Dear All,

I am Rama Mohan working in Rural Water Management
since 10 years in India. I presently work in Centre
for World Solidarity, a non-profit organization
located in Hyderbad, India.

I am looking for cases of ground water management and
regulations by communities in rural areas either in
India or overseas.

I am sending a brief of what we are doing in 4
villages in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is
titled "Social Regulations in Ground Water
management" with specific focus on irrigation. As a
part of this, we are working to develop community
level social regulations on use and managemnt of
Ground water. Ground water levels had fallen to
alarming levels in these districts and
over-exploitation continues unchecked. In this
scenario, only few bore well owners gulp all the water
and poor people not having bores are denied their
right. So far, we could acheive some success in
drinking water equity and control. In irrigation
water, we could cultivate the concept of sharing of
water by borewell owners with people without any bore
well or source of irrigation. This is a pilot project
coming to end by Sept 2005.

Ultimate goal of this project is to advocate that
lands rights are not water rights and groundwater is a
public property and ensure the rights of poor and
water loosers. After implementing one and half years,
we would like to explore and learn from similar
experiences elsewhere.

Can any one help find out and link us / provide
contact within your reach any such projects being
implemented. We would like to visit for exposure and
sharing of our own experience.

Thanking You in advance,

R.V.Rama Mohan

CWS, Secunderabad
India


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