Approaches to sustainable water management in india
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Approaches To sustainble water managment :------
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND RAINWATER HARVESTING
Watershed management and rainwater harvesting has given proven results in various
parts of country. Diffusing this information and implementation of such techniques at
larger level is required to be done. At the same time, it should be kept in mind that
success of these programs is not possible if local knowledge is ignored and community
participation is not effectively made.
REDUCING WATER LOSSES
Many cities of India have UFW
figure varying from 13% to 60%
. Loss of treated water
in this way demands for strategic measures to handle the high leakage prone water
systems.
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
Preventing fresh water bodies from pollution must not be considered in isolation, but with
the air pollution and solid wastes altogether. Through precipitation, the chemicals
present in the air and on the land in the form of solid waste get mixed with water and find
their course in streams and percolates beneath the ground as well, as had happened in
the case of village Bichhri in Udaipur Rajasthan
. In this case, the toxic sludge dumped
by the chemical industrial plants had damaged the soil, groundwater, human beings,
cattle and economy of the entire village.
CHALLENGES AND LEGISLATIVE APPROACH
On national and state levels, we have several policies and regulation like Water
(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 to regulate pollution discharges and
restore water quality of our aquatic resources. Articles 48A and 51A(g) of the
Constitution emphasize the importance of water resource and in general overall
environment protection.
Local self governing institutions can hardly take up welfare and development plans,
unless they have sufficient funds. However, by the way of seventy third and seventy
fourth amendments to the Constitution, the local bodies are now endowed with more
powers, responsibilities and financial strength.