India's Water Economy : Bracing for a Turbulent Future

India faces a turbulent water future and the current water development and management system is not sustainable.Unless dramatic changes are made and made soon in the way in which government manages water, India will have neither the cash to maintain and build new infrastructure, nor the water required for the economy and for people. This Report examines the evolution of the management of India's waters, describes the achievements of the past, and the looming set of challenges. The Report suggests what changes should be considered and how to manage the transition from the ways of the past to the ways of the future in a principled but pragmatic manner. This report focuses on two basic issues-the major water-related challenges facing India, and the critical measures required to address them. It calls for a reinvigorated set of public water institutions to sustain water development and management in India. The study examines the evolution of water management in India, describes the achievements of the past, analyses the challenges ahead, and suggests ways of evolving a sustainable water management system.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Briscoe, John, Malik, R.P.S.
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2006
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ALLOCATION PROCEDURES, ALLOCATION SYSTEM, AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, AQUIFER, AQUIFERS, ARID AREAS, ARID COUNTRIES, ASSURED WATER SUPPLY, AVAILABILITY OF WATER, AVAILABLE WATER, BASIC SANITATION, BASIN TRANSFER, BOREHOLES, CANALS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSTRUCTION, CUBIC METERS, DESALINATION, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DOMESTIC WATER, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY, DRINKING WATER, DRIP IRRIGATION, DROUGHT, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, FARMERS, FARMING, FERTILIZERS, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD MANAGEMENT, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD SECURITY, GLACIERS, GOVERNANCE OF WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER DEPLETION, GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT, GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER PUMPING, GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, GROUNDWATER REVOLUTION, GROUNDWATER SOURCES, GROUNDWATER TABLE, GROUNDWATER TABLES, GROUNDWATER USE, HIGH LEVELS, HOUSEHOLDS, HYDROPOWER CAPACITY, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL GROWTH, INTERNATIONAL WATER, IRON, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY, IRRIGATORS, LAND USE, LARGE DAMS, LOCAL WATER, LOCALITIES, LOW RAINFALL, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, PRESSURE, PRIVATE WELLS, PROGRAMS, PROVISION OF WATER, PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, PUMPING, PUMPS, QUALITY OF SERVICE, QUALITY OF WATER, QUANTITIES OF WATER, RAINFALL, RAINFALL INTENSITY, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAW WATER, RECHARGE, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESERVOIRS, REVERSE OSMOSIS, RIVER BASINS, RIVERS, RUNOFF, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SALINE INTRUSION, SALINITY, SANITATION, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICES, SECTORAL WATER, SERVICE DELIVERY, SNOW, STORAGE CAPACITY, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER IRRIGATION, SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, SURFACE WATER SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABLE WATER, SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT, TOWN, TOWNS, TRANSPARENCY, TREATIES, TREATMENT PLANTS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, USE OF WATER, UTILITIES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATION POLICIES, WATER ALLOCATIONS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER DEMAND, WATER DEVELOPMENT, WATER ENGINEERS, WATER ENTITLEMENTS, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WATER MARKETS, WATER NEEDS, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER PRACTICES, WATER PROJECTS, WATER RESERVOIRS, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICES, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SOURCE, WATER STORAGE, WATER STRATEGY, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER SYSTEM, WATER TRANSFERS, WATER USE, WATER USERS, WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, WATER VENDORS, WATERS, WELLS, WETLANDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/9596172/indias-water-economy-bracing-turbulent-future http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7238
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