Water and Energy Systems Building for Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability

1. Why Are Climate-resilient Water and Clean Energy Systems Critical for Sustainable Growth?

M. Dinesh Kumar and Yusuf Kabir

2.  Development of a Framework for Assessing Climate Risk in Water Supply

Yusuf Kabir, M. Dinesh Kumar, Saikat Mandal, Anand Ghodke and Vaishnavi PNA

3. Mapping Climate Induced Risks in Maharashtra’s Rural Water Supply

Saikat Mandal, Vaishnavi PNA, Balaji Vharkat, Anand Ghodke and Yusuf Kabir

4. Effect of Coastal and Riverine Floods, Cyclones and Landslides on Rural Water Supply Schemes, and Strategies for Mitigation

Niranjan Vedantam, Vaishnavi PNA, Balaji Vharkat, Jaya Shukla, Yusuf Kabir and M. Dinesh Kumar

5.  Life Cycle Costs of Rural Water Supply Systems, Climate Variability Impacts

M. Dinesh Kumar, Yusuf Kabir, Balaji Vharkat and Niranjan Vedantam 

6. Interventions for Making Groundwater-based RWS Schemes Climate-Resilient

Yusuf Kabir, M. Dinesh Kumar, Saurabh Kumar and Anand Ghodke

7.  Solar-Powered Drinking Water Supply Schemes for Reducing Carbon Footprint of Water Supply: How Far Are they technically feasible and Cost-Effective?

Jaya Shukla, Balaji Vharkat, Mandar Sathe, Yusuf Kabir, Saikat Mandal and M. Dinesh Kumar

8. Approach & methodologies for conceptualization, planning, technology selection and design of water supply schemes, and water quality surveillance

Anand Ghodke, Yusuf Kabir and M. Dinesh Kumar

9. Best Practices for Water Resources Management and Source Protection

Yusuf Kabir, Niranjan Vedantam, M. Dinesh Kumar and Anand Ghodke

10.  A Multifaceted Approach to Mitigate Extreme HydroMet Hazards and Shocks faced by Public Institutions in Nagpur, Central India

Anand Ghodke, Nilesh Mankar, Shruti Joshi, Shivani Mehta, Utsav Modi and Priyanka Shendage

11. Innovations for Sustainability of Environmental Sanitation Infrastructure and safe containment of faeces in Maharashtra

Utkarsha Kavadi, Prachi Mendhe, Sagar Patil, Jayalakshmi Chekkala and Anwaar Ashraf

12.  Harnessing Children, Youth and Community Engagement for Plastic Waste Management: A Case Study of Three Municipal Corporations in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Nitin Wadhwani, Shruti Joshi, Utkarsha Kavadi and Yusuf Kabir

13.  Summary of Findings and Conclusions

M. Dinesh Kumar and Yusuf Kabir

Annexure 1:  Design of Unconventional Water Supply Sources

Annexure 2: Why a drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index?

Biography

M. Dinesh Kumar is Executive Director of Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy, an Indian think-tank on water management founded by him in 2008. He has a PhD in Water Management. He had a graduation in Civil Engineering and master’s degree in water resources management. He works on water, agriculture and energy related issues in India and internationally, heading several research and consultancy projects and training assignments of the organization. He is the author of nearly 300 research publications, including 11 academic books, 9 edited volumes, 120 book chapters and several international, peer-reviewed journal articles.

Yusuf Kabir has been working in the water and sanitation sector for the past 25 years. He has been with UNICEF India since 2007. His areas of specialization are: Rural and Urban Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, Wastes Management, Environment, Climate Change Adaptations, Disaster Management and Sustainable Development. He did his postgraduation in Environment Management from India’s premier management Institute: Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) followed by PG in Sustainable Development from Staffordshire University, U.K. under commonwealth scholarship. He is the author of two international edited volumes, several book chapters and eight peer-reviewed journal articles.