No Indian city has 24 hours water supply: World Bank

agni5454 · Oct 8th, 2005, 04:39

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No Indian city has 24 hours water supply: World Bank

New Delhi, Oct. 7 (PTI) Painting grim picture about water situation, World Bank today said none of the Indian cities could boast of 24-hour drinking water supply to its population.

In its report on India's water supply and sanitation, the bank said the "real problem" lay with the poor distribution network and infrastructure.

There were places where the availability of water was sufficient, but the distribution network was inefficiently managed, it said.

The piped water coverage was also on decline in some of the states like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, West Bengal, Haryana. The average of access to water in states is just 56 per cent.

The per capita liters per day (lpd) and the hours of water supplied gap in every city of the country was very high. For example in Goa the per capita lpd is 341 and the hours of supply is just 8 hrs. In Mumbai its 332 per capita lpd and the supply is just 5 hours.

In Chennai, lpd is 32 and the supply hours are just one and half hours. In New Delhi, the capital of the country, the lpd was 223 with just 4 hours of supply, whereas in the IT city of Bangalore the lpd stood at 123 abd and the supply was at a low of two and a half hours only.

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus...ly:~World~Bank

Shaktipalooza · Oct 8th, 2005, 05:17

i have no idea what that means

crvlvr · Oct 8th, 2005, 05:29

shakti, most residences in india have water storage tanks so that faucets with the home are ensured with water 24/7. The tanks get their water from

1. the corporation/municipality/utility company
2. individual bore wells
3. water that is purchased from vendors -- who bring the water from who knows where

The world bank report addresses #1, water supplied by the govt/utility. If the indian population had to rely on that, say in the absence of their storage tanks, they would have running water for only a few hours per day. thats asically what the report is stating

For comparison puposes,
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...1/gen01629.htm

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"In an industrial society such as the United States, personal water consumption is between 200 and 300 liters per day (Fetter, 1994). when the industrial and energy production usage is added in to the equation, fresh water usage exceeds 5,000 liters per day on a per capita basis (Fetter, 1994)

The OP's quoted article does not address if the the LPD number is only for domestic or includes industrial. As you can see, if it includes water for industrial uses, it falls way short of provided in the US.

The issue here is that the gap between the water supplied and water required is being satisfied by other sources -- mainly ground water. In many cities the ground has started sinking because of of over exploitation of ground water.

Shaktipalooza · Oct 8th, 2005, 05:36

crvlvr - i understand how people have water storage tanks. but it seems to insinuate that if they don't have 24 hour access then the situation is grim. it's a different system of water distribution that this report doesn't seem to address.

if you think US water consumption is through the rough, wait til you see how much fuel we burn

lotus blossom · Oct 8th, 2005, 07:31

water is already in short supply in many parts of the world - http://www.hermes-press.com/water.htm - it is a frightening phenomena. they must be working on a water desalienation system, but all of the earth's water is questionable today because of the amount of raw sewage that gets dumped into it. we're creating our own demise.

SHIMLA · Oct 8th, 2005, 07:54

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Originally Posted by lotus blossom

we're creating our own demise.

How true ! But who bothers ? We knowingly continue to err. We choose to ignore a potential danger until its actually upon us; and by then its too late !

lotus blossom · Oct 8th, 2005, 08:08

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Originally Posted by SHIMLA

How true ! But who bothers ? We knowingly continue to err. We choose to ignore a potential danger until its actually upon us; and by then its too late !

absolutely. most of us do not make a move to change something unless we are in a good deal of distress, and sometimes, not even then. we erroneously think that there is an endless supply of resources just because water comes out of the tap instantly when the handle is turned and the lights flicker on with the flip of a switch.

GoanCanuck · Oct 8th, 2005, 10:06

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Originally Posted by crvlvr

3. water that is purchased from vendors -- who bring the water from who knows where

The water supplied by the vendors in their water tankers is not fit for human consumption. These suppliers are not concerned about the quality of the water and neither are they concerned about depleting the ground water table in the rural areas surrounding the large cities in India. In my opinion the single biggest problem confronting India is not the lack of good roads or power or airports but the lack of clean water.

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Shaktipalooza Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Portland Oregon USA Posts: 895	crvlvr - i understand how people have water storage tanks. but it seems to insinuate that if they don't have 24 hour access then the situation is grim. it's a different system of water distribution that this report doesn't seem to address. if you think US water consumption is through the rough, wait til you see how much fuel we burn

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