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Water: spatial dynamics, competitive claims and governance
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The water demand has been increasing all over the world for agricultural, urban and industrial needs and India is no exception in this scenario. Despite the technological progress which allows man to develop storage, transport and drilling capacities, increasing water needs are not systematically met. Water is indeed a limited (and limiting) resource, with a fluctuating spatial and temporal availability. Competitive situations, degradation of water availability, conflicts in sharing are becoming more frequent and create a stress on the resource. How to reduce this stress? Is it a question of management of the demand, of water allocation?
We propose in this seminar to focus on the spatial dimension of water use and management. Indeed, with the new technologies, man has shifted the available resource farther both in term of time or/and space and has drawn some new areas of water use. The spatial dynamics of water access evolves, and we refer here to various situations such as: urban-periurban, urban-rural, within cities, downstream/ upstream issues within a watershed, or between States, or within an irrigation system or even within a village. Man has then created new areas of conflict and competitive claims of the resource. Did this lead to the definition of new spaces for water management or, on the contrary, is the lack of such new spaces one of the reasons of the water crisis? How does the governance of water, dealing with the present challenges of sharing such a precious resource, integrate these new spatial dimensions? These questions will be discussed through three sessions :
Session 1 : Spatial dynamics of water use This session will deal with the spatial variability of water availability or supply, the more or less local specific characteristic of water use, and mapping as a tool to show the changes in the practices of water uses, either in rural area or in cities. Maps and images get indeed an increasing room in reports and projects. How do these maps help to show the changes, to point out the water issue and are they put to best use in policy making?
Session 2 : Competitve claim - Reducing stress The increasing needs of a limited resource bring forward competitive situations : intersectorial and intrasectorial ones (urban and peri-urban competition, industrial and agricultural competition). These situations will be described and solutions to reduce the stress on the resource pointed out. These can relate to technical, legal, economic, managerial solutions.
Session 3 : Social and spatial units of water governance The social management of water will be the central part of this session. Various scale of water management will be presented (basin, watershed, village community,etc) and the discussions will focuse on the scale water has to be managed. Some other questions will raise : What is the relation between the spatial unit of water use and the social unit of water management? Do these two have to be correlated? What is the implication for the policies?
Programme
Day 1 - 30th November 2007
Inauguration - 9.00 am
| Welcome | Dr Olivia Aubriot, IFP |
| Presidential Address | Prof S Jayachandran, Dean of School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University |
| Inaugural Address | Dr J-P Muller, Director of French Institute (IFP) |
| Felicitation | Shri M Arunachalam, Director, Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Government of Puducherry |
| Key-Note Address | Prof N H Raveendranath, Head, Center for Sustainable Technologies, I.I.Sc., Bangalore & Member, IPCC |
| Overview of the Seminar | Prof S Janakarajan, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai |
| Vote of Thanks | Prof K V Devi Prasad, Department of Ecology & Environment Sciences, Pondicherry University |
Session 1 - Spatial dynamics of water use - 10.30 am – 1.30 pm
Special guest : Mr.S.Ranganathan
| Deepak Madan, Delhi | Spatial dynamics of agricultural land use and irrigation water use |
| K.K. Garg, A. Gaur, ICRISAT, Hyderabad | Identify Areas to Improve Agricultural Water Productivity in Upper Bhima Catchment of South India |
| Olivia Aubriot, IFP | Mapping the diversity of irrigation types and uses. Implication for governance |
| Jean-Philippe Venot, IWMI, Hyderabad | Integrating Spatial Dynamics for Sustainable Water Management at the Basin Scale: The Example of the Krishna Basin in South India |
| Esha Shah, IDS, University of Sussex, GB | Spatial Stories: Historical Geographies of Tank Irrigation Technology in Karnataka, India |
| Olivia Aubriot, IFP | Mapping the diversity of irrigation types and uses. Implication for governance. |
| Devi Prasad and Bhalla, Pondicherry University | Watershed tank management, ecology and the use of map |
| R. Sathya, J. Sangeetha and P. Shankar, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli | A Study on Migratory Birds and its Impact on Karaivetti Lake Water, Perambalur District, Tamilnadu, India |
Session 2- Competitive claim - Reducing stress - 2.30 - 5.00 pm
| G.Sathis Kumar, S.Ramaswamy, Gandhigram Rural University | Water for Sustainable Livelihood: Principles and Challenges |
| Prakash Nelliyat, Anna University, Chennai | Industrial water management: emerging challenges from Tiruppur |
| G. S. Sastry, ISEC Bangalore | Issues of urban water supply in an emerging megalopolis of developing country: Bangalore, India |
| Yudhistra Kumar and M. Vikram Reddy, Pondicherry University | Sewage Treatment: Reducing Stress on Receiving Water Resource |
| Janakarajan, MIDS, Chennai | Competition in periurban area, urban and agrarian area |
“Bittersweet waters”
published by IFP
Chief Guests : Shri V. VAITHILINGAM,
Hon’ble Industries & Power Minister, Puducherry,
and Mrs. Joëlle RAYET ,
French Consul General in Chennai and Puducherry.
The first copy of the DVD will be received by
Shri Rajendra RATNOO, IAS,
District Collector of Cuddalore
The ceremony will be followed by a cocktail & a dinner in the garden of the IFP (invitation card required).
Day 2 – 1st December 2007
Session 3 : Poster session on water pollution -9.00 – 10.00 am
| Jothivel Mullai Manimozhi, J.J.College of Arts and Science Pudukottai | Impact of solid waste dumping on the quality of groundwater |
| J. Sangeetha, R. Sathya and P. Shankar, Bishop Heber College,Trichy | Assessment of Ground Water Quality in Tirupur Town, Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu, India |
| Ms.D.Udhayabanu, Ms.V.Shylaja, Mr.A.Rajendran, Alpha Water Technologies, Chennai | Applicability of Heber water quality index (HWQI –I) for the assessment of pollution load of groundwater in Pulivalam area |
| Ms.Udhayabanu.D, Mr.Vetriselvan.R, Mr.S.SugantharajanImmanuel, Bishop Heber College,Trichy | Purification of contaminated ground water using multistage suspended solar still |
Session 4 : Social and spatial unit, with awareness program - 10.00 am – 1.30 pm
| Shashi Kant Singh, School of Legal Studies, Lucknow | Water management : a crisis of governance |
| Olivier Petit, University d’Artois, France | Governance of the Beauce Aquifer: From Use Conflict to Cooperation |
| Mathew Kurian, World Bank, Delhi | Sustainable Drinking Water Supply Services in Peri-urban Regions |
| K. Parthasarathi & N. Mudiyappan, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy | Attitude and awareness towards watershed management at Keral State |
| K. Senthil Prasad, Keystone Foundation | The Nilgiris Water Resources Project |
| Judith D’Souza, Harvest, NGO, Auroville | Water management Awareness for villagers |
| Sushanta Mahapatra, Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai | Operation and maintenance of surface irrigation system, Orissa |
| P.I. Prabhakar, IFP | Confining ‘Territories’ in water management for irrigation – Implementers and Users |
| G.Poyya Moli and B. GUNA, Pondicherry University | Community based tank rehabilitation / irrigation management – a futuristic vision |
| Abbasi, Pondicherry Univ. | The “virtual water” concept |
Valedictory Session : 2.30 to 3.30 pm
By Gomathynayagam, ret. PWD Eng
Organizers
- Pondicherry University
- French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP),
- Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS)
Funding
- Pondicherry University
- French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP),
- Department of Science and Technology (Government of Puducherry)
- Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
Venue
Earth Science Seminar Hall, Pondicherry University, R.Venkataraman nagar, kalapet, Puducherry - 605 014, India
Participants
- Olivia Aubriot (IFP)
- Bhalla (Pondicherry University)
- Judith D’Souza (Harvest, NGO, Auroville)
- K.K. Garg (ICRISAT, Hyderabad)
- A. Gaur (ICRISAT, Hyderabad)
- B. Guna (Pondicherry University)
- Trupti Jain (Naireeta Foundation, Ahmedabad)
- Janakarajan (MIDS, Chennai)
- G.Sathis Kumar (Gandhigram Rural University)
- Yudhistra Kumar (Pondicherry University)
- Mathew Kurian (World Bank, Delhi)
- Deepak Madan (Delhi)
- Sushanta Mahapatra (Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai)
- G.Poyya Moli (Pondicherry University)
- N. Mudiyappan (Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy)
- Prakash Nelliyat (Anna University, Chennai)
- K. Parthasarathi (Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy)
- Biplab Ketan Paul (Naireeta Foundation, Ahmedabad)
- Olivier Petit (University d’Artois, France)
- P.I. Prabhakar (IFP)
- Devi Prasad (Pondicherry University)
- K. Senthil Prasad (Keystone Foundation)
- S.Ramaswamy (Gandhigram Rural University)
- M. Vikram Reddy Pondicherry University
- J. Sangeetha (Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli)
- G. S. Sastry (ISEC Bangalore)
- R. Sathya (Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli)
- Esha Shah (IDS, University of Sussex, GB)
- P. Shankar (Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirapalli)
- Shashi Kant Singh, (School of Legal Studies, Lucknow)
- Jean-Philippe Venot (IWMI, Hyderabad)
Latest addition : 9 May 2008.