High time States set up water regulators
June 4, 2019
| The Hindu Business Line
The tariff policy framed by a water regulator should be based on consultative approach and the consumers may be charged only the operation and maintenance costs in the initial stages and the capital costs later. There is a need to protect the vulnerable sections through targeted subsidy. The positioning of an independent water regulator is an important step in managing water in the 21st century. The water institutions created in the 20th century in States are unlikely to deliver positive results unless these are restructured and comprehensive reforms are initiated in the water sector.
It's time to overhaul water pricing norms
May 8, 2019
| The Hindu Business Line
By 2050, the demand for water is expected to exceed supply. Water resources vary spatially and temporally — monsoon rainfall, for instance, is highest in the North-East and lowest in Rajasthan. Per capita water availability has been declining over the years, and it has now touched the scarcity benchmark of 1,000 cubic meter annually. Water pricing is a complex subject and its imposition has huge political overtones. The determination of water-use charges has to be rational, consultative and transparent. And, the role of the statutory water regulator should be recognised.
Integrated means of managing water
May 2, 2019
| Deccan Herald
The supply of usable water services is less than its demand, and this gap is likely to increase in the coming years. It is estimated that by 2050, India will be categorized as a water scarce country, and its per capita annual water availability will be far less than the available benchmark of scare water supply. There is also an ongoing deterioration of the quality of available water supply.
Water, sanitation and hygiene must be looked at holistically
March 21, 2019
| The Hindu Business Line
Estimates show that around 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that are faecally contaminated, and some 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation sources such as toilets or latrines. In India, 163 million people lack access to safe water and 210 million people are without access to improved sanitation (2017). Hygiene poses another challenge; safe drinking water and sanitation in the absence of hygienic habits will not prevent feco-oral infections.
No. of water quality monitoring units in Maharashtra's rivers not enough: TERI study
March 10, 2019 |
March 10, 2019
The Times of India
The pollution levels in the rivers flowing west - many of which, along with rainwater, replenish dams that supply Mumbai and its suburbs - are perhaps not being measured accurately, according to a study by TERI.
TERI signs MoU with WAPCOS on power, water, and infra
March 5, 2019 |
March 5, 2019
ET Energy World
TERI has signed an agreement with WAPCOS, a consulting firm, under the aegis of Ministry of Water Resources, to pursue opportunities in areas of power, water, and infrastructure development.
