	*A NEW BEGINNING*
	By the people
	*IN FOCUS*
	Open letter to the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Khandwa,Catching every droplet The lost pond
	*CAMPAIGN*
	From the courtroom Face to face Destroy, then revive
	INITIATIVE
	Woman power Paying up A tiny oasis in Uttar Pradesh Smile! CII’s water meet Rotary’s initiative Brick by brick Nurturing the future CSE’s pilgrims in Madhya Pradesh Taking initiative Experiments with water
	NEWS FROM GUJARAT
	Pure rain In a great hurry!
	JAL BIRADARI
	As priceless as amrit Reviving pynes
	JAL YODHA
	D V Subramanaian Ashutosh Agnihotri
	NEWS FROM CHENNAI
	Rain centre inaugurated The Alacrity cycle Porous roads Plumbers’ meet Women’s meet
	CSE' LATEST DESIGNS
	Making a mark in Laburnam
	TECHNOLOGY
	Pollutants to bind roads Make your own rain gauge Smart farming tool Techno tit bits
	CLASSROOM
	WATER WISDOM
	FUNDING AGENCY
	NEWS FROM ABROAD
	China: Catching rain in Gansu China: Wastage banned South Korea: All in the game.... USA: From sewage to tap South Africa: Weeding out South Africa: Water at Earth Summit
	WATER IN NEWS
	AN OPPORTUNITY
	READERS SPACE
	BOOK/DOCUMENTS
	VISUAL WATCH
	WEB INFO
	EVENT
	NOTICE BOARD

catch.jpg (17001 bytes)

Vol. 4	No. 4	August-September 2002

Explore….www.iwmi.org

This is the official website of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a Sri Lanka-based non-profit research organisation. They specialise in integrated management of water and land resources. As the institute is doing intensive action-oriented research in collaboration with 24 different countries, its data bank is rich, online and assessable.

The site allows you access 28,000 documents that are monthly updated. You can enter their media list to receive press releases and other information. The subscription to IWMI’s E-bulletin is free. You can enter into a dialogue on the related subjects with other surfer. On the top of it, certain sections of the site can be assessed in ten international languages. IWMI site is a gold mine of information – explore it!

Urban Wetland Meet

CSE announces a two-day meeting on the protection of urban wetlands in India. It is on October 3-4. This meet will also launch CSE’s urban wetlands campaign. The meet will focus on technical, legal, institutional perspectives on this issue. A press conference will follow the meet. All those interested in the issue are invited to join us.

For details:
Sumita at sumita@cseindia.org/ Suresh at svsuresh@cseindia.org

Conference on urban supply management

International Water Association (IWA),is organising the second international conference on efficient use and management of urban water supply, on April 2 - 4, 2003. It will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, techniques and experiences to facilitate efficient and sustainable water use.To venue of the conference is the Canary Islands, West of the northern coast of Africa (Spain), known for its efficient water management system for years.

You can attend either as a participant or as a listener. (For details: www.iwatenerife2003.org) The call for papers and registration is on.

Can you suggest some issues, which this conference could address?

Send in your views to Sumita at sumita@cseindia.org /Eklavya at eklavya@cseindia.org