Water Crisis in India: How can we solve India's Water Problem
India's cities are facing a water crisis yet again. In peak summers, Delhi is battling an extreme water crisis. And it is not alone. Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune are struggling too.
In this episode we discuss the solutions to India's water crisis with three water warriors. From Rainwater harvesting, Artificial intelligence to literally making water from thin air.
These water warriors share groundbreaking solutions and hope for a brighter future and a path to making water positive cities in India.
Our Guests
Vishwanath Srikantaiah : x.com/zenrainman?lang=en
Ganesh Shankar- shorturl.at/uCXWZ
Swapnil Shrivastav- shorturl.at/gHdnU
The key topics we discuss in this epsiode:
00:00 Episode Intro
01:04- Innovators' Introductions- Making water from air
02:33 Vishwanath's intro and role water management and policy advocacy.
03:50 Ganesh Intro - sing AI and IoT to help industries manage and reduce water consumption.
05:01 Overview of the Water Crisis
08:21 Historical Context and Agricultural Impact
12:32 Technology to make water from air
17:06 Uravu lab's solution and Fluxgen's Digital solutions for inudustries
24:52 Community Involvement and Equitable Access
36:16 Economic Incentives and Policy Reforms
40:06 Practical advice for setting up Rainwater Harvesting and Recharge Wells
48:52 Efficient Water Use in Households & devices for homes
51:32 Emerging Technologies and Startups
59:24 Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
01:02:00 Groundwater Regulation and Policy Recommendations
01:11:11 Integrated Urban Water Management
01:18:11 Optimistic views on the future of water management in India.
0128:21 Practical Advice for Citizens
01:39:12 Resources and Further Reading
Watch other episodes:
Climate change & heatwave: shorturl.at/TrTNX
Resources mentioned in the podcast
Netflix's "Water Crisis Explained": • Video
Organizations and Websites:
Wold Resources Institute (WRI): wri-india.org/
Water Aidwww.wateraid.org/in/
Water.org
Water.org
Books and Articles:
"Water" by Dr. Mihir Shah: www.amazon.in/WATER-EPW-Shah-...
Startups & Innovations
Boson Water: bosonwhitewater.com/
Indra Water indrawater.com/
Eco STP: www.ecostep.com
Uravu Labs: uravulabs.com
FluxGen: fluxgen.com/
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Keep doing such kind of podcast sir....because it will help us to face questions regarding how to save water.....such kind of podcast have the ability to create an affect to the ignited minds ❤
@thebetterindia
19 күн бұрын
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Water Crisis: Great discussion with- 3 Eminents : - 1. Hemant 2. VISHWANATH 3. Ganesh Shankar Need to keep it simple - Rain and waste water to be reused. - At Urbans, catch rain and processed water at each WARD.. - Nallahs are a Boon. Keep local use, for homes for parks gardens We deal with Rurals separately .Any takes, can we do them as practices for Urbans .. . wll wshs..
@thebetterindia
17 күн бұрын
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@satyasarcel4053
18 сағат бұрын
Future - Bharat Mata Leti hai Deti nahi The Gutter SlumIndia. Bhagvad Gita Gay Agenda.
@satyasarcel4053
18 сағат бұрын
Future - Bharat Mata Leti Hai Deti Nahi. The Butter SlumIndia. Bhagavad-Gita Gay Agenda.
A truly enriching discussion. Came here from the Instagram reel. Love the innovation Uravu Labs came up with and certainly will lift burdens away from groundwater. However, the concern remains if this technology isn't used responsibly and is not regulated. Not a criticism but just a thought we need to reflect on. We should prevent from over-exploitation impact on nature even if the atmosphere is abundant in water. Perhaps strict policies on which industries can use it, and the no. of industries that can use it should also be considered. Otherwise, it will go from becoming a sustainable option to a true disaster (extreme rainfall pattern change, ionic charges etc). History has taught this, hope Uravu labs will pay heed to this. All the best!
Excellent exposition by 3 experts on water. While talking about water guzzling crops, mr.viswanath omitted to mention rice/paddy. Cane and cotton are not open for reduction in acreage sown. But, rice can be replaced in a big way by millets which are equal to or better than rice in nutrition and ease of growing. With fraction of water demand.
@RojaJaneman
10 күн бұрын
U also need plenty of lakes per capita. U can’t have too many homes per capita. U can’t allow poor to take public spaces. Not even an inch. That should b severely punished. Poor city planning is THE MAJOR issue. By far.
Finally, found some interesting and learning youtube podcast. ❤❤
Who will explain this basic reality to the agriculture sector? Especially as a bunch of agrerians refused to listen to any rational argument to stop cultivating wheat and rice. It's very unfair for the rest of the population. Farm Policy needs to be reworked to save water and prevent scarcity.
Mr. Vishwanath has given a good picture of the realities and his views regarding a macro all aspect management policy is the only solution. Tapping water from moisture will never reach the demand levels needed in our country. A simple fact that is overlooked is that we in india use water very freely for all our needs, cooking,bathing washing and toilet. Some nations believe in the use of paper,which we believe is not sanitary therefore we overuse water in every way. The only solution is to recycle water by creating water holding basins, fed by water produced by effective treatment systems, stanbilise the water with aquatic life and plants and allow the water to percolate back into the ground. There are so many waste water treatment technologies in use,but the main stumbling block is the commitment to operate them in a responsible manner. Also once treated the reuse requirement doesnt match the volume of treated water produced. Toilet flushing and greening use less than 30% of the water produced going upto about 50% at the most. This means there should be a feasible means of routing the excess water to ponds and water bodies created nearby,where the treated water can stabilise and percolate into the ground. To achieve a safe water source in this manner, it is essential that treatment systems are operated effectively and with very strict mandates on quality,with the required monitoring to ensure the required quality. This entire exercise can very easily defeated by corruption and lack of responsibility on the part of the local authorities. It is better to depend on sustainability rather then only on cutting edge technology.
Need check dams across all rivers at a interval of 1Kms. This can solve a lot.
Promise of WTO from 2024 very much cleared up in India ,in all countries same problems some related
Thank you for this video 🙏 very informative.
Domestic effluent generated from each city can be easily processed and recycled back to the same city for non-potable purposes. Solutions are known but unfortunately lack of timely implementation is the issue.
I feel our education system should include awareness on how kids should appreciate the natural resources like forest, greenery, animals, birds and water resources. Why these are important and how we should protect the natural resources to survive. @Lallantop @aajtak @indiatvnews
@thebetterindia
16 күн бұрын
Totally. Please share this episode and raise awareness
@AmitGupta-nw5xh
16 күн бұрын
@@thebetterindia I have circulated this widely
Best solution is to make one soak pit for ever one acre land... So all rain water stored in ground aquifers. So high ground water level one higer level area will help near by lower area with live water aquifers... So please pramote on your channel and appeal people n specially farmers...
@thebetterindia
14 күн бұрын
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Kindly advise the names of any companies who can help me in treating gray water (60x40 site 3 houses). Thanks
We will never be able solve water crisis until we solve our population growth, it’s exploding. This is the fundamental issue and all other issues are secondary and ofcourse should be assessed as well.
right pricing of with rates being increases on graded fashion as per quantity of water consumption along with using prepaid water metering like being done in electricity & recycling of water to making fresh water is the way forward.
@kunaldargan4467
16 күн бұрын
How does that help needy and poor
@sainiamarjeet
16 күн бұрын
@@kunaldargan4467 by increasing reliability of water availability round the year.
Great discussion and view points. One critical thing that is lacking in our Water domain, is the availability of comprehensive reliable and validated data. It may exist in bits and pieces but neither reliable nor comprehensive. We must avoid knee jerk reactions and putting out fires each time a water crisis occurs. The absence of reliable up-to-date data, will only result in a slipshod approach towards a critical issue such as formulating long term sustainable strategies/policies in water. . No proper validated hydrological data, estimate of ground water (quantified and reported against time eg months) exists to enable us to make reliable estimates of demands vs supply and know exactly where we stand in terms of total quantum of water resource ie Ground + Surface water. Secondly, every bore well that is drilled in the state must be mandated to log the cores by geotechnical engineers to develop a geotechnical map of the layers below the ground level over large geographic areas. Bore logs must be reported and stored in a centralised data base including a map with all the parameters eg. location, strata, yield etc. This will help accurately estimate the ground water storage across the geography during different seasons, properly map the ground water movements and build system of channels/lakes/canals that will greatly enhance the ground water storage.
Very useful information
@thebetterindia
15 күн бұрын
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Slow but sure method of solving water crisis is by planting deep rooted tress along the contours. This should be complimented by potable water conservation and waste water treatment and re-use.
Although my english is excellent and so would be most of the listeners of this podcast, I think the common man will be better served if this podcasts were in Hindi or their vernacular language. Not sure if it is possible but give it a thought
Are you in Netherland
Vajpayee talked about Connecting Rivers and make water reservoirs, was a good idea
@user-fp1vm5ev1u
9 күн бұрын
chup sanghi
@raghunandanranganathan4997
Күн бұрын
joining rivers is not at all a solution.We must remember that every river is a unique habitat for the aquatic life present in it.Joining rivers will destroy all the rivers.It is better to plan flood water diversion and storage in a better manner. Finally as one comment states: over population is the main problem in our country. Human is the most important to the detriment of all other life on this planet!
There is water crisis in other parts of the country, which are not being reported
make a lot of reservoirs
@krishnamurthyramakrishnan191
18 күн бұрын
Yes, indeed! Rain water harvesting Inside the city right under the cricket and football grounds and on the outskirts where 500 to 1000 acres! Learn from the city of Tokyo where flood waters are temporarily stored!
@thebetterindia
17 күн бұрын
Rightly said! We need to make efforts to save as much water as we can and use it wisely. Please do share this episode with others to spread more awareness.
@prajakt0789
15 күн бұрын
@@krishnamurthyramakrishnan191Delhi was already doing it coz of Kejriwal.
Would like to see if TRS Hindi or Raj Shamani to interview these guests.
Zero trees left in Punjab more trees increase 35% rainfall.
Build more and more ponds, artificial lakes to preserve water.
People don't care politicians don't care. It is not we don't have water we don't know how to manage it
AGRICULTURE USE 80% 0F GROUND. LEVEL GO DOWN. SOLUTION DIG TRENCH AND RESERVOIR TO FILL WITH RAIN WATER.
On desalination - within context of vacuum distillation of seawater(or any 'dirty' water), energy needed to boil water is right there all around us ! Vacuum needed to boil or evaporate this warm water is easy to achieve and consumes little energy. It's a terribly sad irony that poor folks are reeling from and are short of water at the same time ! LTTD (Low Temperature Thermal Desalination), technology that produces copious freshwater at low cost, is another one. There's one off the coast of Chennai... likely more coming up.
@thebetterindia
17 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Please share this episode with others to spread awareness about the water crisis and solutions that we can all implement.
Make it simple and cost effective 1 Pani Foundation in Maharashtra by watershed means dig trench to fill with rain water, dig lake to ground water, very successful since 2018 and still exist. Government is not involved WORK BY FARMERS TO DIG TRENCH FOR ONE MONTH AND FOR THE FARMERS. THEY GIVEN TRAINING. CHECK YOU TUBE WORK BY
नमस्ते सर आप हिंदी में podcast बनाइये. हमें भी नेचर के प्रति ज्ञान मिले।
Please bring one guest at a time, so that we can understand how does the company work. When u have multiple guest , we lose focus.
With an uneducated PM like Modi climate change will never become a major issue
Environmental audit, taxation will come and reduce consumption, ultimately, great! Hope.. springs eternal in human breast.
We should stop flushing drinkable water down the toilet.. we need two different water lines
#Antinatalism
*Kejriwal has done amazing in delhi before the injustice.*
Paani to hai enough. Par unethical manner me jaanwaro ke liye chara ugaane ke liye forest kaate jaa rahe hai aur meat ke liye animal farming hoti ha usme paani barbaad ho jata hai...use to khatam kariye pehle. Pollution rokiye.. environmental friendly schemes pe focus kariye.. fruit trees lagaiye... Yamuna ki safai kijiye... Things will get better... Profit making corrupt companies jo emmisions kar rahi hai uspe..focus kariye.. ,meat industry jo methane gas emit karti hai uspe focus kijiye.aur haan vegan ho jaiye... minimalistic lifestyle rakhiye
@thebetterindia
17 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your views. Please di share this episode with your loved one to spread more awareness
Reduce population
Corruption and poor congress government is killing Beautiful Bengaluru.
@AmitGupta-nw5xh
16 күн бұрын
It is also the greed by Software industry to establish offices only in Bengaluru, why not other cities across India like Mysorr, Kochi, Vijaywada, Indore, Nasik, Nagpur, Bhubaneshwar, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar Chandigarh,.. Many such cities with best of the connectivity available in India
@kunaldargan4467
16 күн бұрын
How is it that this disaster is due to a particular government?
@pradeeshbm5558
16 күн бұрын
@kunaldargan4467 this govt has been ruling the state for many years now.
@MrSoorajsurya
15 күн бұрын
No . Its the inability of the people of Bangalore and by extension- the people of our country in developing 'logical methods to problem solving'. A classic example of improper resolution is the comment above : blaming any political party and indirectly expecting a bunch of 'crowd pleasers' to come up with solutions to difficult problems. Thanks for contributing to the problems and trying to deviate viewers comments and discussions into politics.
@trivenisangam
15 күн бұрын
Kuch bhi?
Congress mukt Bharat is best option.