This book addresses how water supply systems can be planned, designed and managed for sustainability by presenting unique approaches and methodologies in rural drinking water supply schemes. It synthesizes the outcomes and findings of research studies undertaken by the Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP) and pilot projects undertaken by RCUES (Regional Centre for Urban Environmental Studies) of AIILSG, Mumbai in collaboration with government of Maharashtra, with technical support from other development partners on climate-resilient water and energy systems.
Backed by empirical research, this volume aims to build the conceptual foundations of the subject, additionally bringing in results of pilot projects that apply some of the models in water conservation, clean energy production and environmental management. Towards building a climate-resilient society, it also discusses the feasibility of reducing carbon emissions in rural water supply, to make it more energy efficient.
The book will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers working on Water Resources, Water Supply, Renewable Energy systems, Management of Climate-Induced Disasters, Water-Energy-Climate Policy, and Development Studies. This will also be an invaluable companion to policy makers, general administrators, civil society organizations, media persons, and bilateral agencies like WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNEP, World Bank and the Gates Foundation.
This book addresses how water supply systems can be planned, designed and managed for sustainability by presenting unique approaches and methodologies in rural drinking water supply schemes. It synthesizes the findings of research studies undertaken by IRAP and pilot projects undertaken by RCUES of AIILSG, Mumbai.
1. Why Are Climate-resilient Water and Clean Energy Systems Critical for
Sustainable Growth?
2. Development of a Framework for Assessing Climate Risk
in Water Supply
3. Mapping Climate Induced Risks in Maharashtras Rural Water
Supply
4. Effect of Coastal and Riverine Floods, Cyclones and Landslides on
Rural Water Supply Schemes, and Strategies for Mitigation
5. Life Cycle Costs
of Rural Water Supply Systems, Climate Variability Impacts
6. Interventions
for Making Groundwater-based RWS Schemes Climate-Resilient
7. Solar-Powered
Drinking Water Supply Schemes for Reducing Carbon Footprint of Water Supply:
How Far Are they technically feasible and Cost-Effective?
8. Approach &
methodologies for conceptualization, planning, technology selection and
design of water supply schemes, and water quality surveillance
9. Best
Practices for Water Resources Management and Source Protection
10. A
Multifaceted Approach to Mitigate Extreme HydroMet Hazards and Shocks faced
by Public Institutions in Nagpur, Central India
11. Innovations for
Sustainability of Environmental Sanitation Infrastructure and safe
containment of faeces in Maharashtra
12. Harnessing Children, Youth and
Community Engagement for Plastic Waste Management: A Case Study of Three
Municipal Corporations in Mumbai Metropolitan Region
13. Summary of Findings
and Conclusions Annexure 1: Design of Unconventional Water Supply Sources
Annexure 2: Why a drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index?
M. Dinesh Kumar is Executive Director of Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, an Indian think-tank on water management founded by him in 2008. He has a PhD in Water Management. He had a graduation in Civil Engineering and masters degree in water resources management. He works on water, agriculture and energy related issues in India and internationally, heading several research and consultancy projects and training assignments of the organization. He is the author of nearly 300 research publications, including 11 academic books, 9 edited volumes, 120 book chapters and several international, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Yusuf Kabir has been working in the water and sanitation sector for the past 25 years. He has been with UNICEF India since 2007. His areas of specialization are: Rural and Urban Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, Wastes Management, Environment, Climate Change Adaptations, Disaster Management and Sustainable Development. He did his postgraduation in Environment Management from Indias premier management Institute: Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) followed by PG in Sustainable Development from Staffordshire University, U.K. under commonwealth scholarship. He is the author of two international edited volumes, several book chapters and eight peer-reviewed journal articles.
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