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Water issues
The presentation discusses the critical importance of water, highlighting its various essential uses and the severe global crisis related to access and sanitation. It notes that over 2.5 billion people lack basic sanitation, with devastating public health implications, while emphasizing the urgent need for comprehensive water pricing reforms and significant investments to improve infrastructure and sustainability. Overall, the document stresses the necessity of recognizing water as a valuable resource that requires proper management and funding to ensure equitable access for all.
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- 2. This Presentation is inspiredby an article written by Prof. Judith Rees (Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment) of London School of Economics and Political Science
- 3. Water Tasteless, odorless, colorless Water, oh water Yet valuable and versatile You go down my throat Water, the one use for drinking Tip in a glass To quench thirst and dehydration You'll sink like a boat. Water, the one used for bathing, Without you, our bodies would be stinking Water, oh water Water, the one used for irrigation You also clean me Without you, all the plants would be dead Turn on the warm water Water, the one used for cooking, And fill me with glee Without you, food would be eaten raw Water, the one used for washing Water, oh water Without you, our possessions would be dirty Grow me a crop Water, the universal solvent Fruits and veggies All the solutes depend on you My mouth will drop. I wonder how life would have been like Without water! Water, oh water Water is life, no water no life! Let me swim Water, you're the most vital liquid of liquids Don't let me drown I already have water within.
- 4. Water, water, every where, norany drop to drink!!!
- 5. Millions of peoplestill lack access to even most basic services of water & sanitation ONE 3 billion are still forced to drink water from unsafe sources
- 6. TWO Pace of urbanizationhas outstripped connections to water infrastructure.
- 7. THREE Over 2.5 billionlack access to even the most basic forms of sanitation, Which has major implications for 1. Public health, 2. Environment 3. Safety of ground water 4. Safety of downstream water
- 8. FOUR 1.4 million childrenunder Five die annually due to unsafe water & inadequate sanitation
- 9. FIVE Global Economics Lossesof US$ 260 billion per annum due to lack of basic water services
- 10. What Needs oururgent attention? ONE Our Failure to value water
- 11. Pricing 15 Rs Per liter for Clean Drinking water where as… TWO Adopting appropriate pricing policy
- 12. Pricing TWO Un-priced or underpriced water resources and services make it virtually inevitable that demand will outstrip supply
- 13. Pricing TWO Little investment willtake place to improve water use efficiency or to develop non-conventional water sources
- 14. Policy/ Allocation of Resources Two Availablesupplies will not be allocated to the most economically and socially beneficial purposes.
- 15. True Value? THREE Still commonfor us to consider water resources and ecosystems services as “FREE GOODS” and for water supplies to be “SOLD” for all purposes (Agriculture, Industrial, Domestic) at prices which fail to recover the operating costs. How can one make any contribution to infrastructure replacement or extension? Governments/ Ministers & Politicians make false recognition about “the need for sustainable and efficient cost recovery and innovative financing mechanisms”. Recognition is one thing, implementation quite another
- 16. TWO Water pricing reformsare always controversial but without them the management system will not be sustainable either in environmental or in economic terms
- 17. Investments & Maintenance Four We need an investment of about US $ 18 billion to Give Safe Water & Sanitation to All Some US $ 54 billion per annum is required to maintain the existing infrastructure & very large, but largely un-quantified, sums to tackle pollution and ecosystem degradation, reduce vulnerability to water related hazards and address the potential effects of climate change
- 18. Finance Five To solve theproblem India will get at the most only 5% form the world in the coming years as finance & AID We will have to as citizens of India contribute 95 % of the required investments Are we ready? Is our System ready? Is our Government ready?
- 19. Attracting Investments SIX Private sectorinvestments will only come if reasonable rates of return can be made… Reality is that the bulk of the needed funding can only come from User charges or Public budgets. It is a common opinion everywhere in the world that WATER is a public good & hence its elements should be publically provided and financed. ??? Don’t we not derive private benefits from use of water?
- 20. What do welearn then? SEVEN Where ever possible revenue should be raised from user or beneficiary For Example payments… However, there are much higher opportunity costs involved in continuing to use public funds to provide private goods to those who Low use Low Price can afford to pay for them.. Meaning, why should water be High Use High Price provided as a public good to those who can afford to pay higher price? suggests that we Can Be a Policy Thumb Rule need a differential pricing strategy & policy.
- 21. Other Challenges Eight Pricing reformsare but just one challenge Equally important is the need to develop governance and institutional arrangements, which recognize not only the interdependencies that exist between the different users and uses of the same multipurpose water resources but also… Those between the water sectors and other sectors of the economy
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- 23. A Presentation by Rtn. Amit Gopal Chauhan Rotary Club of Kalyan, RI District: 3140 India Cell: +919769442462 Email: amit2462@hotmail.com