'The Karnataka Watershed Development Project (KWDP), known locally as Sujala, was initiated in the year 2001 and is being implemented in seven districts of Karnataka. The project is scheduled to end on March 31, 2009. The project covers 516,000 hectares of land spread over 77 sub-watersheds, 1270 villages benefiting nearly 400,000 households. The project objective is to improve the productive potential of selected watersheds and their associated natural resource base It is also to strengthen com more...

'The report begins with definitions of watersheds and watershed management, a characterization of the problem of watershed degradation, and a short history of watershed management operations and policies (Chapter 1). The following four chapters discuss the findings from experience with implementing watershed management programs over the last 20 years based both on the project review and on the literature. The second chapter discusses the findings on watershed management approaches and methodolog more...

This paper details the experience of applying conflict-sensitivity to two water projects in Uganda. It highlights the lessons learnt and seeks to contribute to a broader understanding of how these approaches can be used by development actors.

‘Scrutiny of the continent’s climatological base maps reveals that Africa actually has more water resources per capita than Europe. The main problem is lack of capital investments to adequately conserve and utilize rainwater implying that economic water scarcity is the challenge rather than physical scarcity. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) could contribute to the attainment of wider aspirations, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as they relate to poverty alleviation, hunger elimi more...

'This paper summarizes ongoing experiences in participatory watershed management in the highlands of eastern Africa, in which attempts to forge equitable approaches to participatory watershed management have been treated as both a development challenge and an action research objective. Following a literature review and a methodological overview, a series of case studies are presented to illustrate diverse approaches under development to foster collective action in natural resource management.'

'Domestic wastewater management, including sewage treatment, requires support from government, the public and the private sector. Sewage treatment has been seen as an internal household issue. If each house has a latrine, sewage treatment must be adequate. If the latrine is connected to a septic tank, so much the better. Yet data tell a disturbing story of large numbers of people suffering from diarrhea, and polluted groundwater. Research shows that the root cause of these problems is sewage. De more...

EPA and the Corps of Engineers have jointly issued a legal memorandum that interprets the June 19, 2006 Supreme Court decision in the consolidated cases Rapanos v. U.S. and Carabell v. U.S. (known as the "Rapanos" decision). The guidance is being released to Corps of Engineers and EPA field offices to ensure nationwide predictability, reliability, and consistency in identifying wetlands, streams and rivers subject to the Clean Water Act (CWA). The EPA/Corps guidance reflects the agencies’ inte more...

EPA is now accepting proposals for water quality trading or other market-based projects through its Targeted Watersheds Grants Program. Projects must address reducing nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, or other pollutant loadings that cause low oxygen levels in local waters and which enter the Mississippi River system. Projects must be located in one of the three Mississippi River sub-basins with the highest nutrient loads contributing to hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: the Ohio River, the more...

Find your watershed using the form below. Once you have found your watershed, you will be able to find citizen based groups that are active in your watershed.

Partout en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient, les réserves d’eau potable pour la culture et la transformation des aliments, les utilisations domestiques et urbaines et, ainsi que pour les activités industrielles de refroidissement et de transformation, n’ont pas suivi la croissance de la population et celle de l’économie. Les sources supplémentaires d’approvisionnement deviennent en outre rares et plus coûteuses à aménager. La gestion de la demande en eau (GDE) offre alors peut-être le more...