CONTENTS List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes viii Foreword xv Acknowledgements xvii List of Contributors xix List of Abbreviations xxi Overview xxix Ptyush Tiwari and Ajay Pandey SECTION I MACRO 1 A River Basin Perspective of Water Resources and Challenges 3 Anju Gaur and Priyanie Amerasinghe 2 Implications of Climate Change for Water Resources Management 18 P.P. Mujumdar 3 Opportunities for Trans-boundary Water Sharing in The Ganges, The Brahmaputra, and The Meghna Basins 29 Mashfiqus Salehin, M. Shah Alam Khan, Anjal Prakash, and Chanda Gurung Goodrich 4 A Million Revolts in the Making: Understanding Water Conflicts 44 Suhas Paranjape and K.J. Joy 5 Water Rights and the 'New' Water Laws in India: Emerging Issues and Concerns in a Rights Based Perspective 56 Videh Upadhyay SECTION II RURAL 6 Past, Present, and the Future of Canal Irrigation in India 69 Tushaar Shah 7 Grounclwarer Irrigation in India: Growth, Challenges, and Risks 90 Vasant P, Gandhi and Vaibhav Bhamoriya 8 Rainwater Harvesting for Irrigation in India: Potential, Action, and Performance 118 Vasant P. Gandhi and Vaihhav Bhamoriya 9 Water Management Institutions for Enhancing Water and Food Security : Designing for Better Adaptiveness 134 Vaibhav Bhamoriya and Vasant P. Gandhi 10 Evolving Regulatory Framework for Rural Drinking Water: Need for Further Reforms 151 Philippe Cullet 11 Changing Waterscapes in the Periphery: Understanding Peri-urban Water Security in Urbanizing India 162 Anjal Prakash, Sreoshi Singh, and Vishal Narain SECTION III URBAN 12 Provincial Water Access in China and India: A Comparative Assessment 177 Fan Mingxuan and Bhanoji Rao 13 Review of Reforms in Urban Water Sector: Institutional and Financial Aspects 199 Subodh Wagle, Pranjal Deekshit, and Tejas Pol 14 Addressing the Challenge of Financial Sustainability in Urban Water Supply Services- Role of Performance, Monitoring, and Planning 210 Vandana Bhatnagar and S.R. Ramanujam 15 Private Sector Involvement in Water 225 Part I PPPs in the Drinking Water and Irrigation Sectors: A Review of Issues and Options V. Sathyanarayanaand D.T.V. RaghuRamaSwamy Part II Water Sector-A Private Equity Perspective 235 Prasad Gadkari and Shishir Maheshwari 16 Transforming Water Utilities: Policy Imperatives for India 240 Piyush Tiwari and Ranesh Nair 17 Water in Cities: Rethinking Services in Transformation 260 Marie-Helene Zerah and Sylvy Jaglin 18 Industrial Water Demand in India: Challenges and Implications for Water Pricing 274 Suresh Chand Aggarwal and Surender Kumar SECTION IV WASTEWATER 19 Water Pollution in India: An Economic Appraisal 285 M.N. Murty and Surender Kumar 20 Municipal Wastewater Management in India 299 J.S. Kamyotra andR.M. Bhardtvaj 21 The Economics of Municipal Sewage Water Recycling and Reuse in India 312 Pritika Hingorani SECTION V WATER VALUATION AND INSTITUTION 22 Water Sector Reforms: Implications on Empowerment and Equity 325 Sachin Warghade and Subodh Wagle 23 Pricing the 'Fluid Mosaic': Integrated 'Inclusive Valuation' of Water from the Scarcity Value Perspective 337 Nilanjan Ghosh andSarika Rachuri 24 Pricing Urban Water: A Marginal Cost Approach 351 Kala Seethamm Sridhar and Om Prakash Mathur 25 Dams and Environmental Governance in North-east India 360 Neeraj Vagholikar 26 Evaluation of National Water Mission using Global Water Partnership Toolbox 370 Suman Appantsu SECTION VI INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW 27 The Infrastructure Sector in India 2010-11 379 Manisha Gulati