Water Supply - Inputs on Solutions
Dear all:
Below are the Key Issues and Root Causes as outlined by you for the state of Water Supply in India.
Based on them, kindly help identify specific Solutions to them. Please respond to this post and submit your views as comments.
Thanks for your participation!
Ministry of Urban Development
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State of Water Supply - Root Causes
1. Water supply has not been planned properly
2. Water pipes and sewage pipes overlap each other
3. The number of water treatment plants is not enough
4. Water treatment plants are technologically very old
5. Water pipelines are very old and weathered out
6. Leakage identification takes a long time
7. Most of the people do not understand the need of water management
8. Corrupt officials let the bore-wells get dug without official approval
9. Too much water is being pumped out of the ground by residents
10. Unauthorised water connections in slum areas leads to drop in water pressure in other areas
11. Most of our water distribution networks in urban areas are not available in a digital format, hence it is very difficult to keep track and do maintenance of these systems
12. Lack of long term plans or laxity in implementation of plans for augmenting water sources and pipe lines
13. Inefficient, poor maintenance network
14. Slow induction of latest technology
Water Supply – Key Issues
1. Water supply is erratic
2. Water supply becomes even worse in summers
3. Water is dirty and non-drinkable
4. This non-drinkable water causes a lot of water borne diseases
5. Pipelines are broken
6. A lot of water is wasted due to the leakage in the pipelines
7. Public water system has no control, water wastage due to taps left open for hours together
8. Sewer water gets mixed up with drinking water
9. Water bills are very high
10. Corruption at water boards to get new connections
11. Bore-wells being dug without any approval
12. Ground water levels are depleting and pumps are not able to fetch water
13. Many areas do not have any piped water supply
14. No water available in public toilets more
Below are the Key Issues and Root Causes as outlined by you for the state of Water Supply in India.
Based on them, kindly help identify specific Solutions to them. Please respond to this post and submit your views as comments.
Thanks for your participation!
Ministry of Urban Development
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State of Water Supply - Root Causes
1. Water supply has not been planned properly
2. Water pipes and sewage pipes overlap each other
3. The number of water treatment plants is not enough
4. Water treatment plants are technologically very old
5. Water pipelines are very old and weathered out
6. Leakage identification takes a long time
7. Most of the people do not understand the need of water management
8. Corrupt officials let the bore-wells get dug without official approval
9. Too much water is being pumped out of the ground by residents
10. Unauthorised water connections in slum areas leads to drop in water pressure in other areas
11. Most of our water distribution networks in urban areas are not available in a digital format, hence it is very difficult to keep track and do maintenance of these systems
12. Lack of long term plans or laxity in implementation of plans for augmenting water sources and pipe lines
13. Inefficient, poor maintenance network
14. Slow induction of latest technology
Water Supply – Key Issues
1. Water supply is erratic
2. Water supply becomes even worse in summers
3. Water is dirty and non-drinkable
4. This non-drinkable water causes a lot of water borne diseases
5. Pipelines are broken
6. A lot of water is wasted due to the leakage in the pipelines
7. Public water system has no control, water wastage due to taps left open for hours together
8. Sewer water gets mixed up with drinking water
9. Water bills are very high
10. Corruption at water boards to get new connections
11. Bore-wells being dug without any approval
12. Ground water levels are depleting and pumps are not able to fetch water
13. Many areas do not have any piped water supply
14. No water available in public toilets more
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There is no distribution policy in place. While some areas get uninterrupted supply, others in the vicinity have to make do with one hour of supply. more
Jan 22
Ancient equipment needs to be replaced. My colony in south Delhi has had some insane water supply problems for months and months - apparently because the MCD pump breaks down about 3 times a week. Who is in charge of maintenance? What is happening to the maintenance money? There has to be a transparent method for people to register their grievances and for action to be taken within a very short period. If no action is taken, the area councillor should be personally held accountable. All this needs to be done through an automated online system. more
Jan 22
Drinking water quality to be improved with change of Pipes periodically with Steel/coated/well galvanised one from inside. more
Jan 18
Sea water / Creak water to be converted to drinking water and salt separated to to be sold cheap to poor and needy. Drain water to be treated and separated to garden water and sediments as manure to road side plants. more
Jan 12
