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Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Helps rural people living alleviate their poverty through participatory watershed development and management. Ahmednagar.
http://www.wotr.org/
Water Resources
Official information on hydrological and water resources in the country, with links to related sites.
http://waterinfo.nic.in/
World Commission on Dams: India Country Study
"Large Dams: India's Experience, a WCD case study prepared as an input to the World Commission on Dams" - includes two major documents as PDF files.
http://www.dams.org/kbase/studies/in/
InfoChange India News & Features,
A collection of articles on water resources in the country, their history, current managament, and social aspects.
http://www.infochangeindia.org/WaterResour...
Ministry of Water Resources
Includes a set of articles, maps, and statistics on the water resources and hydrology of the country.
http://wrmin.nic.in/wrwelcome.htm
The Challenges of Integrated River Basin Management in India
Account of the different methods of water management and use, and of their social, political and physical effects.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/home/integrated_...
Lessons from the past; Water, enough for all?
On the history of water management systems in the country. First of a set of four articles, at indiatogether.org.
http://www.indiatogether.org/environment/w...
Water management: Historical maritime, riverine tradition of Bharat
A detailed account of the historical aspects of water features; including dams, tanks, stepwells. From Hindunet; PDF file.
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/traditio...
Expert Eyes: Roy Matthew
Analysis on the human and environmental impacts of hydroelectric projects and other energy technology, dam safety, integrated resource planning with comparative study of hydroelectric projects in India.
http://www.expert-eyes.org/
Rainwater Harvesting Network
Public interest research and advocacy organisation encouraging sustainable development strategies. Guides to methods, newsletter, case histories, history of water management in the country, and related information.
http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/
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