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Project • CRRP2016-06MY-Kumar

Development of new water supply strategies in two major cities of India and Sri Lanka in the context of climate change, rapid urbanization and population growth: a vulnerability assessment approach

This project aims to re-examine the current urban water use system and propose a new one to cope up with the future climate change, rapid urbanization and population growth in two South-Asian Cities. In the new system, each water resource will be properly allocated to each water use by considering the balance between water supply and demand. This requires information on the available amount, and chemical and biological quality of various water resources, recharge zone identification for sustainable planning as well as people perception and willingness to pay. Two of main cities in South Asia; Guwahati (India) and Colombo (Sri Lanka), are selected as research fields. Both locations fall under Asian monsoon region but are in different phases in economic and demographic growths. Henceforth, suggested water supply strategies are going to be an integral part of infrastructure development of urban area especially in developing countries. Climate change and related uneven rainfall distribution cause the water shortage. In such areas, safe water supply might become unsustainable, because water pollution becomes severer by the decrease of water recharge and unintentional shift of water resources. We intend to evaluate urban water use strategies suitable for each city from various angles and develop Water Quality Information Platform (WQIP) and new strategies of sustainable water supply under climate change scenario. The research will have an impact not only on the critical scientific understanding of emerging chemical and biological pollutants issues posing threats to water potable use but also on the development of a sustainable water management in urban and agriculture sectors.

Project publications

Peer-reviewed publication • 2021

Integrated use of inverse and biotic ligand modelling for lake water quality resilience estimation: A case of Ramsar wetland, (Deepor Beel), Assam, India

Peer-reviewed publication • 2021

Antidrug resistance in the Indian ambient waters of Ahmedabad during the COVID-19 pandemic

Peer-reviewed publication • 2020

Prediction of arsenic vulnerable zones in the groundwater environment of a rapidly urbanizing setup, Guwahati, India

Peer-reviewed publication • 2020

Development of Water Resilience Strategies in the context of climate change, and rapid urbanization: A discussion on vulnerability mitigation

Peer-reviewed publication • 2020

Treatment enhances the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in the wastewater of Sri Lanka, and India

Peer-reviewed publication • 2020

Seasonal dynamics of metal phase distributions in the perennial tropical (Brahmaputra) river: Environmental fate and transport perspective

Peer-reviewed publication • 2020

Seasonality impels the antibiotic resistance in Kelani River of the emerging economy of Sri Lanka

Peer-reviewed publication • 2019

Efficacy of vermitechnology integration with Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) and activated sludge for metal stabilization: A compliance study on fractionation and biosorption

Presentation • 2019

Study Camp on Environment Technology: TONAMI Camp 2018

Peer-reviewed publication • 2019

Concurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), viruses, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in ambient waters of Guwahati, India: Urban vulnerability and resilience perspective

Conference material • 2019

Proceedings of Kick-Off Workshop on New Water Supply Strategies and Vulnerability Assessment for Climate Change, Rapid Urbanization and Population growth

Brief • 2019

APN Project: Development of new water supply strategies in two major cities of India and Sri Lanka in the context of climate change, rapid urbanization and population growth: a vulnerability assessment approach

Peer-reviewed publication • 2019

Vulnerability of urban waters to emerging contaminants in India and Sri Lanka: Resilience framework and strategy

Conference material • 2019

Brainstorming Communication Symposium on the Development of New Water Supply Strategies and Vulnerability Assessment for Guwahati in relation to the Brahmaputra Watershed Management under the Climate Change Regime

Conference material • 2019

APN Special Session at Sixth International Symposium on Advances in Civil and Environmental Engineering Practices for Sustainable Development

Peer-reviewed publication • 2019

Multilayer arsenic mobilization and multimetal co-enrichment in the alluvium (Brahmaputra) plains of India: A tale of redox domination along the depth

Report • 2019

Sustainable Water Management of Rivers: Vision 2030—Reports on Study Camp on Environmental Technology at TONAMI Camp 2018

Conference material • 2018

A water quality sustainability strategy for Brahmaputra and Kelani rivers through health risk assessment and identification of spatial distribution of nutrient, heavy metal and antibiotic resistant bacteria

Conference material • 2018

Water quality modeling in Kelani river downstream

Peer-reviewed publication • 2018

Arsenic mobility and potential co-leaching of fluoride from the sediments of three tributaries of the Upper Brahmaputra floodplain, Lakhimpur, Assam, India

Conference material • 2018

Climate change reproduction by Global Climate Model using models CSIRO-Mk and MIROC5: A case study of Brahmaputra River watershed

Conference material • 2018

A comparative health risk assessment due to arsenic contaminated water in the Ganga and the Brahmaputra floodplain, India

Conference material • 2018

Evaluation of groundwater quality with emphasis on Arsenic and fluoride concentration in Guwahati: Economic hub of Northeast India

Conference material • 2018

Estimation of surface temperature of Sahibi River in Alwar, Rajasthan using thermal band of LANDSAT 8 satellite as a mean for assessing the variation in Dissolved Oxygen (DO) along the reach

Conference material • 2018

Identifying groundwater recharge zones through MIKE modeling approach: a case study at mid Kelani river, Sri Lanka

Conference material • 2018

Microplastic and heavy evaluation in the riverbed sediment of Sabarmati River Gujarat, India and Kelani River Sri Lanka

Peer-reviewed publication • 2018

Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in water environment: A review

Peer-reviewed publication • 2018

Contaminant transport and fate in freshwater systems–Integrating the fields of geochemistry, geomorphology and nanotechnology