10 URBAN ENVIRONMENT Suneel Pandey‚ Shaleen Singhal‚ Pragya Jaswal‚ and Manraj Guliani Great cities are planned and grow without any regard for the fact that they are parasites on the countryside‚ which must somehow supply food‚ water‚ air‚ and degrade huge quantities of wastes. —Eugene Odum Six to seven million people are added annually to urban India. At the beginning of this millennium‚ 285 million Indians lived in its nearly 4400 towns and cities (Census 2001)
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Water Laws in Nepal Laws Relating to Drinking Water‚ Sanitation‚ Irrigation‚ Hydropower and Water Pollution WaterAid Nepal February 2005 WaterAid Nepal / Anita Pradhan Water Laws in Nepal Laws Relating to Drinking Water‚ Sanitation‚ Irrigation‚ Hydropower and Water Pollution February 2005 ii Table of Contents Preface .................................................................................................................................. vii List of Acronyms ..................
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6 THE EFFECTS OF URBANISATION ON LIVING CONDITIONS Urbanisation causes changes in the living conditions under which people live and work. Especially in developing countries‚ this often leads to adverse living conditions (see introductory remarks in Section 1.2.5). In the particular setting of urbanising villages‚ there are places where chaotic urbanisation and industrialisation causes hardship‚ particularly for local residents. This is not the whole story‚ however. There are also many positive
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Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh is characterized by a number of achievements and challenges. The share of the population with access to an improved water source was estimated at 98% in 2004‚[1] a very high level for a low-income country. This has been achieved to a large extent through the construction of handpumps with the support of external donors. However‚ in 1993 it was discovered that groundwater‚ the source of drinking water for 97% of the rural population and a significant share
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water services from the government-owned Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to the private sector. The Ayala-led Manila Water Company took over the East Zone of Metro Manila‚ 40% of the capital city‚ under a 25-year concession agreement; this granted the company exclusive rights to the use of land and facilities for the production‚ treatment and distribution of water‚ as well as the rights to operate the sewerage system. By accepting this task‚ Manila Water took upon itself the responsibility
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Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Twelfth Congress Third Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila‚ on Monday‚ the twenty-eight day of July‚ two thousand three. Republic Act No. 9275 March 22‚ 2004 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 1 DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND
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Service - Our Responsibility Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1965 to manage the water and sewerage sector of Trinidad and Tobago. An essential component of this mandate is the delivery of a safe‚ reliable and efficient water supply to satisfy the demand of all sectors of the economy. Whilst over the ensuing years there has been a steady increase in demand‚ there has not been the commensurate investment in infrastructure and the identification of alternative
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December 2011 Examiners’ Report NEBOSH National Diploma in Environmental Management Examiners’ Report NEBOSH NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DECEMBER 2011 CONTENTS Introduction 2 General comments 3 Comments on individual questions 4 2012 NEBOSH‚ Dominus Way‚ Meridian Business Park‚ Leicester LE19 1QW tel: 0116 263 4700 fax: 0116 282 4000 email: info@nebosh.org.uk website: www.nebosh.org.uk The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health is a registered
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population run through canals and esteros into viaducts that leads into the Pasig River. approximately 148 tons d-1 of BOD is added into the Pasig River coming from the sewage outlets that is disseminated along its banks. The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) was hindered in its task because they lack monetary fund. Because it is also accountable for the water supply in the metropolis‚ it is supposed to give water supply more priority than sewage management. Solid waste only add up to 10%
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