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Title
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Understanding the Impacts from Springshed Development across the Himalayan Region
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Description
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The People's Science Institute in Dehradun has been working on regenerating underground seepage in the Himalayan region through engineering, vegetation, and social measures. These measures include trenching, small check dams/gullyplugs, recharge pits, planting of fuelwood, fodder, fruit trees, and grass, and social fencing. Secondary information collection steps for springshed development include hydrological surveys, socio-economic surveys, geo-tagged spring's inventory, spring discharge, water quality, household and population, and institutions. The finalization of critical springs, community mobilization, preparation of spring sheds, development plans, awareness building, formation of Water User Groups (WUGs), selection and capacity building, exposure visits, agreement with the community, establishment of data collection and monitoring systems, water balance, recharge area demarcation, aquifer mapping, treatment measures, water and sanitation protocols, budget, implementation of plans with community participation, evaluation, discharge, quality, survival rate, water sharing, livelihoods, operation and maintenance, and survey benefits. The springshed development activities have led to increased water storage capacity, soil retention, and improved domestic water availability and farm productivity.
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Date
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17 March 2018
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Language
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English
