Groundwater Management : Sustainable Approaches

CONTENTS: Ground Water Management: Need for Sustainable Approach; Democratic Decentralization in India and the Management of Groundwater - An Interstate Analysis: 1980 - 2000; Groundwater Ethics for its Sustainability; Water Law and Rights in India; Dry Troubles and Wet Solutions: Success Story of Ralegan Siddhi''s Watershed Development Project; Sustainable Ground Water Management: Concept and Strategies; Groundwater Development, Use and Management in India: Issues and Options; A Decision Support Tool with Variable Agro - Climate Scenarios for Sustainable Groundwater Management in Semi-Arid Hard-Rock Areas; Comprehensive Assessment of Consequences and Options for Agricultural Groundwater Use; Conservation of Groundwater through Drip Irrigation; Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater Resources in India: Past and Future; Control and Preservation of Ground Water Quality; Kerala''s Plachimada Struggle: A Narrative on Water and Governance Rights; Salinity Prevention and Mitigation Initiative: Agriculture and Water Resource Development in Salinity Ingress Affected Coastal Areas; Groundwater Management in Andhra Pradesh: Policies and Implementation; Urbanization Effects on Ground Water Status of Delhi, India; ''Out of Sight, Out of Mind'': Absence of Groundwater in Water Allocation of Narmada Basin; Inter-Linking of Water Bodies Through Link Water Channels: Experiences of Innovative Water Harvesting Measures form Saurashtra, Gujarat, India.