tambaram. Residents living in a few streets of Rajeswari Nagar and Rajeswari Nagar (Extension) in Selaiyur coming under Tambaram Municipality told The Hindu that the water they had stored in huge …
Pilot project to tackle shortages, future increase in water demand The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) will soon start a pilot project to recycle wastewater, in a bid to tackle the growing shortage of water in the Capital, and the demand that is expected during the Commonwealth Games in 2010. Apart …
Water supply and sewerage are essential components of infrastructure for urban settlements. The target for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (March 2012) has been kept at 985 MGD (million gallons a day) of water treated and supplied by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in Delhi according to the Economic Survey …
Pune Water woes of the residents of the northern part of the city are likely to end soon, as they will start receiving regular water supply from next week. The Pune Municipal Corporation is currently carrying out necessary trials at the Holkar water pumping station. This new pumping station would …
An inadequate piped water supply from the public utility, characterized by intermittence and unreliability, and supplemented by private uncontrolled groundwater abstraction, is a common feature of most Indian cities as well as other developing cities in the world Given the high level of pollution of urban aquifers, the usual diagnosis …
This Sourcebook is part of a broader program of work on governance and corruption in the water supply and sanitation sector. The Sourcebook is meant as a resource to assist water and sanitation sector practitioners to assess the extent and risks of corruption in the sector and to improve governance …
The focus of this publication is efficient water use in urban and domestic environments and decision-making about sustainable development of human settlements. The book is written as a Sourcebook, highlighting essential questions that will have different answers in different situations. By looking at water use efficiency within the context of …
The Small Piped Water Network (SPWN) tool kit was conceived and developed as a result of the lessons and experiences of the Asian Development Bank regional technical assistance: Implementing Pilot Projects for Small Piped Water Networks, as well as the experiences of professionals and development agencies implementing similar projects. The …
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will soon launch a drive to detect what the Board terms as "unaccounted water" mainly due to unauthorised connections and evasion of pro-rota charges and is hoping to generate an additional revenue of around Rs 300 crore by plugging such leakages in next one …
