Delhi Metropolitan Water Supply And Sewerage Board

In order to address the issue of clean water availability, the objectives must address multiple levels of the social-ecological model simultaneously. Three overarching objectives will be addressed. 1) The current public water system must increase in capacity. The current public water system is small and up to 40% of households do not have access to the public water system (2). 2) Due to the rural nature of the population, expansion of the current system should begin

For Nick Hepworth, Director Witness International, water scarcity is not only the problem of the CEO Water mandate, it is a global issue that we should all address and it is not an issue of water shortage but it is mainly due bad water management. In order to overcome this issue we have to monitor water management by government’s institutions for better and more efficient water supply. Also the government must let private companies participate in water

In the water sector, which is a special concern for this research, it is predicted that the water supply conditions in all regions and sectors in the world are likely

Water is not a free good. In fact, it’s expensive. These conditions lead to awareness of water management challenges.

It’s not everyone has money to buy it. “When water rights are allocated through political processes, the poor usually do not get many of the initial rights, forcing them to purchase water if they are to get any” (Behr). The price of water will go up in the future, poor family’s may not be able to afford the clean and purified water, so they will become unhealthy or may die of the lack of water in the body. Like in South Africa, “women collectively walk the equivalent distance of 16 times to the moon and back per day gathering water for families” (Bouwer, 394). Women who lived in poor rural need spend a lot of times to collect water and carry it up on their heads every day, so that these women with some health problems including deformities, arthritic diseases, and injuries. “Women fetching water spend 150 million work days per year, equivalent to a national loss of income of 10 billion rupees” (Bouwer, 395). Women have limited time for their activities, work, and education because of a lack of access water. They must devote their precious time to carry water to their homes for domestic agricultural use. High water cost is unaffordable for them. “Suppliers could charge less for minimum amounts of water needed for necessities and increase the price of water for luxuries” (Behr). Water privatization will give more profit and power to the companies that sell it. “High water costs can lead to greater water poverty for low income families who are

Poor planning, mismanagement and lack of technical skills have led to constant water shortages in a place otherwise endowed

The article “The Right to Water in the Slums of Mumbai, India” highlights the primary barriers to accessing water in the slums of Mumbai, India. Residents of slums that are “notified” in India, meaning that they are recognized by the government, are entitled to access to city services, including water supply. Residents of non-notified slums suffer from lack of access to sanitary water, latrines, electricity, and public transportation. Nearly half of the slums in Mumbai are non-notified. Notified slum communities have access to a chlorinated central water supply managed by the government, leaving residents of non-notified slums to illegally tap into city water pipes out of desperation. Lack of access to clean water causes diarrhoeal illnesses

With an emphasis on the Water Project, actions are being taken that would improve the quality and quantity of Ethiopian citizen’s access to water. On the homepage of the Water Project’s website, the organization states its purpose, as well as what people around the world can do to help eliminate the water crisis in Ethiopia, priding itself on the fact that it is one of the only organizations to provide detailed documentation of their progress. According to “Water in Crisis - Spotlight Ethiopia”, if one person would donate only $1 toward funding the construction of dams and rain catchment systems, there would be a return of $3 - $34 in economic growth. With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, the Water Project has currently constructed 1,303 wells, which tap into the reservoir of water located just beneath the surface of Ethiopia. The Water Project is adamant on making an impact in the lives of African citizens by not only establishing wells, but by creating the wells to be reliable and sustainable. Through the use of donations, the Water Project is implementing new technologies alongside the wells in order to involve donors. In spite of all the proactive and effective ways that the Water Project is utilizing its donations, there is currently not enough money available for them to expand in establishing more projects. Due to geology, climate, and technology, the

Allowing privatization of water as a way to improve infrastructure could work great as long as checks are put in place to prevent the company from acting soling out of motivation for profit. However relying on companies to fund improvements may not be necessary. In a survey in Ethiopia households were surveyed asking whether they would be willing to pay more to improve their water supply, they would that; “Households are willing to pay up to 60% extra for improved levels of water supply over and above their current water bill. Especially those households living in the poorest part of the city with the lowest service levels demonstrate that they are willing to pay more despite significant income constraints they are facing”(Tarfasa). If the government ran the water supply and found it needed funding to improve its services, people would likely pay to fund it, even those in poverty. So privatizing water does not have much reasoning behind it. Also when the government is in charge, there is more pressure for it to serve its people, in this case water. On the contrary, when water is treated as a commodity it would be simply given to the highest bidder, whether or not he needs it.

First of all it is necessary to define what the term “water shortage” means. For some people, it means having to constantly traverse long distances just to reach a source of fresh water and to collect it. For others, water shortage means to content themselves with water only for a part of day. And finally, there are some regions in which people suffer from droughts that lead to a great amount of deaths. Therefore, in modern world problem with deficiency in fresh water has become burning question, which needed immediate solution.

Water privatization, the sale and transportation of water supplies to private companies, is becoming more commonly used and is affecting several populations in negative ways. Jeneen Interlandi, an author of World Watch Magazine, claims that private companies will not be able to manage water supplies in an efficient manner and should sale and management of the world 's water supplies to state and local governments (Interlandi). I believe that water privatization should indeed be put to an end because it is causing water prices to up and become less affordable, completely cutting off water access to several communities, and brings contamination and diseases to villages and the environment.

The effect of such capital-intensive private water supply is people have to pay more for the water supply. Under the private project like in Khandwa ,public stand posts would be disconnected and removed. There would not be any other source of water from which the people would be allowed to source water other than that of private operator. The private operator would have the right to stop the use of even the handpumps, even those installed before the contract was signed.

Water is a human right, not a commodity. It is the essence of life, sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants, no animals, no people. However, while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted, polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water privatization are investors and international banks. The essential dilemma of privatization is that the profit interests of private water utilities ultimately jeopardizes the safeguarding of the human right to water. Access to clean, sufficient

Water is one of the most essential elements in life. Millions of individuals around the world are facing water complications and are struggle to keep safe water for their daily basic needs. An access to water and sanitation is essential to achieve one of the Millennium Development Goals, include poverty improvement, hunger and lack of nutrition which results in lower rate of child mortality, increase gender equality and providing more chance for education and ensure environmental sustainability. [1]

The survey was completed in 1989, when the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme was already under way. Later an action programme was drawn up by the Indian Government. However, the tradition of state autonomy in India has limited the areas in which a National Drinking Water Mission communication package is being tested. An integrated drinking water and sanitation programme with peoples participation is being piloted in eight areas selected from eight districts nationwide. The pilot schemes will cover land and water management, drinking water and sanitation, agriculture and waste land development, the first time that all these elements have been tackled in one project. It involves the formation of participatory groups which allow local people and outside experts to take part in planning.