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Poster presented by Lance Robinson at the 3rd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Montpellier.
Read more: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/3rd-global-science-conference-%E2%80%9Cclimate-smart-agriculture-2015%E2%80%9D#.VRurLUesXX4
Local officials are responsible for the success of their community's water and wastewater systems. This handbook provides an overview of legal requirements, operations, maintenance, financial management, and other essential information to help officials properly manage these critical systems. It explains regulations, liability, plant optimization, personnel management, public relations, and financial resources. Sections provide need-to-know information for officials, with additional resources in the bibliography and glossary to learn more.
Understanding the gendered dimensions of access to water among small scale ho...CTA
1. The document summarizes a study on understanding the gendered dimensions of access to water among small-scale horticultural farmers in Domboshava, Zimbabwe.
2. It found that while women are traditionally recognized as the main users of water, gender relations often limit their access, control, and use of water for irrigation.
3. The study used ethnographic methods like interviews and observations to examine how gender dynamics surrounding access to water have changed since Zimbabwe's land reform, finding variations in access between different socioeconomic classes of women farmers.
This document summarizes an initial analysis of the potential for the Atlanta University Center and surrounding neighborhoods to participate in a long-term restoration process. The Atlanta University Center is the largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities in the U.S. The analysis identified opportunities to restore the economic, social, and environmental health of the community through an integrated restoration economy and ensuring long-term benefits from the development of the new Atlanta Falcons stadium.
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Read more: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/3rd-global-science-conference-%E2%80%9Cclimate-smart-agriculture-2015%E2%80%9D#.VRurLUesXX4
Local officials are responsible for the success of their community's water and wastewater systems. This handbook provides an overview of legal requirements, operations, maintenance, financial management, and other essential information to help officials properly manage these critical systems. It explains regulations, liability, plant optimization, personnel management, public relations, and financial resources. Sections provide need-to-know information for officials, with additional resources in the bibliography and glossary to learn more.
Understanding the gendered dimensions of access to water among small scale ho...CTA
1. The document summarizes a study on understanding the gendered dimensions of access to water among small-scale horticultural farmers in Domboshava, Zimbabwe.
2. It found that while women are traditionally recognized as the main users of water, gender relations often limit their access, control, and use of water for irrigation.
3. The study used ethnographic methods like interviews and observations to examine how gender dynamics surrounding access to water have changed since Zimbabwe's land reform, finding variations in access between different socioeconomic classes of women farmers.
This document summarizes an initial analysis of the potential for the Atlanta University Center and surrounding neighborhoods to participate in a long-term restoration process. The Atlanta University Center is the largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities in the U.S. The analysis identified opportunities to restore the economic, social, and environmental health of the community through an integrated restoration economy and ensuring long-term benefits from the development of the new Atlanta Falcons stadium.
This document discusses global status and coverage of safe drinking water and sanitation. It notes that over 1 billion people lack access to improved water supply, with 63% in Asia and 80% in Africa. Over 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation, with 13% in Latin America and the Caribbean and 5% in Europe. Key targets are to halve the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Examples of issues discussed include means to achieve these targets through knowledge sharing and concerted actions at all levels of government and between partners.
This document provides a brief introduction to water law and policy, outlining key topics like integrated water resource management, abstraction, discharge, river basin organizations, irrigation allocation, planning, groundwater, surface water, stakeholders, water quality, transboundary water, water zoning, and the interface between water and other sectors such as forestry and mining. It also discusses water services, utilities, economic regulation, competition, public service, supply, sewerage, service levels, customer service, investment, and network expansion. The document concludes by listing upcoming seminars, consultations, and publications related to water law and policy.
Over 660 million people lack access to safe water and 2.4 billion people lack access to sanitation facilities. A third of the global population lives without access to a toilet and more people have mobile phones than toilets. A review of rural water projects in Africa, South Asia, and Central America found average failure rates of 20-40%. Globally, a third of schools and healthcare facilities in low and middle-income countries lack safe water and adequate sanitation. The water crisis poses the largest risk to society according to the World Economic Forum.
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This presentation by A. Gurunathan from the DHAN Tank (Vayalagam) Foundation made at the Madurai Symposium 2013 lists out the basics of ensuring stakeholder participation in water resources management. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.
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The document summarizes a study on the impact of post-construction support on drinking water systems in El Salvador. It finds that communities receiving technical assistance through circuit rider models had less contaminated water and more sustainable water systems compared to control communities without support. The circuit rider model involves monthly technician visits, operator training, and financial support. It costs less than $1 per household served per year and could be adapted to other areas.
This document discusses data and knowledge management for water resource management in Kenya. It notes that obtaining diverse data from various sources is important for effective water management but there are currently gaps. Water managers in Kenya cite limitations such as poor quality data, limited data sharing between institutions, and lack of technological capacity. The document discusses some recent efforts in Kenya to address these issues, including a workshop on using GIS and mobile applications to improve data collection and a mapping project in Kajiado County. It provides updates on upcoming events and publications related to water management.
Sustainable water management in rural Ecuadorian communities faces several challenges. Rural communities have inadequate water infrastructure, treatment, and inconsistent supply of water, often resulting in consumption of non-potable water. While Ecuador has decentralized water management to municipalities, there is still a lack of proper regulation, information sharing, and oversight to ensure sustainability and equitable services. Conflicts over water access and use, especially regarding irrigation, also exist between highland and lowland communities located in the same watershed basins. Sustainable water models for rural communities must focus on community organization, education, equitable access, and long-term maintenance and management of water systems.
High Five program: final report (2011-2014)abby ati
The final report of High Five program, a sanitation and hygiene practices improvement program, implemented in three cities in Indonesia: Medan, Surabaya and Makassar.
This document discusses gender issues related to water governance and women's roles in irrigation management and development in Nepal. It outlines that women are often responsible for water collection but are rarely involved in decision making around water resources. It advocates for increasing women's participation in irrigation user groups and ensuring their access to land and water rights. The document notes Nepal has made little progress in empowering women in water governance according to its MDG goals. It concludes irrigation policies and projects should incorporate gender considerations in their engineering, organization, and operations to better address the needs of both male and female users.
CCAA IRIS - Water and-sanitation-projectShawn Lennie
This document summarizes an environmental water and sanitation project in the Maxaquene A neighborhood of Maputo, Mozambique. The neighborhood faces issues with access to potable water and sanitation. Black waters from rain often flood the low-lying area, potentially spreading illness. The water distribution system has many leak points where water is lost. The project aims to analyze the water supply system, assess access to potable water, identify leak points and their causes, and evaluate measures to minimize black waters. Through surveys, interviews and observation, the project will work to increase community awareness of water issues and promote more sustainable water use and management. The expected results include greater community involvement in problem-solving and the adoption of new policies to
Nile Basin Development Challenge: Rainwater Management SystemsILRI
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This poster was presented as part of the East African Learning Landscape Regional Knowledge Exchange, at the African Institute for Capacity Development at Jomo Kenyatta University on June 2-3, 2015.
For more information, see: http://bit.ly/1KtnN0S
The South African Water Caucus is a network of NGOs and CBOs working on water justice in South Africa. They are active citizen monitors of water policy and practice.
This document summarizes sanitation conditions in South Asia. It discusses what sanitation is and then provides information about each country in the region. Overall, the region contains more people without access to sanitation than any other, with 681 million open defecators. Access to improved sanitation facilities is only 39.83% and varies significantly between urban and rural areas and among countries. Issues discussed include lack of access to water, open defecation, lack of education, and poor hygiene practices. Actions proposed to improve sanitation include stopping open defecation, awareness campaigns, improving hygiene behaviors, and combining government and non-government programs.
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This document provides a brief introduction to water law and policy, outlining key topics like integrated water resource management, abstraction, discharge, river basin organizations, irrigation allocation, planning, groundwater, surface water, stakeholders, water quality, transboundary water, water zoning, and the interface between water and other sectors such as forestry and mining. It also discusses water services, utilities, economic regulation, competition, public service, supply, sewerage, service levels, customer service, investment, and network expansion. The document concludes by listing upcoming seminars, consultations, and publications related to water law and policy.
Over 660 million people lack access to safe water and 2.4 billion people lack access to sanitation facilities. A third of the global population lives without access to a toilet and more people have mobile phones than toilets. A review of rural water projects in Africa, South Asia, and Central America found average failure rates of 20-40%. Globally, a third of schools and healthcare facilities in low and middle-income countries lack safe water and adequate sanitation. The water crisis poses the largest risk to society according to the World Economic Forum.
Rich -india stakeholder engagement presentation (feb 19 2013)India Water Portal
This document summarizes WaterCredit's efforts in India from 2004-2013 to provide loans for water and sanitation access. It outlines key milestones and growth indicators, including an increasing number of partners, investment amounts, loan disbursements, and beneficiaries. The document also describes WaterCredit's strategic use of subsidies, typical loan and borrower characteristics, challenges in the sector, and impact evaluation efforts to systematically measure changes in access, hygiene practices and health.
IWRM:Importance of stakeholder participation_A. Gurunathan from the DHAN Tank...India Water Portal
This presentation by A. Gurunathan from the DHAN Tank (Vayalagam) Foundation made at the Madurai Symposium 2013 lists out the basics of ensuring stakeholder participation in water resources management. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.
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The document summarizes a study on the impact of post-construction support on drinking water systems in El Salvador. It finds that communities receiving technical assistance through circuit rider models had less contaminated water and more sustainable water systems compared to control communities without support. The circuit rider model involves monthly technician visits, operator training, and financial support. It costs less than $1 per household served per year and could be adapted to other areas.
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Sustainable water management in rural Ecuadorian communities faces several challenges. Rural communities have inadequate water infrastructure, treatment, and inconsistent supply of water, often resulting in consumption of non-potable water. While Ecuador has decentralized water management to municipalities, there is still a lack of proper regulation, information sharing, and oversight to ensure sustainability and equitable services. Conflicts over water access and use, especially regarding irrigation, also exist between highland and lowland communities located in the same watershed basins. Sustainable water models for rural communities must focus on community organization, education, equitable access, and long-term maintenance and management of water systems.
High Five program: final report (2011-2014)abby ati
The final report of High Five program, a sanitation and hygiene practices improvement program, implemented in three cities in Indonesia: Medan, Surabaya and Makassar.
This document discusses gender issues related to water governance and women's roles in irrigation management and development in Nepal. It outlines that women are often responsible for water collection but are rarely involved in decision making around water resources. It advocates for increasing women's participation in irrigation user groups and ensuring their access to land and water rights. The document notes Nepal has made little progress in empowering women in water governance according to its MDG goals. It concludes irrigation policies and projects should incorporate gender considerations in their engineering, organization, and operations to better address the needs of both male and female users.
CCAA IRIS - Water and-sanitation-projectShawn Lennie
This document summarizes an environmental water and sanitation project in the Maxaquene A neighborhood of Maputo, Mozambique. The neighborhood faces issues with access to potable water and sanitation. Black waters from rain often flood the low-lying area, potentially spreading illness. The water distribution system has many leak points where water is lost. The project aims to analyze the water supply system, assess access to potable water, identify leak points and their causes, and evaluate measures to minimize black waters. Through surveys, interviews and observation, the project will work to increase community awareness of water issues and promote more sustainable water use and management. The expected results include greater community involvement in problem-solving and the adoption of new policies to
Nile Basin Development Challenge: Rainwater Management SystemsILRI
The document discusses the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) which aims to improve rainwater management systems in the Ethiopian highlands. It notes the significant potential of the Blue Nile Basin but current underutilization due to lack of knowledge, technologies, and complex transboundary issues. The NBDC will focus on increasing rainwater productivity through innovations, addressing poverty and degradation, and building institutional capacity. It will involve partnerships across different organizations and scales to identify best practices, target interventions, and ensure research is linked to development goals.
This poster was presented as part of the East African Learning Landscape Regional Knowledge Exchange, at the African Institute for Capacity Development at Jomo Kenyatta University on June 2-3, 2015.
For more information, see: http://bit.ly/1KtnN0S
The South African Water Caucus is a network of NGOs and CBOs working on water justice in South Africa. They are active citizen monitors of water policy and practice.
This document summarizes sanitation conditions in South Asia. It discusses what sanitation is and then provides information about each country in the region. Overall, the region contains more people without access to sanitation than any other, with 681 million open defecators. Access to improved sanitation facilities is only 39.83% and varies significantly between urban and rural areas and among countries. Issues discussed include lack of access to water, open defecation, lack of education, and poor hygiene practices. Actions proposed to improve sanitation include stopping open defecation, awareness campaigns, improving hygiene behaviors, and combining government and non-government programs.
This document provides a guide for community led advocacy to empower citizens to demand improved access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. It outlines the rationale for citizen empowerment, including currently low levels of citizen involvement, lack of information, and political dominance. The guide then discusses enablers of community led advocacy like capacity building, committed leadership, information sharing, and inclusiveness. It provides steps to promote community led advocacy, beginning with identifying issues and building capacity, then strategizing engagement through tools like community scorecards, surveys, and public hearings to inform, consult, and
A Review Paper On Water Resource ManagementSabrina Baloi
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“No country in the world can survive without good management of its water res...FUSADES
The Water Working Group in El Salvador released a press statement about water issues facing the country. The Lempa River, which provides 60% of drinking water, has been degraded by environmental mismanagement and pollution. This impacts the poor most of all. The Working Group aims to influence policy to establish sustainable water management, generate proposals, and ensure citizen participation in water planning. Currently, a proposed General Water Law is under review that would regulate water usage and fees, but it requires strengthening institutions and citizen participation to protect water resources for future generations.
Development of the Water Potential in River Estuary (Loloan) Based on Society...theijes
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Over the past 50 years, water problems in Kenya have escalated and accessing clean water now poses one of the greatest challenges facing Kenyan society. Lack of safe water and adequate sanitation is the leading cause of illness in Kenya. While factors like water scarcity, climate change, and fragmented management systems have exacerbated the water crisis, weaknesses in water education are also a major obstacle to effective water management and development. Improving water education for students, teachers, leaders and citizens is crucial to inspire innovative solutions, empower local action, and quantify water resources, needs and relationships to development. Universities should develop specialized education materials to address priority water topics and help Kenya progress towards a happier, healthier future with sustainable water access.
A Review of Tanzania’s Water Resources the Quality and Management with Partic...IRJET Journal
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This document discusses the importance of adopting a gender approach to water resource management. It notes that women are primarily responsible for domestic water tasks in most societies but are often overlooked in water projects and management. Mainstreaming gender can lead to more efficient, effective, equitable and sustainable water systems. The document provides examples from various countries where integrating women in water management committees and decisions has improved cost recovery, hygiene, and sustainability of water infrastructure and services.
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This document summarizes Tanzania's second annual report on equity in water and sanitation. It finds that while budgets for urban and rural water supply are equitable, access remains unequal. Rural residents are less satisfied with water services and schools lack adequate sanitation. Over half of new rural water projects target relatively well-served communities. Poorer households have less access to piped water and pay a greater portion of their income for water. The report recommends prioritizing underserved areas, increasing transparency, supporting equitable local government planning, and ensuring all voices are represented in water resource management.
Nile Basin Development Challenge: Rainwater management systemsILRI
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1) The NBDC will examine issues of rainwater management at landscape and sub-basin scales in the Ethiopian highlands.
2) The research will focus on understanding causes and consequences of low rainwater productivity, as well as innovations for improving rainwater management systems to address poverty, vulnerability, land degradation and downstream impacts.
3) A participatory monitoring and evaluation framework will be used to track progress and make adjustments to the research.
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Good morning and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you from New York, where the city swelters in its first heatwave of the season.
Nearly 80 million people were under alerts in the US north-east and midwest yesterday as temperatures in some municipalities reached record highs in a test to the country’s rickety power grid.
In other news, the Financial Times has a new Big Read this morning on Russia’s grip on nuclear power. Despite sanctions on its economy, the Kremlin continues to be an unrivalled exporter of nuclear power plants, building more than half of all reactors under construction globally. Read how Moscow is using these projects to wield global influence.
Today’s Energy Source dives into the latest Statistical Review of World Energy, the industry’s annual stocktake of global energy consumption. The report was published for more than 70 years by BP before it was passed over to the Energy Institute last year. The oil major remains a contributor.
Data Drill looks at a new analysis from the World Bank showing gas flaring is at a four-year high.
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Amanda
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New report offers sobering view of the energy transition
Every year the Statistical Review of World Energy offers a behemoth of data on the state of the global energy market. This year’s findings highlight the world’s insatiable demand for energy and the need to speed up the pace of decarbonisation.
Here are our four main takeaways from this year’s report:
Fossil fuel consumption — and emissions — are at record highs
Countries burnt record amounts of oil and coal last year, sending global fossil fuel consumption and emissions to all-time highs, the Energy Institute reported. Oil demand grew 2.6 per cent, surpassing 100mn barrels per day for the first time.
Meanwhile, the share of fossil fuels in the energy mix declined slightly by half a percentage point, but still made up more than 81 per cent of consumption.
Presentation by Julie Topoleski, CBO’s Director of Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis, at the 16th Annual Meeting of the OECD Working Party of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions.
The Power of Community Newsletters: A Case Study from Wolverton and Greenleys...Scribe
YOU WILL DISCOVER:
The engaging history and evolution of Wolverton and Greenleys Town Council's newsletter
Strategies for producing a successful community newsletter and generating income through advertising
The decision-making process behind moving newsletter design from in-house to outsourcing and its impacts
Dive into the success story of Wolverton and Greenleys Town Council's newsletter in this insightful webinar. Hear from Mandy Shipp and Jemma English about the newsletter's journey from its inception to becoming a vital part of their community's communication, including its history, production process, and revenue generation through advertising. Discover the reasons behind outsourcing its design and the benefits this brought. Ideal for anyone involved in community engagement or interested in starting their own newsletter.
Presentation by Rebecca Sachs and Joshua Varcie, analysts in CBO’s Health Analysis Division, at the 13th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists.
2. Water in Tanzania- The
Challenge
Majority of Tanzanians dependent on rain water for livelihoods,
household water, sanitation
Estimated 40% water sources degraded / non functional
after 5 years
Climate change threatens uncertainty and a range of unclear
risks
Drought and average temperature rises are likely
Intense flooding events with damage to infrastructure and
livelihoods
Water a key aspect of “climate resilience” for most
Tanzanians
3.
4. Water in Tanzania – Opportunities
Communities have in-depth knowledge of their context,
local challenges and good governance
Traditional approaches to management can
manage access to resources effectively when given
freedom to do so
5. Site Visits to selected water sources
Functionality... How well are these water sources working
Are the water sources protected from climate impacts
Are the water sources building the resilience of local people
3. Workshop with local water stakeholders to explore
success factors and challenges to functionality,
resilience and livelihoods
6. Participatory Digital Resource Mapping
Enables community members to share their knowledge of local resources on a map
that can be used by govt. to support planning
Creates a narrative and map of how people access, control and use water in practice,
picking out customary and informal processes and institutions
Identify differences between domestic vs productive governance and use
7. Participatory Mapping in Mara
Training
Setco Youthmappers
Digital champions in 87 Serengeti villages
Wider online group
on how to map water sources and planning for
climate change resilience.
8. Next Steps
Climate Hazard Planning
Floods
Drought
Better weather predictions to help planting
decisions