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Introduction to the Concept of Demand side Groundwater Management

Introduction to the Concept of Demand side Groundwater Management. Date : 30 July 2007 Time : 16.00 to 17.00 hrs. Venue : Aalankrita Resort, Hyderabad Topic : Concept of demand side Management of Groundwater Faculty : Dr. K.A.S.Mani. Conventional Approaches to water management.

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Introduction to the Concept of Demand side Groundwater Management

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  1. Introduction to the Concept of Demand side Groundwater Management Date : 30 July 2007Time : 16.00 to 17.00 hrs.Venue : Aalankrita Resort, HyderabadTopic : Concept of demand side Management of GroundwaterFaculty :Dr. K.A.S.Mani

  2. Conventional Approaches to water management • Controlling (denying) access • legislating • advising (dictating) • designing projects/schemes for recharge, watershed etc • Top down approach (Bureaucratic) • Make easy choices Focus on Supply Side

  3. Alternative Approach • Free access • Institution Building • Provide Knowledge and Skills • Manage water use -Improve efficiency, increase water productivity-without negative economic impacts • Bottom up approach (Stake holder driven) • Change the way we think about groundwater • Make Difficult choices Focus on Demand Side

  4. Pre-Requisites for Demand Side Management Approach • Appropriate institutional structure –Operational level • Improved knowledge base of stake holders, planners • Access to Critical Information • Decentralized Planning • Stakeholders participation in decision making

  5. Critical components Demand Side Management Approach • Change perceptions on water use • Plan water use matching with availability • Build capacity- Non Formal Education techniques • Innovate methods in efficient water use • Water use be made cost effective • Reallocate Investments from big structures to communities • Create awareness at political level

  6. Instruments for Change • Institution & Gender • Governance • Demystify science & Technology • Democratic Decision Making • Self Regulation (as opposed to Regulatory) • Linkages

  7. Institution & Gender • Community Institution at habitation level federated at Drainage level • Equal Representation of all stake holders • Effective participation, democratic decision making • Pressure group • Lobbying

  8. Governance • Decentralized local level governance • Stakeholders exercise their control in managing the resources optimally • Different users (Direct/indirect) including marginalized and poor participate in management • Evolve local plans and rules for sharing and equity

  9. Demystify science & Technology • Enhance Capacity and skill of communities • Involve communities in technical data collection • Use community assets for monitoring - instead of dedicated monitoring wells • Offer systematic technical training without dilution of technology • Share data with community • Engage community to deliberate on data

  10. Democratic Decision Making • Create Awareness on resource availability • Appreciate Resource distribution in space and time • Identify different water needs and performance efficiencies • Identify appropriate water use system matching with resource • Form pressure group to implement sustainable practices

  11. Self Regulation • Take tough choices • Incorporate market sense. • Shift water use as required • Tread non-traditional path

  12. Linkages • Build Linkages at all levels • Lobby for common good • Mobilize funds • Influence elected bodies • Influence policy decision

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