Since 2003, Water Management has been entrusted to eligible WUCs. Water will be supplied to every WUCs on a volumetric supply. Water is allocated to each WUCs based on the available water, tentative rainfall based on the time series data, and the indent placed by the WUCs in the command area. In Ghataprabha project, four out of six WUCs in one distributary canal is successfully implementing the water management and collecting water charges.

Water Charges Collection by WUAs fruitful says S.M. Patil

A study on Understanding Water Conflicts - 20 cases of water conflicts in South India ranging from sluice level to interstate water conflicts was  carried out by Pragathi - Farmers Society for Rural Studies and Development, Bangalore and supported by WWF-International - ICRISAT Dialogue Project. Mr. R. Doraiswamy and Dr Bikshum Gujja succesfully completed the study and published the flier of the same in 2004. Mr. R. Doraiswamy was Executive Director - Pragathi and is currently E.D, JalaSpandana. Dr. Bikshum Gujja is Policy Advisor, Global Fresh Water Programme, WWF-International.

The cases are

The Department of Irrigation and CAD, Government of Andhra Pradesh has published book on PIM in AP in its website www.apwaterreforms.in. This book is a useful material for those interested in learning developments in Participatory Irrigation Management in Andhra Pradesh. It can be accessed through following link.

The English version of National Water Policy 2002 is translated into Kannada, Tamil and Telugu by JalaSpandana - South India Farmers Organisation for Water Management and Pragathi - Farmers Society for Rural Studies and Development, Bangalore, JalaSpandana Society, Hyderabad and Tamilaga Vezhan Neervala Niruvanam in 2004.