Dear Friend,
Planning for citywide water and sanitation has been highlighted as a key area of intervention by all governments during the pandemic and to be better prepared in future. Increased national budget allocation in 2021 in India, Bangladesh and other countries demonstrate the commitment from governments towards supporting the required reform agenda.
In India, the national flagship programmes - Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0, AMRUT and Jal Jeevan Mission clearly set priorities for all villages, towns and cities to plan for sustainability of Open Defecation Free status and think out of box to ensure adequate water supply. Key focus areas of reforms include city level gap assessment including water balance, aquifer mapping for groundwater management, water bodies conservation for sustainable water management including wastewater treatment and reuse of treated wastewater and effective septage management. This reform requires continuous capacity building support of managers, regulators and practitioners to help them create requisite enabling frameworks and implementation on ground.
Due to global pandemic and travel restriction by governments the on-site training by School of Water and Waste (SWW) were temporarily suspended at AAETI during 2020. However, the School with its considerable experience in developing state of art teaching - learning quickly adjusted to the new normal through online capacity development activities. This issue of the newsletter will provide you a summary of activities undertaken during March - December 2020.
In this endeavor, we are pleased to put forward this third bi-monthly newsletter exhibiting, blogs, updates, publications, upcoming training, events and more.
I also take this opportunity to share with you that since January 2021 - AAETI is fully operational and we are offering regularly conducting residential training.
We look forward to hearing impact stories of change from all our alumni, partners and readers.
Your suggestions and feedback are welcome. Please do share them with us
at: sww-aaeti@cseindia.org
Best regards,
Suresh Kumar Rohilla
Senior Director & Academic Director |
School of Water and Waste (SWW) has commenced its on-site residential trainings at the Anil Agarwal Training Institute, at Nimli, Rajasthan that restarted and is operational since January 2021. During the pandemic (March - December 2021) SWW has undertaken the following activities
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| Activities, events, trainings from December 2020 to January 2021 are summarized below: |
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| Online Events and Media Coverage |
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NMCG approves first pilot project for co-treatment at STP Bijnor
14 December, 2020
National Mission for Clean Ganga approved the first pilot project for co-treatment in an STP at Bijnor.
CSE as part of Technical Support to Bijnor Nagar Palika Parishad prepared the DPR for Co-Treatment of Faecal Sludge at the Bijnor STP. The STP will be handling 20 KLD of Faecal Sludge. The technology used is solid liquid separation at drying beds followed by liquid treatment at UASB Reactor |
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Water, Welfare and Health in Urban Settings
16 December, 2020
Webinar organized by Anant National University, on how cities can overcome issues of clean water shortage and wastewater overflows.
They invited Dr. Suresh Kumar Rohilla (Senior Director, CSE) to share his views. He talked about the challenges in scaling up pilots, capacity building and a favorable political economy to address these issues.
The webinar was attended by more than 70 participants. |
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COVID-19 and Rainwater Harvesting: Issues, challenges and best practices
29 January, 2021
Online workshop organized by Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum, discussing on the implications of Covid-19 and rainwater harvesting, with increased water usage
They invited Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla (Senior Director, CSE), where he shared the potential of rainwater harvesting and water-sensitive urban design as a mitigatorymeasure to augment water supply systems in the wake of increased demand during the pandemic. |
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| Capacity Building: Online Trainings |
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Onsite and Offsite Management of Sewage for Citywide Sanitation
15 December2020 - 14 January, 2021
3 online trainings on Onsite and Offsite Management of Sewage for Citywide Sanitation: were conducted as part of 10 trainings jointly organised by CSE Programme Support Unit Office, Uttar Pradesh with RCUES, Lucknow to sensitize 650+ urban local bodies. These 3 trainings were attended by 250 participants from 45 local bodies. |
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Basics of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Local Reuse
17 December, 2020 - 15 January, 2021
‘Basics of Decentralized Wastewater Management and Local Reuse’ was focused on building awareness about the issues and potential of decentralized wastewater treatment including successfully implemented case studies of local reuse of treated wastewater. The course was attended by 94 participants. |
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| Capacity Building: Residential Trainings |
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Green Infrastructure - Effective measures to manage urban flooding and water supply
15 December2020 - 14 January, 2021
Advanced training aimed at building a select cohort skilled practitioners in designing and implementing GI interventions like stormwater harvesting in parks and open spaces and designing SUDS systems to address issues related to urban flooding and water supply management.
There were 23 participants including faculties and students of the Urban Regeneration Programme at the Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi |
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| Outreach: Resources, Publications and Blogs |
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C-GINS: Compendium of Green Infrastructure Network Systems
Launched on 17 December, 2020
C-GINS (Compendium of Green Infrastructure Network Systems) prepared by SWW – CSE in partnership with University of the West of England, UK. showcases 70+ best practices on green infrastructure from around the world.
The compendium was launched by Dr Kala Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director- IWA.
The case studies cover various policies, plan and projects implemented at different scales. |
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| Webinars and Online Workshops/Events |
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| Upcoming Events |
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