25-26th February 2014 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organized a two day regional workshop on ‘Water resource conservation: Village ponds and lakes’ on 25-26th February 2014 in Delhi at Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
The fundamental principle underlying CSE’s water management programme is that the looming water crisis facing the country is not primarily due to a lack of water, but rather arises from mismanagement of water resources. The centralized management paradigm has kept the citizens out and taken away their sense of responsibility towards managing their water. Given the growing population and water demand, the government will find it extremely difficult to raise financial resources to meet the growing water needs as well as to clean up the increasing levels of polluted water. The answers to meeting the challenge of the water crisis lie in a participatory, efficient and sustainable water management paradigm. Every person, household, company or community can contribute to this effort by mobilizing finances and labor. Thus, water management, from water conservation to water pollution, must become everybody’s business.
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CSE has been researching on the state of waterbodies in India and South Asia. The research findings from India have been published in Excreta Matters: The Seventh State of Environment Report. It is clear from the research studies that there is no clear law for the protection of waterbodies, catchments and the feeder channels in South Asian countries including India.
Jaipur, February 7, 2013: CSE organised a state level workshop on “Water conservation and wastewater recycle/ reuse in Rajasthan - Issues and Challenges” on February 7.
Authors: Nitya Jacob & Amandeep Kang, Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi, February 2013 (This paper was written for UNDP to feed into a process of greening rural development programmes by the Ministry of Rural Development, GoI) Download pdf
Surface water sources such as lakes, ponds and rivers are very important as they help in flood control, ground water recharge and storm protection. They also secure water for drinking, agriculture and industrial purposes. They play an important role in mitigating and adapting to the climate change effects. Once, lakes and wetlands played a vital role in South Asia’s urban landscape, but rapid urbanisation in the region has led to massive encroachment and pollution of its waterbodies.
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a knowledge sharing seminar in partnership with the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) on September 4th, 2013.
CSE organised a seminar on water and sanitation in partnership with Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation, a Khulna based NGO.
A Briefing Paper on the State of Groundwater Manage ment in Bangladesh By: Sushmita Sengupta, Amandeep Kang, Nitya Jacob, September 2012 Download pdf
June 11, 2013 Colombo, Sri Lanka Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) India organised a day long workshop on conservation of waterbodies in Sri Lanka on June 11, 2013.