Climate Sensitive Treatment Plants in Cities of Maharashtra, India
Center for Water and Sanitation, CRDF, CEPT University, Ahmedabad The Center for Water and Sanitation has been supporting small and medium cities in Maharashtra, namely Wai, Sinnar, Satara, and Karad, in improving their sanitation services through climate adaptive and mitigative actions. The level of sanitation provision differs greatly in these cities, from fully sewered cities […]
Community Rainwater Harvesting for Water Resilience
Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence The city of Agra is running out of groundwater. As the main river, Yamuna, is contaminated and untreatable, people’s access to clean water is limited and impoverished people have been disproportionately affected. The scarcity of clean water causes health problems, hinders formal education and productivity, and perpetuates poverty. Women […]
Managing Urban Plastic Waste
Recity Network & Alliance to End Plastic Waste Warming is a global problem that needs coordinated, collective solutions. On current trends, it is expected that low and middle income countries will account for 66% of global carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, up from 44% in 1990. One of the largest among them, India has pledged […]
Recharging Water Springs in the Himalayan City, Dharamshala
Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence As the city of Dharamshala in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh works toward becoming a ‘Smart City’, it is experiencing a population surge. In response, the city administration has focused on developing roads and certain public utilities. Amidst this, the city is experiencing water stress and must prioritise water management over […]
Water Reclamation and Reuse – Shore of the Holy Town of Rameswaram
Ekam Eco Solutions Problem Statement Development Credit Bank (DCB) has “water conservation” as an area of CSR focus and has reached out to Ekam as an implementation partner and tasked Ekam to identify sites and organisations interested in contributing to the water conservation efforts but require support in establishing the basic infrastructure to save and […]
