A guide to local water management

Water, Households and Rural Livelihoods: a guide to local water management is targeted at water sector professionals who are actively engaged in the implementation of ‘Integrated Water Resources Management’ (IWRM). The main focus is on local opportunities and actions to secure and build upon the universal needs of people for household water supplies. The interactive CD provides a practical guide to local-level water resources management issues with a focus on semi-arid countries, tackling poverty, rural water supply, and how the IWRM approach can be put into practice at different scales. It is based on findings from a research project undertaken between 2000 and 2004 in India and South Africa. These are both countries where successful implementation of IWRM will be vital to ensure safe and fair access to water resources over coming decades. The CD includes tested tools and methods, case studies, short films, publications, photographs and other training materials. It is a valuable resource for practitioners and trainers working in water management and rural development.

All materials will shortly be available here.

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IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre
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2601 Delft
The Netherlands
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WHIRL working papers

Preliminary results of research for discussion and comment. We will pleased to receive your comments.

WHIRL Project Working Paper 1
'Catchment management and water supply and sanitation in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa: description and issues' by Sharon Pollard & Phillip Walker
pdf 567kB

WHIRL Project Working Paper 2
'Water Supply and Sanitation & Integrated Water Resources Management: why seek better integration?' by John Butterworth and John Soussan
pdf 288kB

WHIRL Project Working Paper 3
'Water and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh: Background paper' by A. J. James and Elizabeth Robinson
pdf 507kB

Papers

'Addressing water needs of the poor in watershed management' by John Butterworth Y.V. Malla Reddy & Charles Batchelor. Paper prepared for the 27th WEDC Conference, People and systems for water, sanitation and health, Lusaka, Zambia, 20-24 August 2001.
MS-Word 209kB

'Water resources and water supply for rural communities in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa' by Kgopotšo Mokgope, Sharon Pollard and John Butterworth. Paper prepared for the 27th WEDC Conference, People and systems for water, sanitation and health, Lusaka, Zambia, 20-24 August 2001.
MS-Word 207kB

'Domestic water supply, competition for water resources and IWRM in Tanzania: a review and discussion paper' by Faustin Maganga, John Butterworth, and Patrick Moriarty. Paper prepared for 2nd WARFA/Waternet Symposium: Integrated Water Resources Management: Theory, Practice, Cases; Cape Town, 30-31 October 2001
MS-Word 244kB

'Water resources and water supply for rural communities in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa' by John Butterworth, Kogpotso Mogkope, and Sharon Pollard. Paper prepared for 2nd WARFA/Waternet Symposium: Integrated Water Resources Management: Theory, Practice, Cases; Cape Town, 30-31 October 2001
MS-Word 136kB

'Allocating Water for Home-Based Productive Activities in Bushbuckridge, South Africa' by John Soussan, Sharon Pollard, Juan Carlos Perez de Mendiguren and John Butterworth. Case-study paper prepared for the ADB-led Water and Poverty Initiative meeting at the WaterDome, part of the WWSD, Johannesburg, 28 August - 3 Spetember 2002.
pdf 190kB

'Watersheds and water services' by Bharat Kakade, Himanshu Kulkarni and John Butterworth. Paper prepared for the 28th WEDC Conference, Sustainable Environmental Sanitation and Water Services, Calcutta, India, 18-22 November 2002.
pdf 163kB

'Mitigating the potential unintended impacts of water harvesting' by Charles Batchelor, Ashok Singh, Ms Rama Mohan Rao & John Butterworth. Paper presented at the IWRA International Regional Symposium 'Water for Human Survival', 26-29th November, 2002, Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, India.
pdf 199kB

Reports

Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Programme Water Audit
This report, to which the WHiRL project contributed, includes the results of a detailed analysis of water resources in two study areas of Andhra Pradesh, India, in Anantapur and Kurnool Districts, and makes a series of recommendations for improved water management ranging from local to policy-level actions.
View or download the report

Securing Water to Enhance Local Livelihoods (SWELL): Guidelines for implementing a water and livelihoods planning process.
These guidelines developed by the Association for Water and Rural Development in South Africa provide tools and describe the development of a participatory planning process aimed at developing multiple-use water services.
Part 1 - Guidelines pdf 1336 kB
Part 2 - Factsheets pdf 766 kB
Part 3 - Appendices pdf 276 kB

AWARD Research report
'Economics of productive uses for domestic water in rural areas: a case study from Bushbuckridge, South Africa' by Juan Carlos Pérez de Mendiguren and Mpatametse Mabelane, AWARD.
Executive summary MS-Word 315kB
Full report PDF format 862kB

Inception report
Report on inception phase of project (to March 2001) including summary of initial findings and project planning.
MS-Word 819kB      

Inception workshop report
Internal report of 12-15 September 2000 inception workshop held in Northern Province, South Africa involving NRI, AWARD, BAIF, Water Resources Management Ltd., University of Leeds and the South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.
MS-Word 162kB

Video