1. TOWARDS CLEANER INDIA
PROVIDING CLEAN DRINKING WATER
AND PROPER SANITATION FACILITY
PRESENTED BY
ISHI ARYA
ARSHITA ARVIND
SWAPNIL MISHRA
MOHD. SHAHNAWAZ
FARHAN HAIDER ZAIDI
2. SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
⢠36% of worldâs population lacked improved sanitation
facility.
⢠768 million people still use unsafe drinking water sources.
⢠More than 3.4 million people die each year from water,
sanitation, and hygiene-related causes.sanitation, and hygiene-related causes.
⢠Of the 60 million people added to the world's towns and
cities every year, most move to informal settlements (i.e.
slums) with no sanitation facilities.
⢠Every year, 1.5 million children die due to diarrhea caused
by the combined effects of inadequate sanitation, unsafe
water supply, and poor personal hygiene.
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4. CAUSES
Clean drinking water-
⢠Salivation of drinking water.
⢠Increased consumption of water.
⢠Global warming and decreased rainfall.
⢠Water pollution by industrial and domestic wastes.⢠Water pollution by industrial and domestic wastes.
Sanitation-
⢠Unawareness, misconceptions.
⢠Poverty, personal habits and lack of facilities.
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6. PROCEDURE
⢠A protected hole is drilled 100m down into the earth to
reach a water source.
⢠An electric motor charged by the solar panels, in turn,
powers an underground water pump.
⢠This pump can draw up to 30,000 litres of clean, fresh
water, every single day.
⢠All of this fresh water is stored in a water tank.⢠All of this fresh water is stored in a water tank.
⢠The tank is then connected to water pumps and taps
around the village by a system of pipes.
⢠Every house has a pipeline attached to its terrace as well
so as to harvest the rain water during the rainy seasons
when the solar panels do not work.
⢠This technique can be easily adopted in rural as well as
urban areas.
7. SOLUTIONS
⢠Awareness and participation
⢠Installation of solar water pumps in drought affected areas as
well as areas having scarcity of water.
Applications:
⢠clean water supply
⢠livestock watering
⢠irrigation⢠irrigation
Merits:
⢠unattended operation, no fuel cost, low maintenance, easy
installation, long life(20 years)
⢠easy access to fresh and clean water
⢠life, free from water-borne diseases
⢠clean water will also be useful in sanitation
8. IMPLEMENTATION
⢠funding for solar water pumps by the govt. to be set up
which even comprises of rainwater harvesting techniques.
⢠An integrated approach of the govt. to create a demand for
sanitation and hygiene promotion, groundwater
conservation and rainwater harvesting .e.g., five year
plans.plans.
⢠effective decentralization for empowering local
communities, NGOs, panchayati raj ,gram panchayats,
municipal corporations, etc.
⢠special provisions for collection,transport and disposal of
waste-a cleaner India.
9. CHALLENGES
⢠high capital cost
⢠Repair require skilled technicians
⢠Continuously changing govt. policies
⢠Unavailability of technologies and its know how⢠Unavailability of technologies and its know how
⢠Proper maintenance
⢠unaccepting attitude of public
⢠Corruption
10. MITIGATION
⢠Private sector firms must take initiative by investing
in this project.
⢠Proper training and knowledge must be imparted.
⢠Creative and innovative campaign.
⢠Stringent laws must be passed to avoid hindrance
⢠Continuation of project despite the political parties.
⢠Nirmal shahar puraskar is awarded for recognizing
sanitation initiative of cities by GOI.
