Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program
Urban Water and Sanitation Component
Project Introduction & Objectives
Development of water auditing and water accounting systems
Establishment and operationalisation of the Drinking Water Supply Mission
Maximizing the role of the private sector through performance based management contracts and other PPP arrangements
Increasing capacity for urban water planning and monitoring of quantity and quality at sub-basin level
Scope of Work
Detailed poverty and social analysis, preparation of poverty reduction and social strategy action plan. Design of an inclusive sanitation program for project towns.
We arrived at above mentioned objectives and action plans through a detailed and intense data driven research which included affordability analysis, vulnerability analysis, wastewater discharge practices, sanitation practices, barriers to use of public toilets, willingness to pay for improved services, water quality, water sources, water/vector borne disease incidence, health expenditure, satisfaction with present level of service and other socio-economic reports.