India's Water Economy : Bracing for a Turbulent Future

India faces a turbulent water future and the current water development and management system is not sustainable.Unless dramatic changes are made and made soon in the way in which government manages water, India will have neither the cash to maintai...

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Main Authors:	Briscoe, John, Malik, R.P.S.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLOCATION PROCEDURES ALLOCATION SYSTEM AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT AQUIFER AQUIFERS ARID AREAS ARID COUNTRIES ASSURED WATER SUPPLY AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVAILABLE WATER BASIC SANITATION BASIN TRANSFER BOREHOLES CANALS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CONSTRUCTION CUBIC METERS DESALINATION DISSOLVED OXYGEN DOMESTIC WATER DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY DRINKING WATER DRIP IRRIGATION DROUGHT ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZERS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOODING FLOODS FOOD SECURITY GLACIERS GOVERNANCE OF WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER REVOLUTION GROUNDWATER SOURCES GROUNDWATER TABLE GROUNDWATER TABLES GROUNDWATER USE HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS HYDROPOWER CAPACITY HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL GROWTH INTERNATIONAL WATER IRON IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IRRIGATORS LAND USE LARGE DAMS LOCAL WATER LOCALITIES LOW RAINFALL MANAGEMENT OF WATER PRESSURE PRIVATE WELLS PROGRAMS PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC WATER PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY PUMPING PUMPS QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY OF WATER QUANTITIES OF WATER RAINFALL RAINFALL INTENSITY RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINWATER RAINWATER HARVESTING RAW WATER RECHARGE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESERVOIRS REVERSE OSMOSIS RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SALINE INTRUSION SALINITY SANITATION SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SECTORAL WATER SERVICE DELIVERY SNOW STORAGE CAPACITY SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER IRRIGATION SURFACE WATER SUPPLY SURFACE WATER SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT TOWN TOWNS TRANSPARENCY TREATIES TREATMENT PLANTS URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY USE OF WATER UTILITIES WASTEWATER WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATION POLICIES WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEMAND WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER ENGINEERS WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WATER MARKETS WATER NEEDS WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER PRACTICES WATER PROJECTS WATER RESERVOIRS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCE WATER STORAGE WATER STRATEGY WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEM WATER TRANSFERS WATER USE WATER USERS WATER USERS ASSOCIATION WATER VENDORS WATERS WELLS WETLANDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/9596172/indias-water-economy-bracing-turbulent-future http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7238