This document discusses strategies for Hyderabad, India to transform into a global city through sustainable water management. It outlines three key points:
1. Hyderabad has potential to become a global city by balancing urban growth with green/blue environments, but sustainable water resource management is needed.
2. Concepts like circular economy and "sponge cities" that capture excess runoff can help minimize water risks, carbon footprint, and capture resources like methane from waste.
3. Suggestions for action include leveraging technology for digital water management, incentivizing innovations through public-private partnerships and financing, and building stakeholder engagement for quality of life goals.
Restoration of Urban Blue Acres_Relevance of Global Outlook to HYD
1. Restoration of Urban Blue Acres: Relevance
of Global Outlook to Hyderabad
Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), Government of
Telangana &WRI India Ross Center
N. Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow
World Resources Institute
Hyderabad,
July 24 2019
2. Presentation Outline
• Hyderabad’s Potentials to transform into a Global City
• Value proposition for blue/green agenda
• Circular Economy and Sponge City concepts
• Suggestions for a Future Plan of Action
6. Financial and Climate Costs change the
Economic Calculus for WSS Projects
For Hyderabad:
• One kiloliter of Krishna bulk water (at a distance of 120 km) is five
times greater than the cost of Osman Sagar and Himayath Sagar bulk
water at less than 15 km.
• Drop in groundwater in the city worsens as a result of increased
runoff and reduced infiltration as the built-up areas rapidly expand
Source: Presentation by M.G. Krishna 2008 for Hyderabad
7. Opportunity costs of tapping new water sources:
Example from Chennai
Source Cost (Rupees/m3) Quantity available (MLD) Comments
Existing sources 2.5 100 Rainwater recharge improves yield
Recycled treated
wastewater
60 10 Green co-benefits (methane
capture, urban forestry, industrial
demand
River Krishna 3 300 High Energy costs, GHG
implications
Tanks/aquifers 3 300 Rainwater recharge improves yield
Palar river 8 10 Reduced availability to farmers
Veeranam tank 15 80 Rainwater recharge improves yield
Desalination 55 1200 High energy costs, GHG
implications
10. Presentation Outline
• Hyderabad’s potentials to transform into a Global City
• Value Proposition for Blue/Green agenda
• Circular Economy and Sponge City concepts
• Suggestions for a Future Plan of Action
11. Next Frontier: Digital Management of Resources
Leverage Remote Sensing + Big Data Analytics
Rainfall and ET
“anomalies” can be
converted into pixel-
based quantifiable food
losses because of
urban prioritization of
water use. Energy
costs of lifting water
can also be tracked
electronicaly.
12. Value Proposition
Three Pillars
Leverage Technology
Incentivize Innovations through creative PPPs + Finance Leverage
Build on stakeholder engagement for Quality of Life Focus
Disruptive Solutions
No longer uni-functional (‘build’) and uni-disciplinary (‘engineering’) bureaucracy that Commands and
Controls
HMWSSB and other agencies partner with water users, tech innovators to track groundwater changes,
massively increase sector investments
Provide leaders with measurable outcomes that reduce water risks and minimize pollution costs, reported
transparently
Green + Blue = Smart City Goals
Balance built and natural environment, regulate air, water and land pollution, improve quality of life
13. Invest in a Digital Platform for Tracking Water
for ensuring Transparency, Accountability and ParticipationOperational Digital Platform: Tracks Sustainable Water Use
14. Presentation Outline
• Hyderabad’s potentials to transform into a Global City
• Value Proposition for blue/green agenda
• Circular Economy and Sponge City concepts
• Suggestions for a Future Plan of Action
15. Climate-friendly
cities
Capture GHGs from
solid & liquid wastes
Build sponge city
to capture excess
runoff
Reuse
wastewater
Minimize
water risks
Minimize
carbon footprint
Operationalizing Circular Economy and Sponge City Concepts
16. Changing Paradigm because of Climate 1
Circular Economy Concept
• Nature has no concept of wastes
• Methane from treated sludge,
septage and kitchen wastes
produce renewable energy
• Rainwater harvesting in Germany
halves water bills
• Urban non-potable water demand
is substantial – industry and tree
planting
Sponge City Design
• Built up areas harm ability of cities
to store water
• Drainage systems deprive storage
• Aquifer recharge through latest
rainwater harvesting techniques
can be linked to tariffs
• Storage opportunities are
everywhere
• Surface water bodies
• Recharge of depleted aquifers
• Invest in large diameter pipes:
17. Changing Paradigm because of Climate 2
Circular Economy Narrative Sponge City Narrative
1.6 meter diameter pipes buried 2
meters underground on roadside
cost US$45,000 and hold 2000
cubic meters of water 0r US$25/cu
meter
Represents a fraction of highway
construction costs or of pumping
water from rivers Krishna or
Godavari
18. Water with Large Footprint Very Costly to Economy + Society
Krishna river
water
Godavari river
water
Recyclable resources Green Funds
Treated
wastewater
Methane capture
from sludge and
organic wastes
Local water sources Regulations
Surface water Groundwater
Leverage Synergy between the Green and Blue Water Agenda
19. A Chinese Blue Water Economy Example:
Zhuzhou City Sponge City Construction Plan
• By 2020 more than 20% of the urban built-up area will meet the
sponge city construction target requirements
More than 70% rainwater targeted for effective control;
• By 2030, more than 80% of the urban built-up area will meet the
construction target requirements
The annual total runoff control rate will reach 80%.
20. Presentation Outline
• Hyderabad’s potentials to transform into a Global City
• Value Proposition for blue/green agenda
• Circular Economy and Sponge City concepts
• Suggestions for a Future Plan of Action
21. Current Financing Model Not Sustainable
Who pays for the Infrastructure?
Operations & Maintenance
Charged to users Deficit covered by State Govt.
Replacement costs
Recovered from charges Not recovered: Deferred Maintenance
Interest payments
Liability of water provider Liability of State Govt
22. Viability Gap Financing for Hyderabad’s
Green & Blue Agenda?
Invest
ment
Costs
GHG
Saving
Reduc
tion of
water
risks
Public
Health
Cash
flow
E
F
A
B
C
D
1. Investment costs > Cash flow from HWSSB consumers
2. Benefits from reduced water risks have social and global benefits
C. Health benefits for residents from clean local air
B. Benefits throughout Hyderabad through 24/7 water
A. Global benefits because of GHG savings
3. Viability Gap: EF –D can be justified on health, environmental
and global climate grounds for grant/concessional
financing
Averagecosts/benefits
Population covered
23. RISK
GOVERNANCE
Risk appetite
framework
– STRUCTURAL VS
NON-STRUCTURAL
PRIORITIZATION
Risk accountability –
STAKEHOLDER
ANALYSIS
- LIABILITY
ASSIGNMENT
Controls
effectiveness
– TECHNICAL
AUDITS, FIDUCIARY
OVERSIGHT
Technology
Applications
– ICT, BIG DATA
ANALYTICS USING
CLIMATE MODELS
Risk Transparency
WATER &
WASTEWATER
DATA DISCLOSURE
Risk transfer
- INSURANCE
A Water Risk Governance Framework can secure Financing
Climate risk insurance availability
The canary in the coal mine!
GOOD GOVERNANCE?
24. Example: Secure Climate Resilience Financing through Bond Issue
PPP for building climate
resilience
Risk layering/risk
transfer
Insurance solutions to
support adaptation and
risk resilience
Extreme
weather
events
Insurance
City level loss
and damage
Adaptation
platform
stakeholder
Prevention
linked with
insurance
Risk
reduction
The different milestones from preparation to conclusion of the Summit are anchored around getting four aspects right. The first is in ensuring that presentations are to-the-point and hold the viewer’s attention; the second is in providing a live and virtual platform for discussions and debates among participants; the third is of designing sufficient experiential activities, and the fourth providing space for independent analysis of what worked well and what could be improved at the next G20 summit.
Built up areas
Drainage systems
Aquifer recharge through latest rainwater harvesting techniques
Monsoon rains could be stored
EXAMPLE: 1.6M DIAMETER PIPES BURIED 2 METERS UNDERGROUND ON ROADSIDE COSTS ROUGHLY US$45,000 and HOLDS 2,000 CUBIC METERS OF WATER, OR Roughly US$25/cubic
GERMAN FAMILIES CAN REPLACE AVERAGE 50% OF THEIR CITY WATER SUPPLY WITH RAINWATER, BECAUSE THE WATER BILL MORE THAN DOUBLES IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM IN YOUR HOUSE.
PLANTING MORE TREES BY COLLECTING RAINWATER IS ONE GREAT WAY TO TAP THE TREMENDOUS RESOURCE OF NATURE---MUCH BIGGER THAN OTHER HUMAN EFFORTS
Built up areas
Drainage systems
Aquifer recharge through latest rainwater harvesting techniques
Monsoon rains could be stored
EXAMPLE: 1.6M DIAMETER PIPES BURIED 2 METERS UNDERGROUND ON ROADSIDE COSTS ROUGHLY US$45,000 and HOLDS 2,000 CUBIC METERS OF WATER, OR Roughly US$25/cubic
GERMAN FAMILIES CAN REPLACE AVERAGE 50% OF THEIR CITY WATER SUPPLY WITH RAINWATER, BECAUSE THE WATER BILL MORE THAN DOUBLES IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM IN YOUR HOUSE.
PLANTING MORE TREES BY COLLECTING RAINWATER IS ONE GREAT WAY TO TAP THE TREMENDOUS RESOURCE OF NATURE---MUCH BIGGER THAN OTHER HUMAN EFFORTS