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GOING FORWARD BEST PRACTICES

• Ideating, implementing, upscaling, and advocating the • “Smart Water Management” has been one of the

“One Water” concept through a water value chain important projects undertaken by the Trusts in
approach. This will entail: (a) reducing and reforming partnership with Tata Community Initiatives Trust.
water demand; (b) restoring and recharging water Adoption of advanced technologies to improve
availability; (c) operating and maintaining water consumer-centric service delivery mechanisms will
supply systems; and (d) ensuring continuation of safe help in charting new paths for building transparency.
sanitation, hygiene, and waste management, including The power of information can be realised by
menstrual waste. users to seek better services to fulfil basic
human needs, such as access to
• Providing support to the community for creating drinking water.

infrastructure at the grassroots level for drinking water
supply, water conservation, storage, recharge, • Adoption of menstrual hygiene
and wastewater reuse, as well as management interventions
community sanitary complexes. in some of the mainstream
programmes undertaken
• Building capacity and strengthening institutions. by the government.

• Focusing on changing behaviours of the
community and getting them involved in
the process of e cient water management,
which is critical to the success of
the programme.

• Leveraging technology throughout the value chain
of water, right from assessment to delivery to
monitoring. The use of sensors to measure supply

system e ciencies, identify damages, and reduce
wastage will be an important aspect as well.

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