Presentation by Ryan Kelso, Director of Water Services and Compliance for New Braunfels Utilities, for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
Presentation by John Sutton of the Texas Water Development Board's Municipal Water Conservation Program for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
Björn Bergstrand, Kommuninvest Head of Sustainability
Ministry of Economics of Latvia, as EU SBSR Policy Area ‘Energy’ coordinator, is organizing a series of online discussions on the topic "Financing renovation project: mapping roles and responsibilities".
In cooperation with the Swedish Institute, we have already established a strong network of experts in the field of energy efficiency by successfully establishing a Baltic Leadership Programme on Energy Efficiency.
With the new series of discussions, we aim to discuss associated funding structures, project implementation, execution, main obstacles, and how to overcome them. The ultimate aim is to continue building a macroregional flagship
Dan Pedersen, Reclaimed Water Program Manager from the City of Austin, discusses the future of Austin Water's reclaimed water system for the 2020 Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium hosted by the Texas Living Waters Project.
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Presentation by Ryan Kelso, Director of Water Services and Compliance for New Braunfels Utilities, for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
Presentation by John Sutton of the Texas Water Development Board's Municipal Water Conservation Program for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
Björn Bergstrand, Kommuninvest Head of Sustainability
Ministry of Economics of Latvia, as EU SBSR Policy Area ‘Energy’ coordinator, is organizing a series of online discussions on the topic "Financing renovation project: mapping roles and responsibilities".
In cooperation with the Swedish Institute, we have already established a strong network of experts in the field of energy efficiency by successfully establishing a Baltic Leadership Programme on Energy Efficiency.
With the new series of discussions, we aim to discuss associated funding structures, project implementation, execution, main obstacles, and how to overcome them. The ultimate aim is to continue building a macroregional flagship
Dan Pedersen, Reclaimed Water Program Manager from the City of Austin, discusses the future of Austin Water's reclaimed water system for the 2020 Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium hosted by the Texas Living Waters Project.
Andrew Spurgin, Principal Planner for the City of Westminster, Colorado, discusses integrating water and land use for the 2020 Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium hosted by the Texas Living Waters Project.
"Virtual Water Footprint: Accounting for hidden water use and ways to conser...Baljit Singh
Yash Maurya, a student at Pandit Deendayal University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India assesses the nature of "virtual" water in our daily lives and shows how easy it is to forget the wastage that can be caused because of our ignorance. Yash shows what can be done to conserve this irreplaceable resource. An excellent and thoughtful work.
Presented by IWMI's Meredith Giordano at IWMI-IFPRI policy seminar on 'Water security in a changing world' / official IWMI-DC office opening held on, July 12, in Washington DC.
Presentation by A Kishore, International Food Policy Research Institute, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Presented by IWMI’s Kakhramon Djumaboev at the International Conference on Agricultural Transformation, Food Security and Nutrition in Central Asia, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 1, 2018
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Presented by IWMI's Alan Nicol at the International Conference on Climate and Environment Change Impacts on the Indus Basin Waters held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on February 17.
Urban Public Policy and Sustainability: Policy recommendation for the City of...Vanessa Davis
This presentation represents a segment of a group project in a capstone course at Arizona State University on "Urban Public Policy and Sustainability".
Our group was tasked with working with the City of Mesa to identify and research an urban planning policy that could be improved to support a more sustainable trajectory. The final outcome was a policy recommendation delivered to the city and presented to a mock city council. (While we did not present to the actual City Council for Mesa, our "mock council" participants included the Mayor of Mesa, a City Council Member from Tempe and a few other well qualified judges.)
Our group's policy recommendation was concerned with decreasing wastewater for sustainable development via suggested policy changes concerning development impact fees.
Presentation by IWMI Kakhramon Djumaboev about the application of the water-food-energy nexus concept on transboundary rivers of Central Asia. Presented at the 10th anniversary PEER program on August 17, 2021
Presented by Oyture Anarbekov at a workshop on “Innovations for Improving Drylands in Central Asia” held on December 14-15, 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Drip irrigation and service provision of irrigation water: New ways to step i...africa-rising
Presented by Fitsum Hagos, Prossie Nakawuka, Petra Schmitter, Desalegne Tegegne, Amare Haileslassie, Jennie Barron, Nicole Lefore and Walter T. Mupangwa at the Workshop and Exhibition on Promoting Productivity and Market Access Technologies and Approaches to Improve Farm Income and Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Lessons from Action Research Projects, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 8-9 December 2016
Presented by IWMI's Petra Schmitter at a session entitled 'Supporting profitable and sustainable farmer-led agriculture' at the Water for Food Global Conference, in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, on April 29, 2019.
"Virtual Water Footprint: Accounting for hidden water use and ways to conser...Baljit Singh
Yash Maurya, a student at Pandit Deendayal University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India assesses the nature of "virtual" water in our daily lives and shows how easy it is to forget the wastage that can be caused because of our ignorance. Yash shows what can be done to conserve this irreplaceable resource. An excellent and thoughtful work.
Presented by IWMI's Meredith Giordano at IWMI-IFPRI policy seminar on 'Water security in a changing world' / official IWMI-DC office opening held on, July 12, in Washington DC.
Presentation by A Kishore, International Food Policy Research Institute, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Presented by IWMI’s Kakhramon Djumaboev at the International Conference on Agricultural Transformation, Food Security and Nutrition in Central Asia, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 1, 2018
Coping with water scarcity - Water accounting: getting the water budget rightFAO
Coping with water scarcity - Water accounting: getting the water budget right, , Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
Presented by IWMI's Alan Nicol at the International Conference on Climate and Environment Change Impacts on the Indus Basin Waters held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on February 17.
Urban Public Policy and Sustainability: Policy recommendation for the City of...Vanessa Davis
This presentation represents a segment of a group project in a capstone course at Arizona State University on "Urban Public Policy and Sustainability".
Our group was tasked with working with the City of Mesa to identify and research an urban planning policy that could be improved to support a more sustainable trajectory. The final outcome was a policy recommendation delivered to the city and presented to a mock city council. (While we did not present to the actual City Council for Mesa, our "mock council" participants included the Mayor of Mesa, a City Council Member from Tempe and a few other well qualified judges.)
Our group's policy recommendation was concerned with decreasing wastewater for sustainable development via suggested policy changes concerning development impact fees.
Presentation by IWMI Kakhramon Djumaboev about the application of the water-food-energy nexus concept on transboundary rivers of Central Asia. Presented at the 10th anniversary PEER program on August 17, 2021
Presented by Oyture Anarbekov at a workshop on “Innovations for Improving Drylands in Central Asia” held on December 14-15, 2016 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Drip irrigation and service provision of irrigation water: New ways to step i...africa-rising
Presented by Fitsum Hagos, Prossie Nakawuka, Petra Schmitter, Desalegne Tegegne, Amare Haileslassie, Jennie Barron, Nicole Lefore and Walter T. Mupangwa at the Workshop and Exhibition on Promoting Productivity and Market Access Technologies and Approaches to Improve Farm Income and Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Lessons from Action Research Projects, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 8-9 December 2016
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Workshop on Operationalizing the Regional Collaborative Platform to Address ‘Water Consumption, Water Productivity and Drought Management’ in Agriculture, 27 - 29 October 2015, Cairo, Egypt
Water Resources Survey, Resources in India and TamilNadu, WaterResources Planning, Estimation of Water for Irrigation and Drinking, Reservoirs, Strategies for reservoir operation, Design Flood and Levees and Flood walls
Similar to Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Water Resource Management - Kumar (20)
In Ghana, the prevalence of onsite sanitation is more than 85%. This means that when the receptacles containing the faecal sludge are full they have to be collected and treated before discharging into the environment. Unfortunately, there are very few treatment plants available in the country and fecal sludge is mostly dumped into water bodies, drains, trenches, farms, bushes, and other unauthorized places.
Urban sanitation coverage in Ghana like in many other developing countries is low with only 25% of the people with access to basic sanitation (improved, non-shared sanitation) (Appiah-Effah et al., 2019). Already, poor urban sanitation is strongly linked to increased disease burdens and associated cost (Berendes et al., 2018; Prüss-Ustün et al., 2019).
The Accra Metropolitan Area (AMA) is suffering from a major urban infrastructure gap. The region’s increasing economic growth has triggered rapid urbanization, characterized by expansion of built-up environment – roads, parking lots, and other structures with impervious surfaces that do not allow water to infiltrate easily so as to replenish the water table.
The economic growth literature suggests that the volume of infrastructure stock as well as its quality positively and impacts economic growth by, among others, decreasing the cost of production and transportation of goods and services, improving the productivity of input factors, and creating indirect positive externalities.
Poverty remains a problem. There is an overall reduction in national poverty over the last 3 decades, but this masks the persistent spatial concentration of poverty and high inequality.
Poverty remains a problem in Ghana. There is an overall reduction in national poverty over the last 3 decades, but this masks the persistent spatial concentration of poverty and high inequality.
Integration of the youth (15- to 34-year-olds) in Ghana, who represents 35 percent of the population, into full and productive employment can be an important driver for growth and sustained development. The inability to improve labor productivity in the country continues to limit the performance of firms and enterprises across different economic sectors.
Over 1.6 million people died globally in 2017 from harmful exposure to PM2.5 emissions from household use of solid fuels such as wood, coal, charcoal, and agricultural residues for cooking according to estimates by the Global Burden of Disease 2017 (GBD 2017) Project.
Although the free senior high school (SHS) policy has greatly increased enrolment, it has led to a mismatch in the demand for secondary education and the available educational infrastructure. The double-track system was introduced to circumvent this hurdle.
Ghana has made great strides in education enrolment in the MDG and SDG era, with near universal primary school enrolment and equality between boys and girls (World Bank, 2019).
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Over the last three decades, Ghana has invested large amounts of effort in implementing various strategies to reduce maternal and child mortality in the country.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
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What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
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Up the Ratios Bylaws - a Comprehensive Process of Our Organizationuptheratios
Up the Ratios is a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gap in STEM education for underprivileged students by providing free, high-quality learning opportunities in robotics and other STEM fields. Our mission is to empower the next generation of innovators, thinkers, and problem-solvers by offering a range of educational programs that foster curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.
At Up the Ratios, we believe that every student, regardless of their socio-economic background, should have access to the tools and knowledge needed to succeed in today's technology-driven world. To achieve this, we host a variety of free classes, workshops, summer camps, and live lectures tailored to students from underserved communities. Our programs are designed to be engaging and hands-on, allowing students to explore the exciting world of robotics and STEM through practical, real-world applications.
Our free classes cover fundamental concepts in robotics, coding, and engineering, providing students with a strong foundation in these critical areas. Through our interactive workshops, students can dive deeper into specific topics, working on projects that challenge them to apply what they've learned and think creatively. Our summer camps offer an immersive experience where students can collaborate on larger projects, develop their teamwork skills, and gain confidence in their abilities.
In addition to our local programs, Up the Ratios is committed to making a global impact. We take donations of new and gently used robotics parts, which we then distribute to students and educational institutions in other countries. These donations help ensure that young learners worldwide have the resources they need to explore and excel in STEM fields. By supporting education in this way, we aim to nurture a global community of future leaders and innovators.
Our live lectures feature guest speakers from various STEM disciplines, including engineers, scientists, and industry professionals who share their knowledge and experiences with our students. These lectures provide valuable insights into potential career paths and inspire students to pursue their passions in STEM.
Up the Ratios relies on the generosity of donors and volunteers to continue our work. Contributions of time, expertise, and financial support are crucial to sustaining our programs and expanding our reach. Whether you're an individual passionate about education, a professional in the STEM field, or a company looking to give back to the community, there are many ways to get involved and make a difference.
We are proud of the positive impact we've had on the lives of countless students, many of whom have gone on to pursue higher education and careers in STEM. By providing these young minds with the tools and opportunities they need to succeed, we are not only changing their futures but also contributing to the advancement of technology and innovation on a broader scale.
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale war
Andhra Pradesh Priorities: Water Resource Management - Kumar
1. Water
M. Dinesh Kumar,
Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh Priorities Conference, Vijayawada June 18-20
2. Topic importance
• Andhra Pradesh (AP) has the mission to become ‘drought proof’
•Rayalaseema region in AP is hot and dry region experiencing frequent
meteorological droughts
• Only about 30% of the cropped area is irrigated in Rayalaseema
•Farming is susceptible to the vagaries of monsoon
• Tanks which are important source of water for rural economy have
been driven into disuse
•Explosion of well irrigation in the tanks’ catchment and command areas
•Inter-annual rainfall variability (24%-35%) having an impact
•Small and marginal farmers are the biggest victims
3. Topic importance contd.
• Rich well owning farmers abstract groundwater at the expense of the
poor
•Mainly grow cash crops such as tomato, papaya, grapes, guava and citrus fruits
•Excessive groundwater use by them results in drying up of the shallow wells,
mostly owned by small and marginal farmers
• For boosting agricultural growth and reducing rural poverty in the
region, rural community’s physical and economic access to water
need to be enhanced
•Tanks can play an important role in achieving this
•To address groundwater depletion and manage agricultural water demand,
drip irrigation along with on-farm water management practices can be useful
4. 1st analyzed solution
Irrigation Expansion through Water Transfer from a Surplus Region to Augment
Existing Irrigation Sources (Tanks)
5. Description of the solution
• Overall, there are about 12,900 tanks in Rayalaseema (GoAP, 2016)
• Spatial differences in runoff generating potential of the catchments
provide opportunities for water transfer from the comparatively
water-rich regions (parts of Kurnool) to the water-scarce regions
(Anantapur, Chittoor, and Cuddapah), mainly during drought years
• Around 1200 MCM per annum of water is proposed to be transferred
from Srisailam reservoir through link canals, which is mainly the flood
waters of Krishna (IRAP, 2017)
• Additional storage space available in the tanks during a drought year
is about 1,700 MCM (IRAP, 2017)
6. All the costs
• Annualized cost of transfer of surplus water from the donor basin,
including cost of conveyance infrastructure and drainage works is
estimated to be INR 4,653 per ha
• Annual operation and maintenance cost of the system would be
around INR 2,000 per ha
• Overall annualized cost will be INR 43.2 crore
•Assuming that the additional water will be used to irrigate land mostly under
paddy (major crop in the region) cultivated during winters (around 65000 ha)
• System life is considered to be 25 years. Discount rate of 5% is
applied. All figures are in 2017 prices
7. All the benefits
• Annual incremental net return for farmers from availability of
additional water from tanks is estimated to be INR 9,236 per ha
• Indirect benefits (annual) in the form of positive externalities include:
•INR 14,229 per ha from groundwater recharge from the tanks
•INR 1,020 per ha due to energy saving on account of reduced groundwater
pumping
• Overall, annual incremental returns and indirect benefits will be INR
159.2 crore
• All figures are in 2017 prices
8. Total costs, total benefits and cost-benefit ratio
Discount rate
3% 5% 8%
Annualized Cost
(INR/ha at 2017
prices)
5,789 6,653 8,248
Annual Private
Benefits (INR/ha
at 2017 prices)
9,236 9,236 9,236
Annual Social
Benefits (INR/ha
at 2017 prices)
24,485 24,485 24,485
Private BCR 1.60 1.39 1.12
Social BCR 4.23 3.68 2.97
10. Description of the solution
• In Rayalaseema, water saving through adoption of efficient irrigation
technologies is desirable and necessary to boost agricultural productivity
• As per the estimates for erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, about 12.65 lakh ha of
irrigated area can be brought under water saving technologies (IRAP, 2012)
• Along with the practice of mulching, which reduces evaporation from the
bare soil surface and suppress weed growth, this can lead to significant
water saving at the field scale
• Already, farmers in the Rayalaseema region are growing tomatoes in net
houses with drip system and plastic sheet as a mulch cover
• Subsidies are available from the state government for adoption of this
technology
11. All the costs
• Annualized capital cost of drip installation and plastic mulch coverage
is INR 53,782 per ha of cropped area
• About 30,000 ha of land per annum have been covered under drip in
Rayalaseema during the last 11 years (2003-04 to 2015-16)
• Considering the same pattern, the overall annualized cost will be INR
161.3 crore
• System life is considered to be 10 years for drip and one season for
mulch. Discount rate of 5% is applied. All figures are in 2017 prices
12. All the benefits
• Annual incremental net return per ha of land covered by the
technology is INR 2,51,140
• Economic value of indirect annual benefits in the form of positive
externalities include:
•INR 19,288 per ha for water saving benefit (considering there is no increase in
irrigated area)
•INR 2,411 per ha for energy saving on account of reduced groundwater
pumping
• Overall, annual incremental returns and indirect benefits will be INR
818.5 crore.
• All figures are in 2017 prices
13. Total costs, total benefits and cost-benefit ratio
Discount rate
3% 5% 8%
Annualized Cost
(INR/ha at 2017
prices)
48,370 53,782 55,511
Annual Private
Benefits (INR/ha
at 2017 prices)
2,51,140 2,51,140 2,51,140
Annual Social
Benefits (INR/ha
at 2017 prices)
2,72,839 2,72,839 2,72,839
Private BCR 5.19 4.67 4.52
Social BCR 5.64 5.07 4.92