scholarly journals Analyzing rural drinking water services for district planning in Maharashtra, India

Water Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Ranu Singh ◽  
Rahul Brahmankar ◽  
J. V. R. Murty ◽  
Piyush Verma ◽  
James L. Wescoat
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Gis Mapping ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Water Service ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

Abstract India has made good progress toward meeting basic standards of access to safe drinking water, but improved planning methods are needed to prioritize different levels and types of water service needs for public investment. This paper presents a planning approach for collecting, analyzing, and mapping drinking water service data at the village, block, and district levels in Pune district, Maharashtra, India. The planning approach created a mobile application for data collection by gram sevaks at the village level. It employed ranking methods developed with district officers to prioritize villages with the greatest needs, cluster analysis to distinguish different types of needs, and geographic information system (GIS) mapping to visualize the spatial distribution of those needs. This analysis shows that there are high levels of spatial heterogeneity in water services within, as well as between, blocks but also that there are broad patterns of priorities for planning and policy purposes. These priorities include water service needs in the Western Ghats, a combination of water source and service needs in dissected plateau lands, source strengthening in the eastern plains, and local hot spots in peri-urban areas. Based on this Pune district case study, the Government of Maharashtra is testing the approach in five additional districts.

scholarly journals Groundwater as a Source of Drinking Water in Southeast Asia and the Pacific: A Multi-Country Review of Current Reliance and Resource Concerns

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Carrard ◽  
Tim Foster ◽  
Juliet Willetts
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Groundwater Resource ◽  
Drinking Water Source ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Sustainable Services

Groundwater is widely acknowledged to be an important source of drinking water in low-income regions, and it, therefore, plays a critical role in the realization of the human right to water. However, the proportion of households using groundwater compared with other sources is rarely quantified, with national and global datasets more focused on facilities—rather than resources—used. This is a significant gap in knowledge, particularly in light of efforts to expand water services in line with the inclusive and integrated agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. Understanding the prevalence of groundwater reliance for drinking is critical for those involved in water services planning and management, so they can better monitor and advocate for management of water resources that supports sustainable services for households. This paper contributes data that can be used to strengthen the integration of resource considerations within water service delivery and inform the work of development partners supporting this area. We approach this issue from two perspectives. Firstly, we collate data on the proportion of households using groundwater as their primary drinking water source for 10 Southeast Asian and Pacific nations, finding an average of 66% (range of 17–93% for individual countries) of households in urban areas and 60% (range of 22–95%) of households in rural areas rely on groundwater for drinking. Together, these constitute 79% of the total population across the case study countries. Secondly, we review current and emerging groundwater resource concerns within each country, using a systems thinking approach to assess how groundwater resource issues influence household water services. Findings support the case for governments and development agencies to strengthen engagement with groundwater resource management as foundational for achieving sustainable water services for all.

Measurement and Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty Using Fuzzy Set Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 495-509
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Fuzzy Set ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty Index ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Measurement And Analysis ◽  
Individual Household ◽  
The Government

The study was carried out to measure and analyse aspect based multidimensional poverty in rural and urban Haryana using a fuzzy set approach. The necessary data for the study was obtained from the 69th round conducted in 2012 by the NSSO on drinking water, sanitation, hygiene, and housing conditions. The Totally Fuzzy and Relative Approach was used. The fuzzy multidimensional poverty index for rural, urban and overall Haryana was calculated based on drinking water, sanitation, and housing conditions. The results revealed that 33.28 percent of households in Haryana overall were multidimentionally poor, with 36.64 percent of households in rural and 30.46 percent in urban areas. The government should lay the water connections and water pipes, construction of individual household latrines, sanitary complex for women, school, and sanitation housing schemes for all BPL families under schemes initiated by the government to overcome poverty based on these aspects.

scholarly journals Ten Years of Public Private Partnership in Jakarta Drinking Water Service (1998-2007): Eastern Jakarta Drinking Water Service by Thames PAM Jaya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Renalia Iwan
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Water Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government

<p>Clean water is crucial for survival and economic development. Everyday, people need a sufficient amount and a suitable quality of water for drinking, cleaning and sanitation. However, rapid population growth, pollution and climate change have made water a scarce resource, which everyone competed. The United Nations Development Program's recent report stated that more than 1 billion people, up to this day, are without access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Lack of access to clean water can cause social, economic and health problems. Therefore, there is an urgent need to find solutions to this problem. To solve the problem of water scarcity, International Financial Institutions introduced Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the management of water sector. PPP is a concept which involves private sector participation in the management of drinking water service. In PPP, water is recognized as an economic good which is recognised under the 1992 Dublin Principles. It was hoped that by placing an economic value on water, efficient and equitable use of water can be achieved. It was also hoped that it would encourage conservation and protection of water resources. However, studies show opposite results from the Principle. Jakarta drinking water service is one example of a failed PPP. Jakarta, the Capital City of Indonesia, adopted Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the management of its drinking water service in 1998. The twenty five years concession contract was granted to Thames Water International (TWI) and its local partner, Kekarpola Airindo (KATI), now known as Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ). This company is responsible for the management of Eastern Jakarta drinking water service. This research was aimed to evaluate Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) performance on water provision in Eastern Jakarta, ten years into the twenty five years concession by undergoing a qualitative research method. A range of semi-structured interviews were used to: gain perceptions and opinions of each stakeholder on the Public Private Partnership (PPP), identify the advantages and/or disadvantages of the water privatization in the capital city and to identify the constraints and limitations facing the private sector. Participants involved in this research include Government officials, Thames PAM Jaya, Jakarta Water Supply Regulatory Body (JWSRB), non governmental organizations (NGOs), and TPJ customers. The analysis concludes that Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Eastern Jakarta does not bring improvement to the region's drinking water service. Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) had failed in fulfilling targets set in the Cooperation Agreement. Lack of transparency and public tendering in the process of forming the public private partnership may have contributed to this poor performance because the proper search for a competent partner was short circuited. Political interference in the bidding process is a form of corruption in which the company granted the contract was clearly complicit. The water tariff in Jakarta is not only the highest in Indonesia, but it is also the highest in the Southeast Asia region. The quality of its service, however, is still of poor quality. Limited access to water due to its high price and low service has resulted in water hacking and the on-going use of groundwater. The Cooperation Agreement, on the other hand, has locked the Government of Indonesia into a long term partnership which is very disadvantageous for the government and the residents. Private sector involvement should be the last alternative to improve the management of the water supply service in Indonesia.</p>

scholarly journals Pendampingan Masyarakat Dalam Pengelolaan Sampah Organik Skala Komunal Untuk Mendukung Implementasi Program Urban Farming

2017 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Reni Amaranti
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

The waste management in urban areas should get treatment from various parties (communities, governments, and businesses) to prevent environmental damage increases. Waste management can be done in the management area of the Rukun Tetangga (RT) and Rukun Warga (RW) level, also the village level. The main problem for the current partner that doesn’t spread evenly of knowledge and the capabilities in utilizing waste into something that has economic valuable and the low level of public participation in the program launched by the government especially Kampung Berkebun programs that have been implemented at the level of Rukun Warga (RW). Community Service activity is done by providing assistance to communities to manage organic waste in the local environment (communal scale-Rukun Tetangga) program to support the Urban Farming to utilize all potentials and resources that have been owned and has not been utilized properly.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KONSEP ECOTOURISM PADA SENDANG DESA TEKERHARJO, KECAMATAN SOLOKURO, KABUPATEN LAMONGAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1077
Author(s):  
Hammam Rofiqi Agustapraja
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Spring Water ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

Economic inequality between cities and villages, this must be immediately prevented and minimized because it is an injustice in the economic field, therefore the government through village funds encourages villages to develop their existing potential, one of them is from the tourism sector, Takerharjo Village sees potential spring and spring as something more value that must be lifted and highlighted as an icon of a new tourist place managed by the village, it requires good planning, this study aims to provide recommendations on the Sendang arrangement concept in the village by using the concept of Ecotourism to plan the potential of spring and Takerharjo village springs became a village tourism icon, and also held a socialization on the importance of preserving the natural environment of the area so that the spring water source was maintained, with the aim that the spring and springs of Takerharjo Village could improve the welfare of the Takerharjo Village community.

scholarly journals The Role of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDES) for The Village Community Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Irim Tiara Puri ◽  
Khoirunurrofik Khoirunurrofik
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
Model Approach

Regional disparities between rural and urban areas in Indonesia are still being an important issue inthe economic development. The government has carried out an economic stimulus in the village,one of them is through the Village Fund program for village development. One of the potentialpositive effects of implementing the Village Fund in Indonesia is creating a local economicinstitution that is expected to be able to develop the competition between villages through Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes). This study aimed to find out the empirical evidence whetherBUMDes, as one of the programs driving the village economy affected the welfare of ruralcommunities by looking at the differences in the improvement of the village economy. This studyused BUMDes and Village Potential (Podes) data in 2014 and 2018, and Village Fund Allocationas a proxy for economic activity at the village level by using the econometric model approach ofPropensity Score Matching and Difference in Difference with a fixed effect model. The resultsshowed that villages that had BUMDes gave a greater effect than the ones which did not haveBUMDes in improving the economy of the village community.

scholarly journals Village Fund Transfer and Rural Poverty in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-334
Author(s):  
Muhammad Amir Arham ◽  
Boby Rantow Payu
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

The model of government policy has been somewhat over-oriented to the efficiency (development); this is especially in the urban areas. As a result, rural areas are left behind and the urbanization rates are continuously growing since the life supports in a city are more varied rather than the homogenous supports in a village. This results in inequality and the poverty within the village. To resolve this problem, the government has constituted the Regulation No. 6 of 2014 Considering Rural Areas in advancing the development of rural areas. The objective of this present study is to find out the effectiveness of the transfer of village funds in solving the issue of poverty in all villages within all the provinces in Indonesia during the period of the implementation of the program. Furthermore, this research was conducted by using econometric method through the equation of panel data in 2015 to 2016 in 33 provinces. The result reveals that the transfer of village funds is not significant in alleviating the issue of poverty in rural areas. By that, it is recommended to increase the amount of the fund of the program to reduce the rate of poverty in all villages in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Protecting sources of urban water supply in Haiti: An institutional analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-246
Author(s):  
Antonio Andres Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Urban Water Supply ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Water Provision ◽  
Urban Drinking Water

Abstract Water source protection is essential to ensure the provision of safe drinking water. In Haiti, and elsewhere, this is a dynamic requirement affected by population growth, not least in urban areas. In this paper, the principles of legitimacy, integration, inclusiveness, and capacity have been used to gauge and understand the institutional environment regarding water source protection for urban drinking water provision. The research was based on a review of official documents and key informant interviews. The absence of robust legislation can result in a misinterpretation of institutional responsibilities with respect to both water and land management. The legitimacy of some key institutions is questioned due to unclear legal status, particularly when they are directly appointed by central government. Some institutions have gained recognised authority as a result of their sectoral prominence but lack legal backing. Particular initiatives may foster the integration of stakeholders but, without involving all necessary sectors, agencies and levels of government, their sustainability is questionable. Technical, structural and financial institutional capacities appear limited, hampering the implementation of initiatives and their continuity, also compounded by institutional dependence on external funds and high turnover of administrators.

scholarly journals Undang-Undang Desa Sebagai Legitimasi Desa (Desa Dalam Hukum Ketatanegaraan Indonesia)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Ian Aji
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
National Unity ◽  
The Government ◽  
Village Government ◽  
The Village

Position the village in a country is very important, because the village is the spearhead of a government. The existence of the village only as a supplement to administrative, so the existence of a very backward village either of its human resources and in terms of management of natural resources are owned and infrastructure development tends to be slow. It makes villagers to make an exodus to urban areas for improvement of life. Recognition of the structure provided in the central government through a law on village administration look encouraging, but the relation to the welfare of the government does not pay attention. No wonder if the government runs a program is often different. The workload is heavy village government is not matched by right. The village as a vanguard of government, the village government should be able to overcome all the problems that arise in the community, with peace and peaceful village can increase unity and national unity of Indonesia

scholarly journals An outbreak of tularemia in southwestern Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 812-817
Author(s):  
Murat Kutlu ◽  
Çağrı Ergin ◽  
Aynur Karadenizli ◽  
Selda Sayın Kutlu
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water System ◽  
Water Source ◽  
Outbreak Investigation ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Waterborne Outbreak ◽  
The People ◽  
Drinking Water System ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
The Village

Introduction: Tularemia has reemerged and spread throughout Turkey, and the number of cases has increased. In this study, we report on a waterborne outbreak of tularemia in the spring of 2013 in a region which was previously disease-free, and we investigated the reasons for the outbreak. Methodology: The index case, a 17-year-old male, was diagnosed with oropharyngeal tularemia. An outbreak investigation was initiated after receiving information from other patients with similar symptoms from the same village along with Balkıca, Tavas, and Denizli. An epidemiological and environmental investigation was conducted. Tonsil swab specimens/lymph node aspirates collected from patients, and water samples collected from unchlorinated drinking water sources, were cultured. Additionally, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed on these samples. Serum samples from patients were analyzed for antibody response. Results: A total of 7 patients were found in this outbreak investigation. The attack rate was found to be 1% among the people of the village and 25% among patients’ family members. The drinking-water system was contaminated with F. tularensis during this outbreak. Conclusions: Lack of appropriate water infrastructure and sanitation was the primary reason for this tularemia outbreak in Turkey. Improving the water source infrastructure and sanitation should be the primary approach to preventing tularemia outbreaks.

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