CLEAN-India was invited to deliver a presentation on \'Water Education and Capacity Building\' at the National Symposium on Water Resource Management in the Changing Environment at National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee, 9th Feb 2012

1. Water Education and Capacity Building
through the involvement of
communities and school children
CLEAN-India Programme
CLEAN-India
Meghna Das
Manager- Environmental Programme
National Symposium on Water Resource Management in Changing Environment,
National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, 9th Feb 2012
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2. CLEAN-India
Community Led Environment Action Network
CLEAN-India
Mobilize community responsibility for environmental
improvement and low carbon lifestyles across all major towns
Vision and cities of India
Every City a CLEAN city, Every Town a CLEAN town,
Every School a CLEAN school….
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4. CLEAN-India Network
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Schools (312) Partner NGOs (28) International
Organizations
Students Core Teachers (800)
Group (>120000)
Parent Teacher Associations
Management
CLEAN-India
Student Alumni
Local Self Resident Industries Corporate Government Research/ Media
Outreach
Municipal Help Welfare Departments Academic
(1 million)
Bodies Groups Associations Institutions
An initiative since 1996,
a million strong and growing stronger…

5. The 4 ‘A’s Approach
Assessment, Awareness, Action and Advocacy
Systematic environmental quality Environmental Quality Assessment
and carbon Assessment by a
network of schools supported by
NGOs and validated by Monitoring and Validation
government and research
institutions
Awareness - Networking
Large-scale environmental and
climate Awareness
spear headed by children Action and Advocacy
influencing the community
Community initiated Action
demonstrating good practices for
environmental improvement
Individual Household Community City
Advocacy for informed Level Level Level Level
policy change
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6. CLEAN-India genesis: In 1992 CLEAN-India
• DA took initiative of water quality monitoring
• School students joined hands in this mission of DA
• Initially water samples were sent to the lab for testing
which took time
• Triggered us to make the water testing kit which then
used to test for 8 parameters (pH, Temp., Turbidity,
NH3, DO, C, HRD, P)
• The whole idea was to bring Lab to the site rather than
site samples going to the Lab.
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7. The Portable CLEAN-India
Drinking Water Quality
Monitoring Kit
Jal-TARA
Jal TARA
Jal-TARA a self sufficient
field kit containing all
chemicals required for
testing 14 parameters
essential for ascertaining
the quality of Drinking and
River Water

8. Objectives of Water Quality Monitoring
Seasonal assessment of drinking water quality across major
towns and cities through field based testing kits
To display Seasonal Drinking Water Quality through maps
To forecast possible areas of concern where the community /
Government may be required to intervene
Development of a baseline and trend analysis on which public
awareness / policy advocacy and action programmes can be formulated
To make communities aware about the quality of drinking water
To bring the data to the notice of local authorities / Pollution Control
Boards so that necessary action wherever required are taken
To support the communities to take up appropriate actions in
improving the water quality and advocate for policy change

9. Assessment : Water Quality Monitoring
by students and communities CLEAN-India

10. Our tools: Environment Monitoring Kits
CLEAN-India
Jal TARA water monitoring kit Laboratory Support
Aqua Check Vials
Finds the presence of
coliform bacteria
without an incubator
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11. Assessment - Sample Collection
Different Sources
Underground Water
Rivers/Streams/Lakes of Drinking Water
Municipal supply
Open Wells

12. Assessment – Analysis & Validation
Analysis of water samples is done using Jal
TARA Water Testing Kit.
Samples showing parameters above
permissible limits can be validated in SPCB
labs (MoU with CPCB).

13. Assessment
DIGITAL WATER QUALITY MAP
On click of a mouse get the desired
location’s water quality
HIGH RISK AREAS
Locate fluoride and
nitrate affected areas
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14. DIGITAL WATER QUALITY MAP
On click of a
mouse get
the desired
location’s
water quality

15. Sub-Zonal Map:
• Gives the areas monitored
• An area’s water quality is depicted by a triangle

16. Know the Trends

17. Awareness CLEAN-India
Reports and articles published in
the newspapers.
Intensive water quality monitoring is done
for problematic sites to determine extent of
the problem.
Distribution of pamphlets on water
contamination and some remedial
measures.

18. Action – Clean water 24x7 for all… CLEAN-India
Rain water harvesting
Jal TARA water filter
CLEAN - Aurangabad CLEAN-
CLEAN- Mysore

19. • CLEAN Sagar informed the authorities
Advocacy about the coliform problem in one of the
wells where the students were testing the
water quality and got potassium
permanganate, a disinfectant, sprayed in
the well.
• In Shillong the students and the
community members have been involved in
cleaning the local streams
• In Aurangabad public tanks have been
regularly cleaned and chlorinated by the
municipality
A number of projects catalyzed from agencies like UNICEF,
Water Aid, Department of Science & Technology, MoEF,
MWR and Delhi Government. CLEAN-India

20. CLEAN- Kurnool
CLEAN-India
Assessment: CLEAN Kurnool
assessed the water quality with
the help of Jal TARA kit. The
results showed excess amount
of Fluoride in ground water of
the district
Awareness: Awareness was CLEAN students showcase management
generated options for Fluoride
Advocacy Govt. of A.P. agreed to give subsidy to people below
poverty line.
Action: 10 deflouridation filters were provided by the manufacturer
and 70 filters have been setup with the initiative of members of
Rural Water Supply Dept. Govt. of A.P.

21. CLEAN-Udaipur CLEAN-India
Assessment: Water quality
monitoring was done with the
help of Jal TARA kit. The
water was found
contaminated.
Awareness: Awareness was
raised with the help of local
newspapers.
Advocacy & Action:
Succeeded in sealing the hand
pumps with the help of civic
authorities.

22. Children and community members
have been instrumental in monitoring
2133 sites for water quality across
CLEAN-India
India
In Delhi a database on drinking
water quality of 150 locations has
been generated since 1997
Interactive Digitised water quality
maps prepared for 20 cities through
monitoring by Jal-TARA water testing
kit
323 water conservation and
purification systems set up benefiting
more than 50,000 people all over India
Many examples of steps like
CLEAN-India cities – a growing distribution of chlorine tablets,
network of 28 NGOs, hundreds river/stream cleaning and advocacy
of schools and over a million measures have been taken through
students and communities the initiative of CLEAN-India
across 78 cities of India

23. CLEAN-India

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26. CLEAN-India
Cities and Towns ++++++
ECO-Citizens for tomorrow
‘Never doubt that a small group of committed
Join Us in Our Endeavour! people can change the world.
Indeed it is the only thing that ever has ’
Email: cleanindia@devalt.org,
Website: www.cleanindia.org and www.devalt.org
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27. CLEAN-India
“Each one of us is responsible for the current
state of the environment in the country, and we
cannot wait for someone else to solve it.”
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