State wide Drinking Water Supply Grid

An Efficient Water Management

ByMahesh Singh, IFS

Member Secretary, GWSSBWater Supply Department

Government of Gujarat

Water Index - Scenario

Availability of Fresh Water (M3/Capita/Year) Category

2500 – 1700 Vulnerable

1700 – 1000 Water Stress

Less than 1000 Water Scarcity

Highly Populated Continent comes under Water Stressed

Surface Water Scenario – Gujarat State

Geographical Area

India (3065000 Sq.Km.)

Gujarat 6.40%(196024 Sq.Km.)

Population (2011)

India (121.01 Crore)

Gujarat 5.00%(6.03 Crore)

Water AvailabilityIndia (1869000 MCM)

Gujarat 2.03%(38000 MCM)

• Total 185 Rivers in Gujarat State out of Which only 8 are perennial located in Southern Gujarat

• Drinking water scarcity felt in almost 2/3rd part of the State

Fresh water availability - India & Gujarat

Fresh Water Availability M3/Capita/Annum

India 1869

Gujarat 850

1970s'

Fresh aquifer

Fossil water

Ground Water

Ground Water

Ground Water

Ground Water

No water

If no solution….…???

Problems of Drinking Water

• Long coastline (1600 Kms.) & Gulf– Salinity ingress

• Hills and Low recharge

• Excessive exploitation of ground water

• Recurrent Droughts

Seasonal Scarcity

Salinity

Nitrate

Fluoride

As per Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission Survey 2003-04

Quality Problems Fluorosis

Problem Areas

Problems of Drinking Water

Efficient Water Management by Paradigm Shift

Ground Water to Surface Water

Inter-basin transfer of water from water surplus area to water scarce area.

Narmada Water to 9633 villages and 131 towns of Saurashtra, Kachchh, North Gujarat and Panchmahal areas of Gujarat State.

Regional water supply schemes based on Irrigation Reservoir/Canals in Central & South Gujarat

Drought proofing of Saurashtra, Kachchh, North Gujarat & Panchmahals

State Wide Drinking Water Grid based on Narmada Canal

Narmada Dam

Pipeline laid under State wide Drinking Water Grid

2678 Kms. – Bulk Pipeline

120769 Kms – Distribution Pipeline

The Length of pipeline laid under State wide drinking water grid is as much as whole Earth can be wrapped 3 times.

About 3.90 Cr. Population of 11307 villages and 131 towns is covered and about 2900 MLD Water is supplied through Water Supply Grid.

• 2678 Km Bulk Water Transmission main

• 120769 Km Distribution pipeline

• 181 Water Treatment Plant of 2900 MLD

Capacity.

• 23693 Storage Reservoir

Infrastructure Creation

Infrastructure Creation

11307 Villages and 131 Towns are connected through Water Grid.

3.90 Crore Population of the State is supplied about 280 Crore liter water daily.

2,24,049 Handpumps Installed.

7688 Mini Pipe Schemes Functional.

WASMO Special Purpose Vehicle for Community Empowerment in Achieving

Drinking Water Security

Village Level Water Management

To enable communities to have adequate, safe and sustainable drinking water supply and improved habitat by ensuring empowerment and active community management of natural resources, leading to an improvement in their living standards

Objectives:

• To empower rural community through Pani Samitis

• To work as a proactive facilitator and provide technical, social and financial support to Pani Samitis

• To build strong partnerships with NGOs and stake holders to strengthen local self governance for efficient service delivery.

• To encourage adoption of best practices and habitat improvement by taking up exhaustive IEC.

Village Level Water Management

WASMO Building Up Partnership

WASMONodal Agency

• Collaborations• Sharing resources• Sharing knowledge• Innovations

Government Departments

International- UNICEF, Water Aid, CARE, Convergence

• Information• Organizing community• Intermediation• Building social cohesion• Building trust• Counter to corruption

NGOs

Village local body, Community based organizations

Facilitation

Formation of Pani Samities & Household Tap Connectivity

Against National average of household tap connectivity of 34% Gujarat has achieved 76% tap connectivity.

2013

76.00%

From Water Scarcity to Water Security

Thank You