WIN Webinar 2020 Session2 ACT ParticipatoryGroundWaterMgmt
Channel: WIN Foundation
Date: 11/09/2020

The second session in WIN Webinar Series on Participatory Ground Water Management talks about success Water Conservation interventions in one of the most arid and saline part of India: Kutch, Gujarat. 

This was done through participation by Village residents and Village bodies, skilling of local youth to become village level hydrogeologists, called "Bhujal Jankar", and taking science to people and people to science. 

Water Security plans were evolved by Bhujal Jankars, with involvement of village groups. Both water supply side and demand side conservation and optimisation methods introduced. 

Knowledge and data management practices adopted, and processes and protocols developed for adoption in other hydrogeological regions in the country. 

Many innovations from Institutions and Startups also adopted e.g. Soil and Water quality - on field measurement with immediate results for action, Local village level weather monitoring.