PRESSURE: The PoliTechnics of Water Supply in Mumbai

In Mumbai, most all residents are delivered their daily supply of water for a few hours every day, on a water supply schedule. Subject to a more precarious supply than the city's upper-class residents, the city's settlers have to consistently demand that their water come on "time"...

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Published in:	Cultural anthropology 2011-11, Vol.26 (4), p.542-564
Main Author:	ANAND, NIKHIL
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Cities Citizenship City politics Culture Drinking Water History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Hydraulics Identity Politics India India - ethnology Infrastructure Mumbai Mumbai, India Municipal engineering Muslims Plumbing Pointing Politics Population Groups - education Population Groups - ethnology Population Groups - history Population Groups - legislation & jurisprudence Population Groups - psychology Pressure Public Facilities - economics Public Facilities - history Public Facilities - legislation & jurisprudence Public Health - economics Public Health - education Public Health - history Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence Public infrastructure Public water supply Pumps Residents Sanitation - economics Sanitation - history Sanitation - legislation & jurisprudence Settlers Technology - economics Technology - education Technology - history Technology - legislation & jurisprudence WATER Water pressure Water Quality Water Supply Water Supply - economics Water Supply - history Water Supply - legislation & jurisprudence
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