Community Water Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Water resources in community life. 2. Management of water resources in retrospect. 3. Need for community water management. 4. Community participation in water resource management: past experiences. 5. Community management of tanks. 6. Community participation in irrigation management. 7. Community watershed management. 8. Community management of lift irrigation projects. 9. Community management of groundwater resources. 10. Community management of drinking water. 11. Future prospects and policy. Index.

"Water is not a private property, but a common resource, a boon of nature. The right to conserve, utilize and manage water is fully vested with local communities. This is the very basis of water democracy. The book deals with community management of tanks, tubewells, lift irrigation schemes, watershed projects, water harvesting structures, canal irrigation and drinking water programmes. Here, a reader can find community management efforts regarding water in different areas of the country at one places in historical perspective.

The book is likely to interest all those concerned with irrigation management, rural development, policy making and infrastructure development." (jacket)