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Water Supply Management for Sabarmati Ward, Ahmedabad

A report on the State of Urban Supply in India in 2018 states “Access to safe drinking water is an important measure of the socio-economic status of the household and fundamental to the health of its members by preventing infection, illness, and death”. There is an urgent need for attention of an urban water management challenge due to the overuse of groundwater and mismanagement of surface water. In the spectrum of water supply, on one hand, the water board is faced with the challenge of resourcing water and limitation of institutional and financial capacity to deliver basic, safe water supply to all, on the other.  A comprehensive approach in the management of water is required to ensure provisioning of water for all as the Supreme Court has been interpreted the Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, the right to life, as encompassing the right to safe and basic water and sanitation.


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The following steps were identified as key to successful leakage management programs: ? Periodically assess leakage through water audits ? Improve data quality ? Establish district metered areas and pressure management ? Reduce response and repair times to leaks that have been reported or actively detected ? Apply leakage management as an effective part of asset management By implementing these practical approaches, utilities can develop an effective leakage management policy that will he

This is a fining and recovery mechanism suggested for various offenses

For orderly maintenance of the distribution lines its proposed to hire more plumbers on the payroll of the corporation instead of contracting them out

Process for implementation of training and capacity building of the plumbers

Survey conducted for assessment of groundwater usage

Survey conducted to assess the quality and adequacy of water supply

Survey conducted to assess the quality and adequacy of water supply

Survey process for identification and mapping of borewells and percolation wells

Process for identification and metering of borewells and percolation wells

Outcomes of borewell regulation