‍How can we improve water management in Indian cities?‍

Awarded a grant under IDRC's Cities and Climate Change initiative, Athena is designing and implementing a comprehensive blueprint for water management: IAdapt. This focuses on the catchment and city level in the south Indian city of Vijayawada. Athena is conducting a baseline of the city's hydrology and climate. This will then develop into bespoke decision support tools and catchment management plans. Spread over three years, the project also uses an evidence-based inter-disciplinary, stakeholder-driven decision making approach for cross-jurisdictional integrated water resource management. It additionally aims to enhance awareness and increase stakeholder participation in adopting the approach at the urban/peri-urban and rural levels.