Integrated Water Resources Management: Global Theory, Emerging Practice and Local Needs

Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has become the international label for the ‘new approach’ to water resources management. This volume, and in fact the entire series, investigates how this global concept resonates with regional, national and local concerns in South Asia. This is the first volume in a new series under the aegis of the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs) and explains the IWRM. This volume begins by tracking the emergence of IWRM as a central notion in water debates. It then discusses the European experience with IWRM in the context of the European Water Framework Directive—the most comprehensive attempt so far at an IWRM-based water governance and management system. Thereafter, the book turns to South Asia. Among other things, the contributors argue that: - in South Asia, IWRM is a concept in search of a constituency, and not a concept that has emerged from regional or local practice; - understanding and implementing IWRM requires interdisciplinary analysis and frameworks; - IWRM is a ‘boundary’ concept—plastic enough to adapt to local needs and the constraints of several parties employing it, yet robust enough to maintain a common identity across sites; - there are issues and limits in transplanting the model of river basin organizations, a central thrust within the global IWRM discourse; and — a focus on water alone may be misguided, and that IWRM should look intensely at land-water linkages.

Table of Contents:
PART I: IWRM: THE CONCEPT IWRM in South Asia - Peter P. Mollinga A Concept Looking for a Constituency IWRM - J.A Allan The New Sanctioned Discourse? Solving Problems of ′Fit′ at the Expense of Problems of ′Interplay′? - Timothy Moss The Spatial Reorganisation of Water Management following the EU Water Framework Directive Limits to Leapfrogging - Tushaar Shah, Ian Makin and R. Sakthivadivel Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World Criteria for a Holistic Framework for Water Systems Management in India - Jayanta Bandyopadhyay Water-Land Linkages - D.J. Bandaragoda A Relatively Neglected Issue in IWRM PART II: DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF INTERGRATION Water Balance Studies and Hydrological Modeling for IWRM - R. Sakthivadivel Water Allocation between Agriculture and Hydropower - Lalani Imbulana A Case Study of Kalthota Irrigation Scheme, Sri Lanka ′Inter/ Intra-Sector Coordination as a Means to IWRM - Ranjith Ratnayake The Case of Sri Lanka Approaching IWRM through Multi-Stakeholders′ Dialogue - S. Janakarajan Some Experience from South India Water Transfers Out of Agriculture - Kusum Athukorala Towards a Win-Win Solution? A Case Study of Thuruwila, Sri Lanka Asserting the Rights of the Toiling Peasantry for Water Use - Anant Phadke and Bharat Patankar The Movement of the Dam Oustees and the Drought Affected Toilers in South Maharashtra Index