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Water Stewardship: Sustainable access to Water and WASH in Maharashtra & Karnataka

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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: India
Basins: Ganges
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Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2)
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Drought Management
Progress to Date: NA Create water replenishment capacity of 170,000 m3 in total
Services Needed: Other
Desired Partner: NGO / Civil Society
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2021  »  Ongoing
Project Website: www.unglobalcompact.org
Contextual Condition(s): Quality
Additional Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: Other
Project Source: UN Global Compact
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

The project locations are hot, dry and drought prone areas and have an inconsistent rainfall pattern. As per the Indian Central Groundwater Board, the project locations fall under either 'over exploited' or 'semi critical' zones which means that more groundwater is being extracted for community and agriculture use than it is being replenished. Access to water is therefore difficult for the community members here - women travel upto 1.5 kms few times daily to get potable wate…

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The project locations are hot, dry and drought prone areas and have an inconsistent rainfall pattern. As per the Indian Central Groundwater Board, the project locations fall under either 'over exploited' or 'semi critical' zones which means that more groundwater is being extracted for community and agriculture use than it is being replenished. Access to water is therefore difficult for the community members here - women travel upto 1.5 kms few times daily to get potable water and farmers are unable to get adequate water for farming, thereby reducing the harvest. There has been an approx. 30-40% decrease in the crop yield in the last few years in one of the locations. Agriculture is the primary source of income in most villages. Due to lack of access to water, the sanitation facilities too are unavailable to people and its knowledge thereof.

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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: Quality
Project Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: Other

Project Narrative

1. Ensure effective governance of water conservation, distribution and usage through active institutional arrangements and locally evolved regulatory measures 1.1 Promote participatory assessment of current water availability, functionality of sources, water use pattern. Assessing water availability and water budgeting. 1.2 Work with GPs and Village Water and Sanitation Committees to prepare Drinking Water Security Plans, taking into account source sustainability, water quality (both bacteriological and chemical), operations and maintenance (O&M) issues, and provisions for replacement and expansion. 1.3 Build rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge structures and restore additional drinking water sources such as dug-wells, to enhance water availability. 1.4 Promote water quality monitoring and mitigation measures; contamination prevention measures at the source, system and household level monitoring using field testing kits as well as district or sub-divisional water quality laboratory testing. 2. Demonstrate community-led liquid waste management (grey and black water) systems 2.1 Demonstrate household based treatment, community-based collection and disposal systems 2.2 Involve community-based groups (for example, youth clubs, self-help groups (SHGs), mahila mandals) in waste management operations; 2.3 Scale up demonstration models with the help of government department 3. Address water quality issue with participation from community, local institutions and government departments 3.1 Engage community members and local institutions in water quality monitoring by building their capacities on water quality treatment 3.2 Build capacities of government department to mitigate water quality issues

Partner Organizations


Diageo (Organization)

www.diageo.com

Diageo plc is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company, with its headquarters in London, England. Diageo is the world's largest producer of spirits and a key producer of beer. Diageo's commitment to water stewardship is outlined in its Blueprint Water … Learn More

UN Global Compact Network India (Organization)

www.globalcompact.in

UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI), formed in November 2000, was registered in 2003 as a non-profit society to function as the Indian Local Network of the Global Compact, New York. It is the first Local Network in the world … Learn More

United Nations Global Compact (Organization)

unglobalcompact.org

The Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Learn More

Water Resilience Coalition (Organization)

ceowatermandate.org/resilience

The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda and preserve the world's freshwater resources … Learn More

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