Drinking water in rural India: a study of deficiency, quality and some social implications

Biswas, Pradip Kumar; Mandal, Kasturi

doi:10.2166/wp.2010.005

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“…These studies estimated national drinking water coverage (Srikanth, 2009). Biswas & Mandal (2010) went beyond descriptive statistics to measures of correlation among drinking water variables. WaterAid (Khurana & Romit, 2009) compiled a historical perspective on rural drinking water policies and organizations in India, but relied upon Census data for descriptive statistics.…”

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National rural drinking water monitoring: progress and challenges with India's IMIS database

2016

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National drinking water programs seek to address monitoring challenges that include self-reporting, data sampling, data consistency and quality, and sufficient frequency to assess the sustainability of water systems. India stands out for its comprehensive rural water database known as Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), which conducts annual monitoring of drinking water coverage, water quality, and related program components from the habitation level to the district, state, and national levels. The objective of this paper is to evaluate IMIS as a national rural water supply monitoring platform. This is important because IMIS is the official government database for rural water in India, and it is used to allocate resources and track the results of government policies. After putting India's IMIS database in an international context, the paper describes its detailed structure and content. It then illustrates the geographic patterns of water supply and water quality that IMIS can present, as well as data analysis issues that were identified. In particular, the fifth section of the paper identifies limitations on the use of state-level data for explanatory regression analysis. These limitations lead to recommendations for improving data analysis to support national rural water monitoring and evaluation, along with strategic approaches to data quality assurance, data access, and database functionality.

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2016

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“…Much of this contamination is preventable through proper siting of sources and adequate operation and maintenance, coupled with safe sanitation practices (MDWS, 2011) along with integrated management approaches (Biswas & Mitra, 2010). Quite apart from the health and nutrition arguments, India needs to address these issues to accelerate growth to reach its economic potential (Goldman Sachs, 2008).…”

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Water in India: situation and prospects

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Prakash²,

Priya

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Water Policy

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Although significant progress is being made in the development of water resources in India, problematic management issues remain despite increased funding, a sizeable resource base (though with remarkable spatial and temporal variation) and a vast land resource. A large population and increasing demand pose challenges for water resource professionals, and mean that India continues to struggle to meet its water requirements. A comprehensive review of the water sector was undertaken to provide perspectives on the way forward. Based on an extensive review of the secondary literature and five regional consultations with key stakeholders, the pressures and drivers in the sector were examined. These included changes in water availability and access, and the role of the State and water programmes, the community, market and civil society in providing access and control over water for the people. Recommendations are made and compared with two other significant sector reviews at a national and regional level. There is a broad consensus emerging from these three major reviews, in terms of the focus on key actions proposed; these are in the areas of water resources, drinking water and sanitation for health, data and knowledge, policy and institutions, and capacity and disaster management.

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“…In addition to the physical challenges of ensuring safe drinking water service, it is widely recognized that many problems are institutional in nature (Biswas and Mandal 2010;Sijbesma and Van Dijk 2006;Verma, Bisht, and Cronin 2014;Sangameswaran, 2014). This paper considers three of these institutional issues.…”

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A macrohistorical geography of rural drinking water institutions in India

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Bramhankar

Murty³

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Water Hist

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India has a long history of policies that aim to improve rural drinking water services, in part through decentralization that faces deeply rooted institutional challenges. These include debates about: the duty of the state to provide rural drinking water supply; tension over the role of central, state, and local governments; and frequent changes in policy and senior public officials that disrupt long-term implementation. Some water governance theorists have described policymaking in this context as a pragmatic process of bricolage, that is, of piecing together practical opportunities for improvement where possible. This paper takes a macrohistorical geographic approach to these institutional problems, with an emphasis on northern India. It shows that ancient sources dating back to the Arthashastra have underscored the role of the state in developing water supplies for the people. Subsequent regimes have argued for various combinations of centralized and local responsibility. We show that frequent rotation of senior public officials was systematized in the 16 th century Mughal empire. Changing roles of India's five levels of center, state, district, block, and village government have a half-millennium-long history, evolving through dramatically different Mughal, Mahratta, colonial, and post-colonial contexts. Devolution policies were frequently changed in the colonial period. Independence in

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Drinking water in rural India: a study of deficiency, quality and some social implications

Cited by 15 publications

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National rural drinking water monitoring: progress and challenges with India's IMIS database

National rural drinking water monitoring: progress and challenges with India's IMIS database

Water in India: situation and prospects

A macrohistorical geography of rural drinking water institutions in India

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