Phase 1 - Analyzing India’s Water Futures

The major objective of the Phase I of the project is to identify the likely nature and magnitude of the India’s Water Futures to 2025 and 2050.

• Proceedings (Draft)

1. Water Supply and Water Accounting Parameters

2. Environmental Water Demand Estimation

3. Regional Demography/Domestic Water Demand

4. Changing Consumption Patterns/Livestock Water Demand

5. Regional Economic Growth/Industrial/Service Sector Water Demand

6. National Food Security Scenarios

7. Future of Rural Population

8. Future of Agriculture and Irrigation

9. Potential for Canal Water Productivity Increase

10. Rainfed Potential

11. Water Harvesting – Potential and Pitfalls

12. India’s Water Futures to 2025/2050

• IWMI / CP Research Reports

• Policy Briefs

• Books / Chaptors

• IWMI Working Papers

• Draft Reports

• Presentations (PPT)

• Data (PPT)

Phase 2 - Analyses of the National River Linking Project

The Phase II of the project assesses how appropriate, adequate, cost effective and environmentally sustainable response is NLRP in meeting India’s Water Futures. Additionally, we assess mechanisms for maximizing the net social benefit of NRLP, if the Government of India decides to implement the project as planned.

• Inception workshop was held in April 2006.

Phase 2 has two components. First it analyses the benefits and cost of NRLP. Following broad set of activities are planned.

1. Macro Hydrology of the NRLP and vulnerabilities

2. Broad technical feasibility and financial viability analysis

3. Making realistic cost and benefit estimation

4. Cost and time over runs and the sensitivity

5. Issues of O & M and prudent pricing strategies for cost recovery

6. Valuing social benefits (National integration, employment generation etc)

7. Valuing of additional irrigation from surface and groundwater irrigation

8. Net energy balance and benefits

9. Benefits of water diversions to groundwater depletion

10. Benefits of flood mitigation in Eastern India and Bangladesh

11. Benefits of additional inland navigation

12. Enumerating and estimating environmental cost & benefits due to NRLP transfers

13. Costs of water logging and salinization

14. Rehabilitating project displaced people

15. Economic, Financial and Social benefits and costs ratios and sensitivities

16. Cost-Benefit Analysis of 3 links

17. How adequate and complete is NRLP in meeting India’s Water Futures to

The components assess ways of maximizing net social benefits if the NRLP takes off as proposed.

1. Issues for finalizing the NRLP concept

2. Cost effective mobilization of resources

3. Ruling out cost and time over runs

4. Organizing for O & M

5. Minimizing environmental cost and risks

6. Institutional mechanisms for project affected people

7. Building effective institutional mechanisms

8. Creating political consensus

• IWMI / CP Research Reports

• Policy Briefs

• Books / Chaptors

• IWMI Working Papers

• Draft Reports (Restricted Access)

• Presentations (PPT)

• Data (PPT)