Rupali Deshmukh

Managing water wisely for sustainable society

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Water Stress Region

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LOW < 10%LOW TO MEDIUM 10-20%MEDIUM TO HIGH 20-40%HIGH 40-80%EXTREMELY HIGH >80%

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Water Scarcity

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Socio-economic conditions of poor Indian farmers.

Experts say that globally we need 70% of our water sources for agriculture

As per Government Figures: In past 2 decades 300,000 farmers committed suicides in various water stress region in India.•Drought•Crop failure•Debt

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Water Crisis: Women

• In many rural areas, women walk over 2.5 km to reach water sources

• As per environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva, on average, a rural Indian woman traverses 14,000 km a year just to fetch water.

• An alarming impact of the water crisis on women’s health, both mental and physical.

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The case of RaleganSiddhi in IndiaA village in Maharashtra state near PuneTotal area 982.31ha Rainfall 450 - 650 mmTemperatures 12 - 44°cAgriculture is the main source of livelihood for the people of the village.

Ralegan Siddhi Before 1975Acute povertyWater scarcity restricted agriculture, <20 ha irrigated One-third households - missed meals every alternate dayMigration to bigger cities Worst drought in 1972

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Ralegan Siddhi after 1975

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• Strong leadership• Local intervertion

• Rain water harvesting• Watershed Development Program

Testbädd StorsudretInfrastructure for development and verification of innovative systems for a sustainable water supply

IVL Svenska MiljöinstitutetForum ÖstersjönRegion GotlandInSitu Instrument ABEnwa Water TechnologyKungliga Tekniska HögskolanMonsson EnergySveriges Geoglogiska UndersökningUppsala Universitet

Knowledge from Ralegan Siddhi to Storsudret

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Testbed Storsudret

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✓Water shortage

✓ Geographic well defined

✓ Good local partners

✓ Challenging

Rainfall: 20 Mm3/yFuture need: 0.2 Mm3/y

The challenge is to collect, store and reuse

20 x 10 km

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Four main parts of the testbed3/ Artificial ground water pound 4/ Recovery of waste water

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Walls ofclay

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SPONGE: Sustainable Potato Farming in the Eastern Himalayan Range

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How IVL SPONGE works – a diagrammatic representation

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Water Policies in India

Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater are an important part of the sanitation cycle and critical in an environment such as urban India with decreasing freshwater availability

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Swedish knowledgefor India

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Pimpri Chinchwad MuncipalCorporation has appointedIVL Working as Technical Advisor for STP Upgradation