WHiRL
is seeking a new approach to Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM), which acknowledges that domestic water supplies and
environmental sanitation contribute to livelihoods in a wide
range of ways. Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) are crucial
to health and well-being, and can make an important contribution
to food production and income generating activities, while
the management of
WSS systems also has important effects on the ecosystems that
support livelihoods. Through research and promoting more effective
integration and coordination between watershed development
and rural water supply projects, the project aims to promote
better institutional and operational solutions for IWRM.
The
project will identify, assess and promote innovative institutional
and operational strategies to increase WSS involvement in
IWRM. Action research is being carried out by NGOs and partner
organisations in India (in partnership with APRLP)
and in South Africa.
The project will promote the sharing of experiences and approaches
to stimulate new thinking and to develop in-country research
capacity.
The WHiRL project is coordinated by the Natural Resources
Institute (NRI) of the University of Greenwich, UK, and funded
by DFID up to March 2004.
Video
film - Understanding linkages: water and livelihoods
in Andhra Pradesh, India. Available to order.
Papers
and reports
- outlines reports on work on progress, workshops and research
on WHIRL.
Securing
Water to Enhance Local Livelihoods (SWELL) See
Livelihoods Connect Tools IndexNEW
Water
and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh: Background
paper AJ James; Elizabeth Robinson WHIRL Project
Working Paper 3 PDFUPDATED
CD
Rom of full collection
of tools and methods, case studies, short films, publications,
photographs and other training materials CD from publications@irc.nl
(order code: WHIRL). NEW
WHiRL
is seeking a new approach to Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM), which acknowledges that domestic water supplies and
environmental sanitation contribute to livelihoods in a wide
range of ways. Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) are crucial
to health and well-being, and can make an important contribution
to food production and income generating activities, while
the management of
WSS systems also has important effects on the ecosystems that
support livelihoods. Through research and promoting more effective
integration and coordination between watershed development
and rural water supply projects, the project aims to promote
better institutional and operational solutions for IWRM. 
