Water Management

This paper by the People's Science Institute informs that domestic water supply, mistakenly referred to as drinking water supply, is a state subject under the Indian constitution. However, policies and programmes are ususally set within a national framework as a part of the national five year plans. Domestic water supply programme performance in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have followed national trends.

This report describes a time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the Government of India in partnership with State Governments and Panchayat Raj Institutions

When stakeholders come together, they can address critical water related issues.

The World Business Council For Sustainable Development has developed a Global Water Tool which organizations can use to map their water use, and get a perspective on its use in their work.

The Village Tank Cascade Systems of Sri Lanka, is a report on the traditional technology of water and drought management.

Its written by C M Madduma Bandara, of Kyoto University, Japan.

The learnings of the report may be useful for countries whose villages and towns have innovated their water cascade systems to meet their demand for water.

This document describes the drought situation in India over the years, the earlier perspective at drought management and the gradual change in perspective at managing droughts that evolved over the years.

Agriculture is a vital sector in India with about 60% of the population engaged in agricultural vocations and contributing to about 30% of the GDP. It consumes about 80% of water used in the country and 76% of the net irrigated area in the country is from ground water sources.

Arsenic contamination of irrigation water, soil and crops in Bangladesh: Risk implications for sustainable agriculture and food safety in Asia.

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Click here to know more about the water footprint - Water Footprint

This CGWB map provides us with block level information about groundwater exploitation across the country. Blocks are categorized as safe, semi-critical, critical, over exploited and saline based on the usage.