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Asan expert in socio-hydrology, Dr Veena Srinivasan focuses on a discipline that puts the human aspect into water engineering. Not commonly discussed, the field finds solutions that focus on the needs of communities, delivering benefits that cut to the heart of local considerations and recognise the need to make provision for societal change.

The awards recognise excellence, leadership and innovation in the water sector, and aim to encourage the sustainable management of water in low- and middle-income countries. Srinivasan was honoured in the Research category, while Dr Doulaye Kone, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was recognised in the Practice category.

Judged by a diverse panel of experts, and awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to research or practice that have led to demonstrable impact, the judges noted that Srinivasan demonstrated bravery and passion in her quest to follow an emerging, but much-needed, knowledge path in socio-hydrology.

Based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), WELL Labs (along with Krea University and other centres at IFMR) provide a hub for research and innovation on societal impacts on land and water, and curate and design science-based solutions.

Working with governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and civil society groups to co-create solutions that simultaneously create livelihoods and conserve the environment, WELL Labs takes a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to the environmental and social threats of climate change, resource depletion, pollution, and food and water insecurity. While understanding that the source of these challenges and their solutions are often unique and local, WELL Labs gathers evidence and designs solutions that can be replicated quickly across regions.

Socio-hydrology is an interdisciplinary field studying the dynamic interactions and feedbacks between water and people, with areas of research including: study of the historic interplay between hydrological and social processes; analysis of cultural dynamics and their impact on water and society; and process-based modelling of coupled human-water systems.

Srinivasan explains that socio-hydrology enables researchers to gain understanding of the impact that drought has on societies; the impact that new technologies can make; how the relationship people have with water changes as they become wealthier; and how behaviour adapts in different ways and across different timescales.

Most societies, as they develop, are focused on pulling themselves out of poverty. At this stage of development, the environment may not seem to matter so much, and decisions with regards to infrastructure are focused on maximising income.

But as societies earn more, their values change. This is important to understand because most decisions on infrastructure will remain for 50-100 years. The climate might change over that period and what humans aspire to will also change. These factors and how they are responded to will impact water systems and govern whether they advance or collapse.

Suddenly, you have an example of social hydrology, where you have to solve this problem of making apartment compounds in the city capable of using complex technologies. There was also the problem of how to deal with the treated wastewater.

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Working with you from the outset, our seasoned engineers lay the foundation for your operations' success by establishing your campaign's goals, scope and requirements through concept design studies. We will explore different options, identify risks and challenges, and give you a preliminary cost estimate, providing a clear roadmap for the development of your project.

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At its roots, Venture is a leading Process Engineering firm that has developed several unique processes, such as regenerative siloxane removal, hydrogen sulfide removal, biogas conditioning, and frac water treatment.

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