Addressing these challenges will be critical if Indian cities are at the core of the economic transformation, as envisaged by the Government of India (GoI). GGGI has supported the GoI’s ongoing effort to achieve this goal through the Indian Urban Water project, which:
- Assessed water resource management systems in the cities of Indore and Nagpur
- Studied ground water and surface water challenges in the context of urbanization and the changing demandsupply dynamics
- Explored water-centric systems planning in urban India in order to develop a replicable framework to evaluate the true cost of water
- Utilized a cost-benefits based approach that assists stakeholders to increase the value of their investments
- Fostered multilateral partnerships in support of sustainable water investment opportunities
The overall objectives of this project are to support and enhance the critical role of water to further inclusive and sustainable growth in Indian cities and develop a replicable framework to determine the true cost of water by comparing system level investments with co-benefits of improved water supply and access.