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Water Management
Hindalco Industries, Renukoot, Uttar Pradesh, undertakes watershed management project (2007) that aims to benefit farmers of 30 villages
Posted on 25 May, 2009 02:01 PMThis presentation describes Hindalco's Renukoot operations, which included a watershed management project aimed at benefiting farmers of 30 villages in this hilly area where around 65% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Reliance Energy undertakes watershed management programmes with the community in Dahanu, Maharashtra (2007)
Posted on 25 May, 2009 12:20 PMDahanu Thermal Power Station (DTPS) supplies electricity to Mumbai. Dahanu is a predominantly tribal area located along the Arabian Sea coast with 185 villages and a total population of over 300,000. The area is rain fed, has lacked storage facilities and, being coastal, suffers from periodic salinity ingress problems.
Corporate initiative 'Project Boond' by Bharat Petroleum and the Bridge Charitable Trust , Thane district , Maharashtra (2007)
Posted on 25 May, 2009 10:46 AMThis presentation describes Bharat Petroleum's 'Project Boond', funded by the Oil Industry Development Board and with
Jala Samvardhane Yojana Sangha (JSYS) - nodal agency for community based tank management in Karnataka
Posted on 22 May, 2009 04:01 PMThis page provides information on the Jala Samvardhane Yojana Sangha (JSYS) site developed by Ministry of Water Resources, Government of Karnataka.
Water management traditions in the central-western Himalayas : a study by People's Science Institute
Posted on 22 May, 2009 03:53 PMThe report highlights how traditionally, local communities exercised rights of ownership, use and management over their natural resources in the Himalayan states. They devised a variety of management systems suited to their own specific situation. Sanskar (precepts and rites), sanskriti (culture and customary practices) and niti (state policy and administration) were the bases of water harvesting traditions and their longevity. Individual dharma and social customs were the necessary conditions for sustaining these traditions, while local autonomy in resource management was the critical sufficient condition.
Environment status report on water resources for Karnataka (2003) by Department of Ecology and Environment (Government of Karnataka)
Posted on 22 May, 2009 03:43 PMThe State of the Environment Report on Water Resources of Karnataka on the Department of Ecology and Environment (Government of Karnataka) site discusses the impact of environmental degradation on water resources and is divided into the following sections:
Karnataka tank project for restoration of tanks: a slideshow from World Bank
Posted on 22 May, 2009 03:02 PMMost of India's rural poor live in rain-fed areas where agricultural productivity is low. In Karnataka-one of India's driest states-the World Bank is helping to revive centuries-old tank systems to improve farm productivity and raise incomes. Read More
Protecting groundwater for health - A World Health Organisation report
Posted on 22 May, 2009 12:21 PMThis report by the World Health Organisation provides a structured approach to analysing hazards to groundwater quality, assessing the risk they may cause for a specific supply, setting priorities in addressing these
Safe and sustainable clean water access - case studies by Whitman Direct Action examining the obstacles to water development in India
Posted on 21 May, 2009 12:01 PMThis Whitman Direct Action water book examines the socio-political and technological obstacles to water development in India and has become a transparent resource for other NGOs, the government sector, academics, and interested individuals to glean the expertise of their contemporaries in the fields of water development and water purification technology.