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Community Initiatives and Participation

Civil society groups are active forces that propel progress and reforms in the water sector. Get to know the stories of community associations, water users associations, and others as they forge ties with major stakeholders and development partners to address water issues and problems in their communities.
Title Date
36 Roofs for 24/7 Water: Harvesting Rainfall in Badlapur 2007/12
3rd Water Supply and Sanitation Project—Participatory, Consultative and Empowering 2006/09
Access to Water, Access to Education 2007/10
Agricultural Water and Poverty Linkages: Case Studies on Large and Small Systems [ PDF ] 2004
Bangalore Slums Get Bargain Connections 2007/05
Breaking a Dirty Old Habit 2009/01
Building Gender-Responsive Water user Associations in Nepal 2004
Changing Mindsets to Clean Rivers 2009/04
Changing the Sanitation Landscape 2009/02
Coastal Zone Policies and Livelihoods in Bangladesh [ PDF ] 2004
Community Participation Helps Bring Water to Remote Parts of Nepal 2004
Community Radio Series Wades into Water and Gender Question 2006/06
Development Communication Improves Water Project in Vietnamese Towns [ PDF ] 2004
Disputes Beneath the Surface of Bang Pakong 2005/04
Driving Change—The Bang Pakong River Basin Committee Experience 2007/04
Educating Kids for a Healthy Future 2009/02
Empowering People - One River Basin at a Time 2004/09
Eradicating the Marikina River’s Fish Menace 2006/09
Farmers Manage and Police Irrigation Systems 2006/05
Flourishing Local Innovation Keeps the Peace in Samut Songkram 2005/04
Gender and Economic Benefits from Domestic Water Supply in Semiarid Areas: A Case Study in Banaskantha District, Gujarat, Western India 2004
Guarding the River from Generation to Generation 2005/04
India's Management Transfer Scheme Begins Irrigation Reforms 2005/07
Institutionalized Community-Managed Approach for Water Supply and Sanitation in Agusan del Sur 2006/05
Integrated Management of Water, Forest and Land Resources in Nepal: Opportunities for Improved Livelihood [ PDF ] 2004
Integrated Water Resources Management: Practical Experiences and Successful Lessons in Bac Kan Province, Vietnam 2002
Integrated Watershed Management through People's Participation in Upper Mae Yom, Phayao Province, Thailand 2002
Ladies First: Accessible Water for Entrepreneurial Women in Pakistan 2004
Low-Cost Toilets Change the Face of Bhopal’s Slums 2006/06
Mama-86 and the Drinking Water Campaign in the Ukraine 2002
Next Generation RBO—Preparing for a Hydropower Future 2007/04
NGO Intermediation: A Model for Securing Access to Water for the Urban Poor [ PDF ] 2004
NGO, Slum Dwellers Surmount Water and Sanitation Problems in Dhaka 2006/01
Orangi Residents Solve Sanitation Woes 2007/10
Poverty Reduction Gets a Boost in Bac Ninh 2005/03
Providing Water Supply and Sanitation to the Chittagong Hill Tracts 2006/05
Rebuilding Aceh's Water Infrastructure Must Involve Everyone 2005/01
Reconciling People and Nature 2004/12
Restoring Community-Based Water Systems to Alleviate Poverty in Southern Baluchistan, Pakistan 2002
Riding Water Taxis to Clean Rivers 2007/08
River Waste Goes Up in Smoke And Helps Poor Fisherfolk in the Process 2005/09
Rural Water Institutions Flex Muscles for Sustainability 2008/08
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project 2004/07
San Fernando’s Dry Alternative 2008/03
Saving the Fish for Another Day 2005/06
Securing the Lives and Landscape of Hidden Paradise 2005/11
Software Enhances Hardware: Community Awareness Supports Water Infrastructure Project in Papua New Guinea [ PDF ] 2004
Starting Young in Water Resources Conservation 2007/10
Strengthening the Demand Responsive Approach: Learning from Program Experience in Niassa Province, Mozambique [ PDF ] 2004
Tiny Tuvalu Fights for Survival 2007/09
Turning Local Wisdom Into Hydropower Solutions 2008/01
Village Committee Summons Water Goddess to Raise Awareness 2006/04
Villagers Solve Own Water Woes 2005/10
Walking for Water 2004
Waste Threat Prompts Village Action 2008/01
Water and Sanitation Initiative for Urban Poor 2002
Water and Small Pipes: What a Slum Wants, What a Slum Needs 2007/05
Water for Slums: Private Sector Participation in Manila [ PDF ] 2004
Water Today, Better Lives Tomorrow 2004/07
Women Hold Key to Accepting Toilets 2007/09
Women Take the Field: Participatory Water Resources Development for Agriculture 2007/08
Women Water Warriors Bent on Saving Bangkok “Klong” 2006/05

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