Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Programme Water Audit

This report 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

Video film - Understanding linkages: water and livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh, India.

This 30 minute film from the Community Media Trust was made by rural women from Andhra Pradesh, India. It tells a story of huge change in water supply and use over recent decades, and how this has affected different people in different ways. The film in particular considers whether watershed development offers a solution to address the problems of groundwater overexploitation and failing drinking water sources. It includes interviews with many poor women, and other water users and stakeholders, on how their lives have been affected what could be done to address these problems. Above all, it tells us about the complexity of managing water in India.

To order copies of the film (on CD), please write to John Butterworth at the Natural Resources Institute, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME1 1SB, UK (Tel: +44 1634 883615 E-mail: j.a.butterworth@gre.ac.uk)

International Symposium Water, poverty, and productive uses of water at the household level

The WHiRL project provided a number of inputs to the above international symposium focusing on practical experiences, new research, and policy implications from innovative approaches to the provision and use of household water supplies, and held in South Africa from 21-23 January 2003.

For more information, visit the symposium website hosted by IRC
Download the symposium statement

Posters at the WaterDome

A series of posters prepared for the WaterDome at the World Summit for Sustainable Development can be downloaded from the reports section.

August WHiRL project team meeting in Delft, Netherlands, 5-14 August 2002

In order to take advantage of having the team in the Netherlands, and to disseminate and share experiences with Dutch organisations involved in similar work, this meeting included a one-day workshop on Monday, August 5th at IRC. The workshop was an opportunity to: present the work of the project; and to discuss the wider issue of rural water supply and its links to livelihoods and poverty reduction.

See presentations, list of participants and break-out group notes from the 5 August meeting.

Water, poverty, and productive uses of water at the household level: Symposium 21-23 January 2003

An international symposium on practical experiences, new research, and policy implications from innovative approaches to the provision and use of household water supplies organised by DWAF, IRC, IWMI and NRI will be held in South Africa, 21-23 January 2003. See the first announcement and call for papers for more details.

Also see website at http://www.irc.nl/themes/management/prodwat/index.html

Seminar, 15 January 2001, London

A seminar on the findings of UK-supported research projects working on water, watersheds and livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh, India was held on Tuesday 15th Janauary 2002 at IIED, London.

Read the notes from this meeting.

New AWARD Research report

A new report on '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 has been published by AWARD.

Executive summary MS-Word 315kB Full report PDF format 862 kB

Second announcement for a WHIRL project workshop on 'Water resources management and rural water supply' AWARD, South Africa, 12-23 Nov 2001

Read the second annoucement for this workshop. Get contact details for workshop participants.

Collaborative workshop on 'Water Supply & Sanitation and Watershed Development: positive and negative interactions' in Andhra Pradesh, India, 5-14 May 2001

The report from this workshop is now available. Go to REPORTS.