AQUIFERS, COMMUNITIES & WATER SECURITY
Principle
PGWM: Foundation
Groundwater as CPR
Aquifer based understanding
Objective
Going from “extractability and open sourcing to a
community-based pedagogy in AR sites and in the
region
Aquifer water-security leading to village-water security at
a scale
Groundwater across different uses
Develop protocols on the basis of aquifer understanding
Units of groundwater management:
aquifers, watersheds and habitations
Longer-term engagement
Developing a clear understanding of various units and
respective institutions
Ensuring the sustainability of protocol application
Catalysing community action
Ensuring collaboration and partnerships with
communities; ownership of practices and protocols by
communities
Behaviour change and conversion of knowledge to
Integration of formal science and
Tic-tac-toe…
Kulkarni and Vijay Shankar, 2014
Common pool
resources:
division &
exclusion
Kulkarni and Vijay Shankar, 2014
SHARING
Perennial
SCHEDULING
Rainy
season
Perennial
Rainy
season
Reserved for
summer
Early
winter
Rainy
season
Early
winter
Perennial
Annual demand in a typical Indian village
Human drinking water
Human household domestic
water
1.46
35
Animals
140
1.825
Rainfed agriculture - kharif
0.09125
Irrigated agriculture - rabi
350
Irrigated agriculture - summer
Kulkarni et al, 2015