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1 Shah, Tushaar; Raju, K V. 2001. Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks in Rajasthan, north-west India. Water Policy, 3:521-536.
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In the arid and semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries. This paper assesses a rehabilitation strategy proposed for 1200 large tanks. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems is very likely to result in a flawed strategy. As the experience of NGOs work shows, Rajasthan's tanks belong more to the watershed development domain than to the irrigation domain and a strategy that views tanks as multi-use socio-ecological constructs, and which recognizes varied stakeholder groups is more likely to enhance the social value of tanks.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G000 MER Record No: H030856)
3 Senzanje, A.; Boelee, Eline; Rusere, S. 2008. Multiple use of water and water productivity of communal small dams in the Limpopo Basin, Zimbabwe. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 22:225-237.
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The history of dam construction in Zimbabwe dates back to the 1920s and since then over 7,000 small dams have been constructed countrywide. Small dams are multipurpose structures used for improving rural livelihoods. The multipurpose nature of these dams has largely gone unquantified in terms of importance of the uses to the community and influence of management practises. The current study made use of a questionnaire among small dam users, key informant interviews, secondary data and observation on four communal dams in the Limpopo basin to establish the uses, volume of water abstracted and water productivity for some uses and the interrelationship between various organisations and the community in the management of small dams. Uses on all dams in order of importance were livestock watering, domestic use, irrigation, fishing, brick making, and collection of reeds used for roofing. Livestock consume on average over 70% of water for consumptive uses. Water productivity in terms of yield per volume unit of water used ranged from 0.025 kg m-3 for vegetables to 7,575 kg m-3 for bricks, and monetary values per volume unit of water used were Z$ 389,434 m-3 for brick making and Z$ 1,874 m-3 for irrigation. Traditional leadership and the community are pivotal in the management of the small dams, with some organisations giving technical, financial and input assistance. The management and conservation of small dams needs to be well coordinated between the communities, NGOs and government if the full benefits of these national resources are to be realised in the long term.
4 Tulu, M.; Boelee, Eline; Taddesse, G.; Peden, D.; Aredo, D. 2008. Estimation of livestock, domestic use, and crop water productivities of SG-2000 Water Harvesting Pilot Projects in Ethiopia. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.2. Increasing rainwater productivity; Multi-purpose water systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.88-91.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041726)
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5 van Koppen, Barbara; Smits, S.; Moriarty, P.; Penning de Vries, F. 2008. Community-level multiple-use water services: MUS to climb the water ladder. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.2. Increasing rainwater productivity; Multi-purpose water systems. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.217-221.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041822)
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6 Kanyoka, Phillipa; Farolfi, S.; Morardet, Sylvie. 2008. Household preferences for multiple use water services in rural areas of South Africa: an analysis based on choice modeling. In Humphreys, E.; Bayot, R. S.; van Brakel, M.; Gichuki, F.; Svendsen, M.; Wester, P.; Huber-Lee, A.; Cook, S. Douthwaite, B.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnson, N.; Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie; Vidal, A.; MacIntyre, I.; MacIntyre, R. (Eds.). Fighting poverty through sustainable water use: proceedings of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, 2nd International Forum on Water and Food, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-14 November 2008. Vol.3. Water benefits sharing for poverty alleviation and conflict management; Drivers and processes of change. Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. pp.95-98.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 HUM Record No: H041858)
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7 Kumar, M. Dinesh. (Ed.) 2008. Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.1-523.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041869)
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8 Mukherjee, Sacchidananda. 2008. Economic valuation of a wetland in West Bengal, India. In Kumar, M. Dinesh (Ed.). Managing water in the face of growing scarcity, inequity and declining returns: exploring fresh approaches. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Partners Meet, IWMI TATA Water Policy Research Program, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India, 2-4 April 2008. Vol.1. Hyderabad, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), South Asia Sub Regional Office. pp.254-266.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H041880)
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Since the early 2000s, a new participatory approach to water services delivery is emerging: multiple-use water services (MUS). By overcoming sectoral boundaries within the water sector, new opportunities are opened up that better align with people’s practice of using water from multiple sources for multiple uses. Two opportunities are discussed in this paper on the basis of past research by the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, among others. One new opportunity is homestead-scale MUS. Providing double or triple the quantities of the design norms in the domestic subsector in poor rural and periurban areas allows water users to take up significant productive activities besides meeting domestic needs. Cost–benefit ratios are favourable. Homestead-scale MUS is the most effective way of using water to contribute to all Millennium Development Goals. A related second new opportunity is community-scale MUS. This participatory approach to water services considers communities’ holistic water-and landscapes and supports incremental improvements in infrastructure according to people’s own priorities and needs, which are often in favour of homestead-scale MUS. New synergies in infrastructure intakes, storage and conveyance are tapped.
10 van Koppen, Barbara; Kuriakose, A. 2009. Gender and multiple-use water services. Thematic note 1. In World Bank; FAO; IFAD. Gender in agriculture source book. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. pp.235-241.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630.92 G000 WOR Record No: H042179)
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11 van Koppen, Barbara. 2009. Guidelines for community-driven water resource management: as initiated by the Integrated Water Resource Management Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia. Pretoria, South Africa: SADC/Danida Water Sector Support Programme; Pretoria, South Africa: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p.
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These guidelines are based on the IWRM Demonstration Projects in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia, implemented by the SADC Regional Water Sector Programme supported by Danida, and synthesized by Barbara van Koppen. It provides a practical step-by-step guide on how to apply community-driven water resource management for improved livelihoods and sustainable water systems for multiple uses. The guideline is aimed at implementers of community water development projects, in particular the local government.
12 van Koppen, Barbara. 2009. More MDGs per drop: multiple-use water services. Capacity.org, 36:12-13.
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13 Chartres, Colin J. 2009. International Water Management Institute success stories 2000-2009. Invited submission from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to the United Kingdom Parliament on 2 June 2009. 7p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 CHA Record No: H042257)
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14 UN. 2009. The United Nations world water development report 3: water in a changing world. Paris, France: UNESCO; London, UK: Earthscan. 318p.
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15 Mekala, Gayathri Devi; Davidson, B. A.; Boland, A. 2007. Multiple uses of wastewater: a methodology for cost-effective recycling. In Khan, S. J.; Stuetz, R. M.; Anderson, J. M. (Eds.). Water reuse and recycling. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales (UNSW) Publishing and Printing Services. pp.335-343.
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While wastewater recycling is being promoted to serve varied objectives, little or no research has been done on its economics. Given the fact that wastewater can be used in various sectors: agriculture, households, industry and recreation, the questions that need to be answered are – to what extent should wastewater be recycled, in which sectors and at what cost? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of wastewater recycling across the sectors will be done to assess the relative desirability of recycling in one sector over the other depending upon the objectives of stakeholders and budget constraints. Then a choice modelling technique will be used to weight the different objectives and to determine appropriate sectoral use of recycled wastewater. The methodology is currently in development stage and the research will be conducted using the case study of Melbourne where, wastewater is currently being recycled from the Western Treatment Plant and has been mandated to increase to 20 % by year 2010 through increased recycling in sectors other than agriculture. The results of the research can be used to develop a decision support tool which will help to determine the amount of wastewater that should be allocated to each sector depending upon the objective one wants to achieve. A further step in the research depending upon the objective i.e if the objective is to complement the urban water sources, would be to compare the cost-effectiveness of wastewater recycling versus other options like buying water on the market from the agricultural sector, tapping ground water resources, storm water, new catchments and rainwater recycling.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 VAN Record No: H042336)
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In low- and middle-income countries, people need water for drinking, personal hygiene and other domestic use. But they also use it for livestock, horticulture, irrigation, fisheries, brickmaking, and other small-scale enterprises. Multiple-use water services (MUS) are best suited to meeting people’s needs. However, most water services are designed only for domestic water or only for agriculture, and fail to reflect its real-life use. The action research project ‘Models for implementing multiple-use water supply systems for enhanced land and water productivity, rural livelihoods and gender equity’ developed case studies in eight countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa, Thailand and Zimbabwe) involving 150 institutions. The project analysed two models: homestead-scale and community-scale MUS and developed a ‘multiple-use water ladder' to show how better livelihoods flow from increased access to water. This book shows how livelihoods act as the main driver for water services and how access to water is determined by sustainable water resources, appropriate technologies and equitable ways of managing communal systems. Climbing the water ladder requires a small fraction of total water resources, yet has the potential to help people climb out of poverty. Local government can be the pivot to make this happen. But, it needs support to implement its mandate to meet multiple-use demand and to become more accountable to people in communities.
17 Kuppannan, Palanisami. 2009. Irrigation tanks: a new way forward?: focus on tanks in South India. In Duraisamy, P.; Srinivasan, R. (Eds.). Indian rural economy: essays in memory of Professor Gilbert Slater. Chennai, India: University of Madras. pp.84-112.
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18 Weligamage, Parakrama; Butcher, W. R.; Blatner, K. A.; Shumway, C. R.; Giordano, Mark. 2009. Non-user benefits emanating from enhanced water flow to Yala Protected Area Complex. [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the Water for Food Conference: national conference addressing water management issues, food security, environment and climate change in Sri Lanka, organized by the International Water Management Institute, Irrigation Department (Sri Lanka), Department of Agriculture (Sri Lanka), Hector Kobbekaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute, held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 9 - 11 June 2009. 2p.
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19 Kumar, M. Dinesh; Amarasinghe, Upali A. (Eds.) 2009. Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 4. Water productivity improvements in Indian agriculture: potentials, constraints and prospects. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 152p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2011.007]
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G635 KUM Record No: H042633)
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20 Sikka, A. K. 2009. Water productivity of different agricultural systems. In Kumar, M. Dinesh; Amarasinghe, Upali A. (Eds.). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 4: water productivity improvements in Indian agriculture: potentials, constraints and prospects. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.73-84.
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