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Water Quality Issues in India: Geological, Historical and Modern Perspectives

Water Quality Issues in India: Geological, Historical and Modern Perspectives. Gina Accorsi , Lee Corbett, Sophie Greene, and Ben Rukavina October 15, 2014. Modern context : Poor sanitation and malnutrition, Water financing. Geological context : Pollution from geologic sources.

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Water Quality Issues in India: Geological, Historical and Modern Perspectives

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  1. Water Quality Issues in India:Geological, Historical and Modern Perspectives Gina Accorsi, Lee Corbett, Sophie Greene, and Ben Rukavina October 15, 2014

  2. Modern context: Poor sanitation and malnutrition, Water financing Geological context: Pollution from geologic sources The Future: What happens next? Who pays for it? Historical context: India’s history, religion, and water law ?

  3. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vc4D2tu5f9I/Tk8_ZEJ1hWI/AAAAAAAAA2A/-cCH1i9OI7E/s1600/Map_of_India_Bengal.pnghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vc4D2tu5f9I/Tk8_ZEJ1hWI/AAAAAAAAA2A/-cCH1i9OI7E/s1600/Map_of_India_Bengal.png

  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyevjRiz1UI

  5. The Great Baths of MohenjoDaro ~3,700 BP, served at least 35,000 residents from the Stone age to Bronze Age

  6. The Arthashastra Ancient Indian treatus on economic, military, and land policy, written in Sanscrit, from around 300 BC

  7. The Last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II (1775 – 1862), in power during the fall of the Mughal Empire (1526-1857) to Great Brittan, and the ancient Mughal water gardens.

  8. Sutlej Valley, 1857 Painting from “Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia - Atlas Part II,” and a colonial era canal in India.

  9. The World Bank

  10. “When the private sector engages in water provision, greater disparities in access and cost follow.” –Al Jazeera

  11. “The [new World Bank] draft policies provide an opt-out option for governments that do not wish to provide essential land and natural resource rights protections to Indigenous Peoples.” - The Times India

  12. Childhood Malnutrition: The Problem http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546-1147272668285/IndiaUndernourishedChildrenFinal.pdf

  13. Childhood Malnutrition: The Problem http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546-1147272668285/IndiaUndernourishedChildrenFinal.pdf

  14. Childhood Malnutrition: Comparisons http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546-1147272668285/IndiaUndernourishedChildrenFinal.pdf

  15. Childhood Malnutrition: Consequences DALY = Disability-adjusted life year http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546-1147272668285/IndiaUndernourishedChildrenFinal.pdf

  16. Childhood Malnutrition: Forecasts MDG = Millennium Development Goals http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546-1147272668285/IndiaUndernourishedChildrenFinal.pdf

  17. Childhood Malnutrition: Forecasts http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546-1147272668285/IndiaUndernourishedChildrenFinal.pdf

  18. Video Links CNN video about water quality, the “daily struggle” (3:10): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEyxW73F5Fc Financial Times video about polluted rivers (4:54): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeNSOg5XJh4 Overview video about Arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh (10:18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyevjRiz1UI New York Times slideshow of India water pollution issues: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/world/asia/poor-sanitation-in-india-may-afflict-well-fed-children-with-malnutrition.html#slideshow/100000002994895/100000002994980

  19. Responsibility of various agencies in drinking water supply http://www.nistads.res.in/indiasnt2008/t6rural/t6rur7.htm

  20. Percent distribution of rural households by collection time and person who collects the drinking water. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2005-06

  21. Percent distribution of rural households by collection time and person who collects the drinking water. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2005-06

  22. Percentage of affected habitations chemical contamination Drinking water quality in rural India: Issues and Approaches Indira Khurana and RomitSen, Water Aid, 2008.

  23. State wise Cases Due to Cholera in India 2007 and Acute Diarrhoeal Disease in 2006 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2005-06

  24. Percent distribution of rural households by treatment of drinking water in 1998-99 and 2005-06 respectively National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2005-06

  25. Schematic representation of areas which require technological intervention http://www.nistads.res.in/indiasnt2008/t6rural/t6rur7.htm

  26. Locations of Desalination plants Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

  27. References From Ben http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/14/brics-development-bank-imf-world-bank-dollar https://www.opendemocracy.net/files/14-12-11%20Lakhimpur-AASU%20protest%20against%20NHPC%20Big%20Dam.jpg http://www.channelstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/World-Bank.jpg http://www.kval.com/news/local/125824458.html http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/29/india.randeepramesh2 http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/4/water-managementprivatizationworldbankgroupifc.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/World-Bank-accused-of-ignoring-rights-of-the-poor/articleshow/39299074.cms http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2012/mar/14/controversial-dam-projects-in-pictures http://www.worldbank.org/en/about https://www.culturalsurvival.org/ourpublications/csq/article/displacement-and-development-construction-sardar-dam

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