International Training on Tools and Approaches for Citywide Water and Sanitation Management

 

In India, the National Water Mission (National Action Plan on Climate Change) and National Water Policy, 2012 goals are to assess impact of climate change on water resources, promotion of citizen and State action for water conservation and augmentation, increasing water use efficiency by 20% and promotion of basin level integrated water resources management. There are numerous national and state level initiatives emphasizing the importance of sanitation, like National Urban Sanitation Policy (NUSP), Smart City Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). The focus, however, lies in the “hardware” aspect of sanitation, which mainly includes provision of services and infrastructure, like the construction of toilets or laying of the pipeline network. Lack of comprehensive planning and services exposes humans to adverse health risks. 

The above-mentioned goals are ambitious yet vital to achieve if we wish to build a water sensitive and healthy ecosystem. One has to understand that the W&S management are done at various levels – Individual building, Neighborhood, City and Sub-basin/basin levels. The planning and management for achievement of the above-mentioned goals of SDG and national water mission requires utilization of various tools and approaches which could be utilized to achieve one or more of these goals. The tools and approaches could be preventive or reactive in nature or they could be focused around a single/multiple dimension (social, economic or environment). From these vast set of tools & approaches, we have selected some key ones - GIS, SFD, HIS, WSUDP (SuDs, RWH and DWWTs), and SSP which are state-of-art and context specific that could help in achieving the above-mentioned goals.

Understanding the need of building capacity of stakeholders for creating a water and sanitation prudent society, the School of Water and Waste, AAETI, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organizing a 10 Days training on “Tools and Approaches for Citywide Water and Sanitation Management”.  The 10 days short term residential training is being organized at CSE’s newly built state-of-art facility, AAETI at Nimli, Rajasthan. AAETI is a learning, training and innovation centre designed to find appropriate and affordable solutions to some of the most pressing environmental problems. To read more please click here

Aim

The aim of the training is to create change-agents in the water and sanitation sector, who will have in-depth understanding of key tools and approaches for city wide water and sanitation management.

Objectives

• Developing community of practice in the W&S sector
• Exposure and use of key tools and approaches for existing and upcoming policies, programmes and projects
• Build capacity of researchers for pursuing further research and make them competent for W&S sector related green jobs
• Aiding faculties in curriculum development 

Training Methodology

The trainings style is considerably based on the ‘Harvard Case Method’, which conveys teaching messages through interactive practical work done by trainees. The trainings will be focused on experiential learning – including individual/group interaction, practical group exercises, interaction with experts, discussions, field visit and documentary films to highlight the best management practices successfully implemented. Furthermore, the trainings are complimented by sessions and discussions on existing case studies which demonstrate the recommended actions and interventions for sustainable water and sanitation management.

Learning Outcomes

• Hands on experience on GIS tool and its utilization in W&S sector
• Exposure to W&S planning and assessment tools and approaches
• Enhanced skills for planning and designing of water sensitive systems
• Improved knowledge on techno-economic feasibility ofvarious WSUDP structures
• Acquaintance with actionable research and implementation opportunities
• Improved understanding of SFDs as advocacy, monitoring and planning tool
• Understand the SSP process and its importance to all sanitation stakeholders in their respective context
• Recognize how SSP can aid and enhance the process of citywide planning. 

Programme Design

Part I: Water Prudent Cities: Resources Assessment, Budgeting, Planning and Augmentation

• Hydrological Information System (HIS),
• Geographic Information System (GIS),
• Green Infrastructure (GI), and
• Water Sensitive Urban Design & Planning (WSUDP) (Sustainable Urban Drainage System - SuDS and Rainwater Harvesting –RWH)

The first week of the training will provide exposure to W&S management framework in India. It will deal with HIS (including surface and groundwater), with a special focus on data availability and resources assessment at national level.  The training would provide hands on experience on using GIS software for doing essential activities such as delineation and digitization of various datasets. The GI approach, which is being recommended globally, will be discussed in detail with case studies followed by focus dedicated sessions on WSUDP. The training programme will reflect on potential of water augmentation through rainwater harvesting by using public spaces to recharge, store and reuse the rainwater.

Part II:  Sustainable Sanitation in Cities: Assessment, Planning, Reuse, Recover and Safety

• WSUDP (Decentralised Waste Water Treatment Systems -DWWTs), including reuse and recycle
• Shit Flow Diagram (SFD),
• GIS,
• Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP)

The second week of the trainingprogramme will focus on understanding potential of sustainable and affordable DWWT systems. It would talk about the essential components of reuse and recover and cost benefit analysis. It would also provide essential training sessions on use of GIS tool in sanitation related projects.  SFD tool would be discussed in detail, which is an innovative way to engage sanitation experts, political leaders and civil society in coordinated discussions about excreta management in their city. The training sessions on Sanitation Safety Planning (SSP), whichis a step-by-step risk based management approach for meeting health objectives by efficiently managing sanitation systems,will provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on sanitation safety and will present an integrated approach that includes planning, technology and management.

Field Visit
The training programme, Part I and Part II,will have one day each reserved for field visits to have practical visibility of the best management practices following WSUDP approach.

Special Offers
Participants who would be selected for the training programme would either get full or part scholarship. The selection would be based on participants’ eligibility, credentials, supporting documents and probability of transforming the learnings from training into implementation “becoming a change-agent". 

Female participants, candidates from Economically Weaker Sections, Government institutions and sanitation alliance partners are specially encouraged to apply and avail the scholarship benefits. 

Full scholarship includes travel, boarding & lodging costs and training kit & fees costs. Accommodation on double sharing basis and group pick-up & drop for local travel from pre-defined locations. 

Part Fellowship doesn't include to & fro Delhi travel (from your respective location) costs. However, it covers all other costs mentioned above. 

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be informed. 

It is mandatory to provide letter of motivation and nomination/reference for processing your application. 

The local travel details would be shared with the selected participants. 

Who can apply?

• National and State Level Training Entities, PMUs supporting Smart City, AMRUT and HRIDAY Mission.
• Urban Planners, Engineers and Consultants
• Practitioners from consultancies, community-based organizations, social-welfare organizations, non-government organizations
• Independent researchers, and academia working in the WASH sector
• Key stakeholders in the water and sanitation value chain
• Public health personnel and Sanitary Inspectors from Urban Local Bodies 

How to apply?

Step 1: For filling the application form for registration and scholarship, please click here link

Step 2: People can choose to stay in single accommodation will have to pay Rs. 1500 per night. 

 

Course Coordinator:

For more information on the training programme kindly contact:

Dr. Mahreen Matto
Programme Manager,
Water Programme
+91-11-40616000 (Ext: 257),
Email: mahreen@cseindia.org

Rudresh Kumar Sugam
Senior Programme Manager,
Water Programme
+91-11-40616000 (Ext: 389),
Email: rudresh.sugam@cseindia.org
                                                                                      

Dr. Suresh Kumar Rohilla,
Senior Director & Academic Director, (School of Water and Waste, Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute – AAETI).
srohilla@cseindia.org