City of 1,000 Tanks, pilot for PS Higher School

About this project

In Chennai, the City of 1000 Tanks Water Balance project at Little Flower Convent Higher Secondary School for the Deaf and the Blind was inaugurated by the Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply, Government of Tamil Nadu. It is the first tangible result of Water as Leverage (WaL)!The project demonstrates a model for the city to become water-secure using eco-system-based adaptation techniques (or nature-based solutions). It harvests rainwater and treats wastewater before recharging into the underground aquifer through infiltration gardens.The project shows what WaL is all about: people-centred, community-led and including all partners from day one. The project is bridging the gap between project design and implementation, cutting across societal, sectoral and administrative boundaries. The strategy for upscaling and replication of this project is already there: through a flagship project in Mylapore and replication in institutions across the city.During the WaL upscaling workshop on August 31st, the next steps were discussed, with the local WaL community and international partners, for upscaling and replicating: spreading from Chennai and the Ganga basin to the world. A special moment too, because with a workshop 5 years ago WaL started in Chennai with the initiator and exactly this day was the final day of his term as Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. WaL as where it stands now, had not been possible with…

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

India

Sectors

Water sector policy and administrative managementBasic drinking water supply and basic sanitationDisaster Risk Reduction

Focus

Good governance · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

Ooze V.O.F.

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 1 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-PVW5S20002.

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