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District Drinking Water Planning for Sustainability in Maharashtra: Between Local and Global Scales

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  • James L. Wescoat Jr.

    (Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA)

  • Jonnalagadda V. R. Murty

    (Independent Researcher, Mumbai 400085, India)

Abstract

Sustainable rural drinking water is a widespread aim in India, and globally, from the household to district, state, and national scales. Sustainability issues in the rural drinking water sector range from increasing water demand to declining groundwater levels, premature deterioration of village schemes and services, inadequate revenues for operations and maintenance, weak capacity of water operators, frequently changing state and national policies, and destabilizing effects of climate change. This paper focuses on the special role of district-scale drinking water planning, which operates at the intersection between bottom-up water demand and top-down water programs. After surveying the challenges associated with bottom-up and top-down planning approaches, we present recent efforts to strengthen district and block drinking water planning in the state of Maharashtra. A combination of district interviews, institutional history, village surveys, GIS visualization, and planning workshops were used to advance district planning goals and methods. Results assess bottom-up processes of water demand; top-down water programs and finance; and intermediate-level planning at the district and block scales. Discussion focuses on potential improvements in district planning methods in Maharashtra.

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  • James L. Wescoat Jr. & Jonnalagadda V. R. Murty, 2021. "District Drinking Water Planning for Sustainability in Maharashtra: Between Local and Global Scales," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(15), pages 1-21, July.
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    1. Susanne Wuijts & Peter P. J. Driessen & Helena F. M. W. Van Rijswick, 2018. "Towards More Effective Water Quality Governance: A Review of Social-Economic, Legal and Ecological Perspectives and Their Interactions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-19, March.
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    1. Jorge Alejandro Silva, 2024. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability in Water Supply: A Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-29, April.

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