WATER : EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Links
Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department
Tamil Nadu Directorate of Town Panchayats
Tamil Nadu Commissionerate of Municipal Administration
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
Chennai Water Desalination Ltd.
Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1978 (Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1978)
Documents
MetroWater Organizational Chart [pdf]
P.B. Anand, “Water ‘Scarcity’ in Chennai”, Discussion Paper No. 2001/40, UNU/WIDER: 2001. [pdf]
Laveesh Bhandari & Aarti Khare, “Poor Provision of Household Water: Environmental Impact & Private Response”, Indicus Analytics. [pdf]
Joel Ruet, V.S. Saravanan, and Marie-Helene Zerah. “The Water & Sanitation Scenario in India Metropolitan Cities” CSH Occasional Paper. French Research Institutes in India: 2002, v.6. [pdf]
Joel Ruet, Marie Gambiez, and Emilie Lacour, “Private appropriation of resource: Impact of peri-urban farmers selling water to Chennai Metropolitan Water Board,” Cities, 2007, vol 24, no.2. [pdf]
Veena Srinivasan. “An Integrated Framework for Analysis of Water Supply Strategies in a Developing City: Chennai, India”. Veena Srinivasan: 2008. [pdf]
Joseph Thomas, “Sustainable Fresh Water Supply for Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, India: A Status Update”, Chief Technology Officer, Villgro, Chennai, India. (on rainwater harvesting) [pdf]