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COVER STORY require to be treated as local resources RAIN
and should be collected and treated
locally and reused. Such a management
would also reduce the outflows and
the consequent burden on centralized Drinking/
Cooking/
treatment facilities. Further, the Bathing/
level of treatment should also be Washing Fresh Borewel
just adequate for the intended use. water water supply
tank
Flushing or gardening water does not
Solid
require water of potable quality, and waste
hence water supplied for such uses dump Storm Drain
should only be treated adequately for
the intended use. Flushing/ Gardening Locality
Cluster level
Neighbourhood Level Basin Level/
Catchment
Distant Water Rainfall Building
Source ^ĞƉƟĐ ƚĂŶŬ Level
Treatment » Figure 4b Unplanned and inadequately serviced colonies
RAIN
Pump Adequate Treatment Pump
Local Waste Water
Distribute Distribute
collecon
Borewel
Potable use Flushing/washing/Gardening Drinking/ supply
Cooking/ Public
Ground water Bathing/ stand post Water Main
Washing Waste dump
» Figure 3 Efficient resource management water
Storm Drain
Appropriate system design: The
drainage system should be context Open
Public
appropriate. Urban colonies are highly Toilets ĞĨĞĐĂƟŽŶ
heterogeneous, that is, from the HOUSE CLUSTER LEVEL
illegal unplanned colonies through NEIGHBOURHOOD Locality Basin Level/
Level
unplanned urban villages to the well- Catchment
planned colonies. The different types of ^ĞƉƟĐ ƚĂŶŬ Trunk Sewer
colonies have significant differences in » Figure 4c Unauthorized and unserviced localities
RAIN the available level of service. Planning
and management of stormwater
has to take this into consideration.
Mobile transport of sludge from septic
Drinking/ tanks may also be appropriate in a
Cooking/ dense squatter settlement while dual
Bathing/ Fresh Treated
Washing water Municipal/ plumbing could be easily adopted in
water tank Bore well well-planned high-rise housing blocks.
supply
Waste Scalable implementation:
bins
Stormwater systems should be scalable
in scope over time. An overhaul or
Flushing/ Gardening Storm Drain adoption of completely new systems
is never feasible. The systems should
Building Cluster level Locality Basin Level/ be incremental in nature that permits
Catchment
Level
Level Neighbourhood
implementation in phases, such as short
Sewer Line
term (1 to 3 years), medium term (3 to 8
» Figure 4a Schematic representation of planned and serviced layouts of colonies years), and long term (beyond 8 years).
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and should be collected and treated
locally and reused. Such a management
would also reduce the outflows and
the consequent burden on centralized Drinking/
Cooking/
treatment facilities. Further, the Bathing/
level of treatment should also be Washing Fresh Borewel
just adequate for the intended use. water water supply
tank
Flushing or gardening water does not
Solid
require water of potable quality, and waste
hence water supplied for such uses dump Storm Drain
should only be treated adequately for
the intended use. Flushing/ Gardening Locality
Cluster level
Neighbourhood Level Basin Level/
Catchment
Distant Water Rainfall Building
Source ^ĞƉƟĐ ƚĂŶŬ Level
Treatment » Figure 4b Unplanned and inadequately serviced colonies
RAIN
Pump Adequate Treatment Pump
Local Waste Water
Distribute Distribute
collecon
Borewel
Potable use Flushing/washing/Gardening Drinking/ supply
Cooking/ Public
Ground water Bathing/ stand post Water Main
Washing Waste dump
» Figure 3 Efficient resource management water
Storm Drain
Appropriate system design: The
drainage system should be context Open
Public
appropriate. Urban colonies are highly Toilets ĞĨĞĐĂƟŽŶ
heterogeneous, that is, from the HOUSE CLUSTER LEVEL
illegal unplanned colonies through NEIGHBOURHOOD Locality Basin Level/
Level
unplanned urban villages to the well- Catchment
planned colonies. The different types of ^ĞƉƟĐ ƚĂŶŬ Trunk Sewer
colonies have significant differences in » Figure 4c Unauthorized and unserviced localities
RAIN the available level of service. Planning
and management of stormwater
has to take this into consideration.
Mobile transport of sludge from septic
Drinking/ tanks may also be appropriate in a
Cooking/ dense squatter settlement while dual
Bathing/ Fresh Treated
Washing water Municipal/ plumbing could be easily adopted in
water tank Bore well well-planned high-rise housing blocks.
supply
Waste Scalable implementation:
bins
Stormwater systems should be scalable
in scope over time. An overhaul or
Flushing/ Gardening Storm Drain adoption of completely new systems
is never feasible. The systems should
Building Cluster level Locality Basin Level/ be incremental in nature that permits
Catchment
Level
Level Neighbourhood
implementation in phases, such as short
Sewer Line
term (1 to 3 years), medium term (3 to 8
» Figure 4a Schematic representation of planned and serviced layouts of colonies years), and long term (beyond 8 years).
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