A case study of On-site sanitation system on the quality of groundwater in hard rock terrain of Coimbatore city

Quamar, Rafat; Janipella, Ramesh; Jangam, C.; Balwant, P.; Jyothi, Veligeti; Padmakar, C.; Pujari, Paras R.

doi:10.1007/s10668-018-0116-0

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“…Most of the tier two and three cities are already struggling to deliver infrastructure and services due to limited institutional capacities and finances (Brown et al, 2012). Small towns are plagued by substandard sanitation infrastructure and services due to governance constraints, paucity of resources and capacity deficit of local governments (Chong et al, 2016) leading to contamination of open wells and consequently shallow aquifers (Bhosale & Kumar, 2002;Quamar et al, 2018) affecting water quality and public health. Though large cities can afford conventional solutions like Sewage Treatment Plants, small towns are faced with huge infrastructure deficits due to lack of technical, institutional and financial capacity (Tutusasus & Schwartz, 2018).…”

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Contextual knowledge co-production and capacity building for sanitation planning: experience from Kerala, India

Pillai

Narayanan

2021

Water Policy

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Small towns in the global South face huge infrastructure deficits in sanitation due to the lack of technical, institutional and financial capacity to establish treatment systems. This knowledge gap and capacity deficit are a socio-ecological challenge that requires knowledge co-production by both science and society. This work focuses on a transdisciplinary initiative on capacity building and knowledge co-production called CANALPY in Alleppey, a town located in the southern state of Kerala, India. The project recognises the need for data and knowledge for developing a fine-grained understanding of the sanitation situation in the town and also raises awareness about canal pollution to arrive at participatory solutions. This study analyses the drivers of co-production of knowledge with its enabling conditions as well as the challenges associated with it. The initiative has been instrumental in creating a space and platform for collaborations, dialogues and discussions on problems of sanitation, water quality and pollution. CANALPY has ensured the dissemination of findings among a larger audience and has inspired new thinking and action. It is also important to take into critical consideration the different practical, socio-political, institutional and competence-related challenges that impede the project's goal of knowledge sharing and capacity building.

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