Achieving Sustainable and Healthy Water Through Efficient Systems
This report discusses the workshops conducted by the Development Alternatives in association with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and supported by Heinrich Böll Stiftung for the city of Dehradun Uttarakhand. The workshop aimed at bringing together key stakeholders from both public and private sector, subject matter experts and new age technology promoters in urban water and wastewater management space. It focused on introducing the approach of Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM), sharing the identified issues and challenges faced by the city, apprising the city of decentralised low footprint packaged solutions, best practices and understanding each other’s aspirations and exploring the possibilities of supporting each other.
This report discusses the workshop conducted by the Development Alternatives Group for the city of Dehradun in association with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Been There Doon That, and supported by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung aimed at understanding innovative technologies in the water and wastewater treatment space. The workshop is a culmination of two years of research on water and energy flow studies in Dehradun and other cities. Dehradun is one of the oldest cities in India and the most populous city in the state of Uttarakhand. It faces numerous challenges in achieving safe and equitable water system management. The city faces a lack of adequate water conservation and monitoring system, multiple and overlapping water supply infrastructure and water losses leading to a higher than national average Non-Revenue water. The city also faces challenges with respect to sewage and waste water management, with large parts of the city still unconnected or inadequately addressed, and the waste water treatment not covering the full city nor the treated water being reused.
