Symle, JimLobo, CrispinoMilne, GrantWilliams, Melissa2014-06-112014-06-112014-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18636This report analyses the experiences and lessons from three World Bank-Supported watershed development projects in the Indian states of Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.5 The primary reason for the analysis was to guide the development and execution of new watershed programs in India, including new Bank-supported state-level operations in Uttarakhand and Karnataka, and a proposed national project now under preparation. Accordingly, it was important to deepen the knowledge base about large-scale, community-led watershed development in order to share that knowledge with key stakeholders both inside and outside of the World Bank. Another important reason was the immediate and growing concern over water resources and their management in India and the question of how well watershed development programs internalize these concerns. A third impetus was the nexus between rural poverty and rainfed agriculture and the important role that watershed development programs are to fulfill in the development of sustainable rural livelihoods.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO RESOURCESADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITYAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAQUIFERAQUIFER MANAGEMENTAQUIFERSARID ZONESAVAILABILITY OF WATERAVAILABLE WATERBASINSCAPACITY BUILDINGCATCHMENTCIVIL SOCIETYCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLIMATIC VARIABILITYCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCONSENSUS BUILDINGCONSERVATION OF WATERCUBIC METERSDAMSDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR WATERDEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESDITCHESDOMESTIC USEDOMESTIC WATERDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLYDRAINAGEDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER SUPPLYDROUGHTEFFECTIVE DEMANDENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEROSIONFINANCIAL VIABILITYFLOOD PLAINSFLOOD PREVENTIONFLOODINGGEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMSGEOLOGICAL SURVEYSGRAVITYGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER BASINSGROUNDWATER DEPLETIONGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTGROUNDWATER RECHARGEHOUSEHOLDSHYDROLOGYHYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENTINDUSTRIAL USESINTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTINVESTMENT COSTSIRRIGATED AGRICULTUREIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION DEVELOPMENTLAND OWNERSHIPLAND USELEGAL FRAMEWORKLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL STAKEHOLDERSLOCAL WATERMAINTENANCE OF ASSETSMANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATERMANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCESMANAGEMENT OF WATERMANAGING WATER RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCESOPERATION & MAINTENANCEPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPIAPOOR WATER QUALITYPOTABLE WATERPOTABLE WATER SUPPLYPRODUCTIVE USE OF WATERPROGRAMSRAINFALLRAINWATERRAINWATER HARVESTINGREMOTE SENSINGRIPARIANRIVER BASINRIVERSRUNOFFSCARCE WATERSCARCE WATER RESOURCESSILTSOIL CONSERVATIONSTREAMSSURFACE DRAINAGESURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER BODIESSURFACE WATER RESOURCESSUSTAINABLE WATERWATER ALLOCATIONWATER ALLOCATION ISSUESWATER AVAILABILITYWATER BODIESWATER CONSERVATIONWATER DEVELOPMENTWATER HARVESTINGWATER INFRASTRUCTUREWATER POLICIESWATER QUALITYWATER QUANTITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE ALLOCATIONWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES CONSERVATIONWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES PLANNINGWATER SECTORWATER SHORTAGESWATER SUPPLIESWATER SUPPLYWATER TABLEWATER USEWATER USERSWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWATERSHED PROJECTSWATERSHEDSWELLS10.1596/18636