November 2019
By Kris Hartley, Cecilia, Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 250, 109505.
Water stress is an increasing burden in regions with arid climates, aquifer vulnerability, and erratic rainfall. Population growth and competing domestic, industrial, and agricultural uses are also stretching the capacity of water supply systems.… Read More
October 2019
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 35, Number 6, pages 913-916.
Signs of water quality deterioration can be seen all over the world. Globally at least 4 billion people do not have access to water that they consider safe to drink. In Southasia alone this number is 1.7 billion.… Read More
July 2019
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 35, Issue 5, pages 727-731.
More and more countries are being forced to improve their water management practices, since they have no real alternative. Industries are realizing they can survive and thrive only by steadily improving their water efficiency.
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July 2019
By Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 35, Issue 4, pages 547-550.
Good, reliable and objective case studies of successful urban water systems in developing world are conspicuous by their absence. Such studies are needed to understand contextual and replicable aspects of why a few utilities have succeeded while others have failed.… Read More
June 2019
By Udisha Saklani and Cecilia Tortajada, Water Alternatives, Volume 12, Issue 2, pages 734-759.
This paper provides an overview of Indiaʼs development cooperation with Bhutan, the largest and one of the oldest beneficiaries of Indian assistance, with special attention to the hydropower sector.… Read More
March 23, 2019 This introductory article discusses the proliferation of different forms of participation in water governance. It is argued that creating public value through participation can only succeed when effective cocreation between public authorities and communities emerges. However, challenges … Read More
February 1, 2019 Decades of improper management have ensured all countries, water scarce and abundant, are facing stress in terms of quantity and quality. During past 50 years, only Prime Minister who consistently considered water to be a national strategic … Read More
February 1, 2019 This paper provides an overview of pricing and non-pricing measures to reduce domestic water consumption at the household levels in five urban areas in Spain. Analyses are based on questionnaires sent to water utilities that provide water … Read More
January 31, 2019 Water scarcity has prompted an increasing number of cities to look for non-conventional sources of clean water. One of these sources is reused water, or highly treated reclaimed or recycled wastewater, a worthy addition to the portfolio … Read More
January 24, 2019 Chetan Pandit and Asit K. Biswas Three versions of the National Water Policy (NWP) have failed to make any perceptible difference in improving water management in India. The excuse that water is a state subject and thus … Read More