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Water supply network infrastructure, if not maintained and operated properly may rather become an infrastructure for speedy wastage the precious high value treated water. Non revenue water (NRW), which is primarily leaked water at trunk transmission/ distribution infrastructure level, is a big challenge across countries and demands no less focus and attention than what we give to minimise water consumption.
The best thing a city administrations can do to immediately
start water saving and stop household and facility level water wastage (due to
inefficient appliances and leakage), is to a) set aside some amount from budget
to replace old water fixtures, install new water saving fixtures and/or
retrofit existing appliances/ fixtures (tap/ faucets etc.) with small water
saving fixtures in each household, free of cost b) to send technicians/
plumbers periodically and on rotation to each household for checking the health
of water fixtures and for maintenance if required, that too free of cost.
Reduced effective per capita water usage and reduced NRW shall itself possibly
be able to pay for these budget expenses in many cases.
At community level, especially cities with lakes and ponds,
and at urban fringe and especially in rural areas, local community should be
encouraged to adopt the lake and pond, with appropriate mechanism and
incentives.
As a city planners, and as many other professionals, through
spatial planning or otherwise (event etc.) should find more reasons and more
ways to connect city life and a much border range and profile of citizens, to
all sorts of waterbodies, so that more and more citizens feel engagement with
water and feel the connect, ownership and purpose to protect and regenerate
waterbodies.
Finally scientists and entrepreneurs should devise a new
system/ technique/ practice/ frugal and inexpensive tool of shared economy at
the confluence of open pond aquaculture, open field farming and indoor
aquaponics, so that benefits of scientific aquaponics practices and traditional
knowledge of pond based aquaculture/open farming can come together, for benefit
to a wider community.
Author: Anoop Jha
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