India 08: Water

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Kanpur

Varanasi

Kolwan Valley

Mumbai

Rajasthan

Kashmir

Whitman Direct Action

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dedicated to helping marginalised people by promoting economically, environmentally, and culturally sustainable community development

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Past projects

Build-A-House, Summer 2005Central American Biodiesel Project, Summer 2005

Sadhana Clean Water Project

“Safe water is vital to the health and well-being of rural India where 65% of the population lives. Resources of drinking water are shrinking by the day and contamination is rampant. The pity of it all is that awareness of safety of drinking water has yet to sink into popular consciousness” - Vasant Deshpande, Sadhana Village

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Safe and Sustainable Water Conference

Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai19 March 2008

WDA Water Book

Compilation of ten case studies from a diverse range of NGOs

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Appropriate Technology Study Group

What are the socio-political constraints to clean water access in the Kolwan Valley?

Kolwan Valley Courtesy Google Maps

Focus groups Ashwin of Gomukh speaking to a water manager

Bernerkarwadi

Preliminary results from ATSG

Women collecting water from a dug well

Water Collection and Availability

Doctor asks, “Do you boil the water for the children?”Mother responds, “Yes.”“Do you know how to boil the water?”“Yes.”“How do you know the water is boiling?”“We put our fingers in it.”

The BDO OfficerGovernance and

Management

What did I learn?How will water continue to play a role in India’s development over the next 20 years?

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Questions?

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Thank you.