Solutions to water problems in the bottom of the pyramid market

Solving the water crisis in the developing world is a critical issue. Four billion people in the globe, so called the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) population suffer from inadequate access to safe drinking water, while millions die daily from waterborne diseases and lack of clean water. The BoP people desperately need to obtain a satisfactory access to safe water sources. In order to address the issue, this research has been carried out. To provide holistic consideration to the matter, comprehensive exploration of various causes of the water crisis and its impacts in developing countries were discussed. Then, various viable and relevant solutions to the problem have been thoroughly scrutinized, including scientific, rational, practical and speculative approaches, examination of existing methods, technologies and products at the BoP water market. The role of clean water to the sustainable development was specifically featured. The paper also has studied social and economic factors, actors and circumstances which affect the market development of clean water technologies in the BoP. Possibilities and potentials of successful business between foreign water enterprises and BoP consumers were considered, while primary obstacles are deliberated on, with suggestion of the ways to tackle them. Technologies and products which are needed by the poor must be affordable, sustainable and of an appropriate quality. The crucial question of technology transfer was soundly discussed with pointing out main hindrances on the way of its implementation between the developed and developing world. The means to overcome these barriers were properly observed as well. To explore to some extent the possibility and feasibility of technology transfer from Finland to the BoP sector, 3 case study analyses have been implemented. Personal discussions in form of interviews were conducted at Kemira, Outotec and Fenno Water, Finnish water treatment and supply enterprises. The results of the interviews shed light on the specific practical matters, actual obstacles and potential solutions of the technology transfer from Finland to low-income countries.

Ground-water problems and their relation to army water-supply installations,

Mode of access: Internet.

Critical water problems facing the eleven Western states : Westwide study report : State comments.

Mode of access: Internet.

Assessment of water and sanitation infrastructure at primary schools in Rakai District, Uganda

“Addressing water problems will help improve sanitation.” This relationship identified by a primary school teacher in Rakai District, Uganda, was a key component in understanding how water and sanitation technologies interact and how identified successes, challenges, and improvements would enhance schools’ water and sanitation condition. In this study, researchers and Ugandan counterparts visited 49 primary schools in Rakai District to assess the existing water and sanitation infrastructure of government and private schools. Researchers were specifically interested in learning which technologies were being used and why they were working or not. Through the development of a unique water and sanitation assessment tool, schools have been placed in to four relationship quadrants to rate existing water and latrine use standards. Recommendations including improved rainwater use and sanitation through composting have been offered to schools sampled.

The Spanish water ?pressure cooker?: Threading the interplay between resource resilient water governance outcomes by strengthening the robustness of water governance processes.

This paper uses the metaphor of a pressure cooker to highlight how water problems in Spain are highly geographical and sectorial in nature, with some specific hotspots which raise the temperature of the whole water complex system, turning many potentially solvable water problems into ?wicked problems?. The paper discusses the tendency for water governance to be hydrocentric, when often the drivers and in turn the ?solutions? to Spanish water problems lie outside the water sphere. The paper analyzes of the current water governance system by looking at water governance as both a process, and its key attributes like participation, trans- parency, equity and rule of law, as well as an analysis of water governance as an outcome by looking at efficiency and sustainability of water use in Spain. It concludes on the need to have a deeper knowledge on the interactions of water governance as a process and as an outcome and potential synergies and arguing that water governance is an inherently political process which calls for strengthening the capacity of the system by looking at the interactions of these different governance attributes.

State water plan studies.

Includes bibliographies.

Disasters in water development : some of the most economically wasteful and environmentally destructive projects of the Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority /

"This draft report represents five years of work by the National Water Commission studying all the nation's water problems and needs."

Materiaalin valinta sulatuskuljettimen kuluviin kohteisiin

Sellutehtaiden vesikiertojen sulkeutuminen on lisännyt prosessiveden korrodoivuutta. Korroosio- ja mekaanisen kulumisen aiheuttamat ongelmat ovat nousseet esille, kun käytettävät kulutusteräkset eivät enää kestä muuttuneita prosessiolosuhteita. Tässä diplomityössä materiaalin valinnan avulla on etsitty paremmin kulumista kestävää terästä sellutehtaan kuorimon sulatuskuljettimeen. Työssä on tutkittu terästen kulumiskestävyyttä ja siihen vaikuttavia tekijöitä. Tarkastelun kohteena ovat olleet materiaalien koostumus ja ominaisuudet sekä kulumisympäristö. Työn tavoitteina oli lisätä ymmärtämystä ketjukuljettimissa esiintyvistä kulumismekanismeista ja niihin vaikuttavista tekijöistä. Hankittua tietämystä on käytetty apuna materiaalin valinnassa. Kulumiskestävyyden selvittämiseksi eri koostumuksen omaavia kaupallisia teräksiä testattiin oikeissa käyttöolosuhteissa ja kontrolloiduissa laboratorio-olosuhteissa. Työssä on valittu testattujen terästen joukosta parhaiten sulatuskuljettimen kuluviin kohteisiin soveltuva teräs.

Um panorama sobre roll waves em escoamentos laminares e turbulentos com superfície livre

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Indicadores microbiológicos, metais e índice de qualidade da água (IQA) associadas ao uso e ocupação da terra para avaliação da qualidade ambiental da microbacia do rio Cabeça, na Bacia do Rio Corumbataí, SP

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Microbiologia Aplicada) - IBRC

Município e gestão do território: os impactos da 2ª etapa da UHE nas ações locais de abastecimento de água em Tucuruí (PA)

A problemática da água abarca duas questões capitais: de um lado temos a inerência do uso múltiplo da água no processo de reprodução e sobrevivência da humanidade, e de outro, a intensificação da valorização da natureza como mercadoria. Nas áreas de maior concentração populacional e de uso diversificado e intenso dos recursos hídricos, regiões industriais dos países centrais e de países como o Brasil a escassez torna-se cada vez mais evidente. A distribuição irregular dos recursos hídricos acentua ainda mais a problemática da água. Em vistas a contribuir com o debate, tomamos como objeto de análise a cidade de Tucuruí, palco de profundas transformações sócio-espaciais, motivadas pela construção e ampliação da Usina Hidrelétrica de Tucuruí no período entre as décadas de 1970 e 1990. Busca-se entender o papel da administração municipal na estrutura política de gestão dos recursos hídricos, utilizando como exemplo a rede de abastecimento e a multiplicidade do uso da água na cidade de Tucuruí. Essa análise se assentará no desempenhado pelo município para a gestão territorial a partir dos rebatimentos da 2ª etapa de construção da UHE – Tucuruí.

Discursos y proyectos para afrontar las inundaciones en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1890-1910

En este trabajo nos ocuparemos de los debates, entre los ingenieros hidráulicos y entre los políticos, que dieron lugar a diferentes proyectos de solución entre 1890 y 1910, cuando se fueron consolidando las agencias estatales que tendrían intervención en el problema de las inundaciones. Nuestro objetivo es estudiar los recorridos intelectuales y burocráticos que permitieron delinear los proyectos de solución a los problemas hídricos, las investigaciones llevadas a cabo para su concreción y la relación entre la toma de decisiones y los cambios en la política y la economía bonaerense. De esta manera, realizaremos una descripción de las agencias estatales encargadas de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la provincia de Buenos Aires y esbozaremos una caracterización de los funcionarios actuantes y su relación con el nivel político de la burocracia provincial

Discursos y proyectos para afrontar las inundaciones en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, 1890-1910

En este trabajo nos ocuparemos de los debates, entre los ingenieros hidráulicos y entre los políticos, que dieron lugar a diferentes proyectos de solución entre 1890 y 1910, cuando se fueron consolidando las agencias estatales que tendrían intervención en el problema de las inundaciones. Nuestro objetivo es estudiar los recorridos intelectuales y burocráticos que permitieron delinear los proyectos de solución a los problemas hídricos, las investigaciones llevadas a cabo para su concreción y la relación entre la toma de decisiones y los cambios en la política y la economía bonaerense. De esta manera, realizaremos una descripción de las agencias estatales encargadas de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la provincia de Buenos Aires y esbozaremos una caracterización de los funcionarios actuantes y su relación con el nivel político de la burocracia provincial