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Water Node: RRA

Water Node: RRA. Year 1: REVIEW. Rainfall – ET plot for drylands. Groundwater exploitation: long-term desaturation of aquifers…. Overview of project. Objectives. Location and resources. Locations: mainly in areas (but not limited to) where CPs are on

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Water Node: RRA

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  1. Water Node: RRA Year 1: REVIEW

  2. Rainfall – ET plot for drylands

  3. Groundwater exploitation: long-term desaturation of aquifers…

  4. Overview of project Objectives Location and resources Locations: mainly in areas (but not limited to) where CPs are on Geographies: Mainly drylands; diverse geology; one arid location Time: 3 years (present contract for one year) Resources: EUR 44676 HR: 2 + 1 staff + student intern • Document – practices and gaps • Significance of supply and demand side measures wrtrainfed productivity • Strategise protective irrigation across diverse settings – drought buffering • Improving access for all – SM + PI – collectives • Research – data, analysis and synthesis (documentation) • Advocacy – water, agriculture and rural development

  5. Moisture management Protective irrigation

  6. Moisture management/water balance in root zone

  7. Rationale for water management under RRA • Current water crisis is mired in the race to the pumphouse – for irrigated crops. • The importance of water in RFA is not even recognised as a challenge. • Moisture management and critical ‘protective’ irrigation are important to improving RFA. These two aspects emerge as priorities in the use of water as a common pool resource –THE BASIS FOR WATER MANAGEMENT PILOTS IN RRA EFFORTS…

  8. Principle and operation Water management in RFAs as water for protection versus water for exploitation ACWADAM, Pune

  9. Progress – activities (year 1) • Design of work and integrating RRA work with ACWADAM’s core work on hydrogeology and groundwater management • Understanding the macro-picture through a situation analysis in a few locations • Instrumentation and data • Kharif planning – in at least three locations

  10. Progress - results • Water: controls – establishing arguments regarding soils, aquifers and water sources • Data collection, including data on weather parameters • Synthesis of data into a GIS frame • Diversity in controls – geology, soil, water inputs, degree of water use • Inequitous water access even on local scales • Scales – watersheds, aquifers, land-parcels

  11. Soil moisture variability in adjoining villages tapping one watershed and one aquifer…

  12. Improving soil moisture and prioritizing areas for protective irrigation

  13. Risks & assumptions • Data collection • Interface with CPs and other nodes • Sufficiency and capacities of available Human Resources • Steady but clearly evolving • Good progress in about 4 CPs, need to pick up in the others • Some limitation due to stretched HR but filling gaps with available resources possible

  14. Shorter term…first year+ Basic parameters Completed/ongoing activities Reconnaissance visits to all the CP sites completed, with emphasis on understanding argo-hydro-geological setting Hydrogeological understanding in terms of the access to irrigation and soil-moisture status plus some understanding between soil –cropping pattern –water utilization understood in case of 3-4 sites Developing protocols for polling of water resources/grouping water –users to facilitate protective irrigation in upcoming kharif – under process Materials and models being compiled to conduct training and capacity building sessions specifically on water in RFA • Characterising agro-eco-hydro elements of core CP area • Situation analysis wrt to some CPs where implementing the interventions regarding protective irrigation are possible • Developing action plan to facilitate protective irrigation for the maximum coverage of area which area more prone to droughts

  15. Institutional arrangement and support systems Inputs Key results (achieved/expected) Integration of inputs by water node and kharif planning – 2-3 locations Key inputs to analysis of groundwater and weather-related data, including installation of weather stations in 4 CP locations Support in co-ordination of meetings, skypes and in interface with other nodes Strong interface in data collections, field support and in development of the framework for baselines, including interface with ResRA • Project • Organisation • Network (Secretariat) • Other nodes/CPs

  16. Analysis and reflections - 1 • Strengthening the argument of water as protection in RFA • Layering at a certain scale achieved; convergence easier on some counts

  17. Jawadhu hills – topography & watershed drainage

  18. Rainfall Analysis

  19. Drainage & Groundwater Analysis

  20. Is groundwater only about mainstream irrigation??

  21. Analysis and reflections - 2 • Given the complex, but compelling nature of the collaborative framework of RRA, things are moving, albeit slower than expected. • Key takeaway: development of a specialised pool of HR must be taken up for RRA on a priority basis.

  22. Way forward Water node Network Need a plan for conducting comprehensive capacity building – cutting across thematic nodes and CPs and including a research component • Proposed activities to continue, into 2nd year with strong interface of research and application component (including data synthesis) • Rebudgeting for second year, using balance of budget from 1st year • HR, including interns, will be mobilised to cover more locations – possibly all the 9-10 locations by the end of year 2

  23. Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management Email: acwadam@vsnl.net Website: www.acwadam.org

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