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Case studies that address the challenges in the water sector faced by the cities today, including scarcity of water, management of water resources, high water losses, water for the poor, among others. 21 INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY:  implementation of an […]

Manual on water supply and treatment -1999 Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION Chapter 2. PLANNING   2.1 OBJECTIVE   2.2 BASIC DFSIGN CONSIDERATIONS Chapter 3. PROJECT REPORT   3.1 GENERAL    3.2 IDENTIFICATION REPORT   3.3 PREFESIBILITY REPORT   3.4 FESIBILITY REPORT […]

Relationship among the stakeholders of MSWM system •Ministry of Environment and Forests •Central Pollution Control Board •State Pollution Control Board •City municipal corporation •Private formal sector •Private informal sector •NGO Taken from : Environmental audit of Municipal Solid Waste Management-T.V. […]

Environmental audit was introduced in India to minimize generation of wastes and pollution. Auditing has become an increasingly popular tool to assess the environmental policies, quality of implementation, compliance with national law and regulation, etc. Auditing has also been widely […]

Complete access to sewerage – sanitation 1.Access to sanitation facilities shall be universalized (100%) without any barriers of any cost/fee, land tenure etc., including urban poor settlements, unauthorized slums / colonies. 2.All properties/ holdings should be connected to sewerage system, […]

Supply side management 1.Water utilities should be encouraged to create/develop own sources for water supply to avoid conflicts with irrigation/agriculture sector. 2.In case of multi-purpose projects, ensuring first priority of allocation to drinking water supply from available storages at any […]

Utility networks—consisting of water, soild waste, electricity, gas, and telecommunication systems—underpin the economic, social, and environmental performance of modern life. They are the basic spatial infrastructure grids which, quite literally, provide the fundamental conduits through which modern cities operate 17 […]

Planning for an efficient and advanced MSWM system should include an effective institutional structure capable to steer and implement the MSWM system. Role of Central, State and Local Governments in MSWM Central Government • Legal & Policy Framework: The SWM […]

Where material recovery and composting from MSW is not possible or desirable due to local conditions or because of the nature of waste, recovery of energy from MSW is suggested as a feasible alternative. When high calorific value fractions of […]

Windrow composting process consists of placing the pre-sorted feedstock in long narrow piles called windrows that are turned on a regular basis for boosting passive aeration. The turning operation mixes the composting materials and enhances passive aeration. Figure gives an […]