Slums/Water

http://www.wateraid.org/india/what_we_do/7518.asp

THE STATE OF SLUMS IN INDIA

·      Urbanizing very fast > slum population increasing fast

·      Most do not have access to clean water

·      Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh > les than 35% get tap water

·      44% of non-notified slums have no drainage system, 15% notified do not have

·      past few years have seen an improvement in sanitation and water access

·      slum population in India has doubled in past two decades

·      1972 > government program called Environmental Improvement of Urban Slums, drinking water and sanitation was given

·      1996 > gov again initiated National Slum Development Programme that focused on providing drinking water and toilets

·      after nine years, discontinued

·      estimated that approx 46 slum dwellers benefitted

http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/03/15/hot-water-for-chiles-slums-courtesy-of-the-sun/

HOT WATER FOR CHILE’S SLUMS, COURTESY OF THE SUN

·      pilot program to install solar water heaters in houses of low-income families

·      took shantytown and made a community

·      lack of water and electricity, cold winters

http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/2903.cfm

KENYA: THE FIGHT FOR WATER – A VALUABLE SLUM COMMONDITY

·      water shortage, water distribution controlled by gov

·      want water to be made public again so it is free

·      largest and poorest slum in Africa

·      half a million people living there

·      most shelters have no piped water, so have to buy water from various sources and public taps

·      water is rare and expensive

·      residents are stealing water by tapping into pipes

Danielle Rosen Nov 9, 2010 10:15