Presented at National Level Seminar on ‘Interlinking of Rivers’ – Under UGC Autonomy Grant, organized by Department of Economics, S.Vellaichamy Nadar College (An Autonomous Co-Educational Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Nagamalai, Madurai, Tamilnadu on 23.03.2018

1. WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA
CAUTIONS AND CONCERNS
Dr.C.Muthuraja, M.A, M.Phil, PhD
Head, Post Graduate and Research Department of Economics
The American College, Madurai - 625 002, TAMIL NADU
(cmuthuraja@gmail.com) - (M-09486373765)
(Presented at National Level Seminar on ‘Interlinking of Rivers’ – Under UGC Autonomy
Grant, organized by Department of Economics, S.Vellaichamy Nadar College (An Autonomous
Co-Educational Institution Affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Nagamalai, Madurai,
TAMIL NADU on 23.03.2018)
SINCE 1881

2. CONTENTS
♦ INTRODUCTION
♦ IMPORTANCE OF WATER
♦ WATER : Demand and Supply
♦ WATER AS A RESOURCE
♦ @ HOME -FARM - FIRM – CPR - +++
♦ ISSUES ON WATER RESOURCES
♦ WATER RESOUCES MAMNAGEMENT
♦ WATER GOVERNANCE
♦ WATER CONFLICTS
♦ ROLE :GOVERNMENT-PRIVATE-NGO’S-INDIVIDUAL
♦ SUMMARY + APPEAL
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3. Water Water Water
♦ Integral part of the water sector & over the years
have become more widespread and intense
♦ Demand for drinking water, agriculture/irrigation,
industries and other uses is growing rapidly
♦ Conflicts: access to water for different uses
♦ Arise due to absence of proper democratic, legal
and administrative mechanisms to deal with the
issues that are their causes-serious concerns
♦ Modernization, Industrialization and high growth
of population caused increasing demand for waters
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8. WATER ISSUES
♦ Problem is increasing water scarcity - Decreasing per
capita water availability is indeed a central concern -
caused by a variety of factors, including changing rainfall
patterns caused by climate change, drought, increasing
use, and population growth
♦ Water scarcity - concern policy-makers and guide
attempts to rethink water regulation
♦ water availability is an increasing concern in the future,
people are often today faced with difficulties in accessing
available water
♦ The barriers to access tend to be economic, but are in
many cases social, as confirmed by cases of certain
communities being denied access to drinking water
♦ Water scarcity is not the only concern - Certain parts of
the country are just as concerned by floods
♦ Overall, the water scenario has been changing fastSINCE 1881

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13. GENDER AND WATER
♦ Active as water consumers and administrators - Water
for washing clothing, bathing, and general household
use is often found in remote locations that may also
be insecure
♦ Women, who are primarily responsible for these
activities, are therefore vulnerable to violence,
including rape and kidnapping
♦ Water violence has far-reaching health, social,
emotional, & economic impacts on the women
themselves - cascading effects on their households
♦ Facing more problems in terms access, availability,
pricing, no concern for their decision making etc in
industry/firm sector
♦ Women become water victims
♦ Role and contribution of women in preparing and
executing water policies are also minimalSINCE 1881

14. Suggestive Measures
♦ Water for drinking and domestic use should be given first
priority in water allocation
♦ Need to look at determining the supply of water for
domestic use
♦ Improved water management for sustainable development,
poverty alleviation and biodiversity preservation can
minimize water conflicts
♦ Water Governance will help the women to solve their
problems through tackling the issues on water conflicts
♦ Reduce human interventions leading to over-extraction &
pollution - have harmful effects on the quantity and
quality of water available - adversely affecting drinking
water and livelihood security
♦ Framework-water in its natural state as essentially in the
common pool, to be shared equitably by all
♦ Comprehensive & systemic view is needed to tackle
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18. Understanding Water Issues
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WATER GOVERNANCE

19. Understanding Water Conflicts
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WATER VIOLENCE
SCARCE & COMMERICIAL
CHANGE IN WATER LIFE PATTERN ?

20. TOWARDS WATER -WIN SITUATION
SINCE 1881
ROLE OF
♦ INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
♦ GOVENMENTS
♦ PRIVATE CORPORATES
♦ NON GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS
♦ PUBLIC
♦ INDIVIDUAL
♦MASS/SOCIAL MEDIA FAMILY

21. INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS
FAMILY PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
SOCIAL/CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES
LEARN TO SHARE
LEARN TO UNLEARN +++
SINCE 1881

22. APPEAL
SINCE 1881
WATER RESOURCES EDUCATION
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EACH ONE TEACH ONE
IF NOT
EACH ONE CATCH ONE AND TEACH ONE