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 …
Residents of different areas in the city are facing acute shortage of water as its supply by WASA came down significantly due to frequent power outages for more than one month. Sources in Water Supply and Sewerage Authority said water production had reduced by two crore litres in recent times …
Safe water will be made available to a population of 58,500 in the Polonnaruwa, District by the Polonnaruwa Water Supply Scheme under the Township Infrastructure Development Project in the year 2011. The project is funded by the Asian Development Bank through the Government of Sri Lanka on the Secondary Towns …
Growing population, industrialization, agricultural practices and urbanization have increased the water demand and hence the quantity of wastewater (ww). Availability of drinking water, including different components of daily per capita demand in developing countries, is becoming a serious issue to manage. To fight with growing water stress, reclamation and reuse …
Mumbai System enables real-time monitoring of water parameters in the supply network Automation and innovation are the new buzzwords in the water supply department of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). Housed in the ground floor of the civic head office, the central control room regulates the TMC
K. Lakshmi CHENNAI: Chennai Metrowater has registered a slight increase in its revenue collection through water tax and charges in 2008-09 compared to the previous year. However, the Board has recorded a net deficit of Rs.107 crore, which is the difference between the total income and total expenditure. A Metrowater …
S Lalitha,DH News Service,Bangalore: Residents of two elite apartment buildings in Pai Layout were among the many Bangaloreans who rushed to pay the pro rata charges (one-time payment for new water connections). The residents thought it would ensure the supply of Cauvery water at their doorstep. These 25 families took …
The physicochemical parameters and trace metal contents of water samples from Delhi were assessed. A total of 20 water samples were collected from boring, tube well and hand pump and analyzed for the various physicochemical parameters like pH, conductivity, total dissolved solid, total alkalinity, Ca2+ and Mg2+ hardness, chloride ion, …
The city of Delhi gets a lot of rain every year, more than sufficient for its needs, but it does not use that rainwater. The city gets huge quantity of water from dams and rivers from long distances, equal to one of the highest quantity of water in the nation …
Most of the water for Bangalore is imported by BWSSB from the Cauvery River, which is over 100 kilometers south of the city. The water is drawn from a reservoir near the village of Thorekadanahalli. To meet the increasing demand, the "Cauvery Water Supply Scheme" was undertaken by BWSSB in …
This latest ADB publication provides an overview of poverty- environment interactions that show how poor communities in Asia and the Pacific have sought to break out of poverty through local actions that improved their environment. In recent years, initiatives by the international community to address the links between poverty and …
This note proposes a structured methodology for engaging in urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) reforms, presents what is usually accepted as best practices, and discusses conditions under which they have been successfully implemented. It focuses primarily on the provision of official piped WSS service, but it also recognizes that …
No new connections till 2011 PEOPLE, who have invested money in flats in new building projects in Mumbai, will have to wait. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has decided to give them water connections only after the city starts getting additional supply from Vaitarana River in Thane in 2011. …
R Haldorai | ENS Coimbatore, A SUCCESSFUL trial run of KurichiKuniamuthur-Kinathukadavu Combined Water Scheme would ensure that Kuniamuthur receive an additional 40 lakh litres per day, Kurichi about 43 lakh litres and Kinathukadavu town panchayat around 32 lakh litres. In short, 90 litres of water would be supplied per head …
Sri Lanka will get 85 million US dollars in loans and grants from the Asian Development Bank for water supply and sanitation in four regional urban areas, a government minister said. The ADB will give a 59.78 million loan with a 32-year payback and an eight year grace period from …
Ahmedabad: For a long time the city has been careless with potable water supply and the authorities, under political pressure, have been avoiding reforms leading to wastage and unaccountable use of water. If price-sensitive Amdavadis are known for judicious spending, they do not seem to respect water. No wonder JNNURM …
BWSSB officials have blamed recent instances of water contamination on the presence of "illegal and unauthorised pipelines" in "slums and low-lying areas."
K.Lakshmi CHENNAI: A few residential apartment complexes in the city with metered water connections continue to pay charges according to the old billing system even a year after Chennai Metrowater switched over to a new billing system such customers. As per the new billing system, which is being implemented in …
Siddheshwar Shukla | New Delhi Following complaints of "mucky potable water" in posh Delhi colonies a month ago, residents of South Patelnagar reported sewage in tap water over the past one week. More than 200 houses in Lane No. 7 have been receiving a "cocktail" of water and human excreta. …
