Manual for Implementation of Sustainability Schemes under NRDWP 2012

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Manual for Implementation of Sustainability Schemes under National Rural Drinking Water Programme 2012 is a comprehensive technical guidance document published by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Government of India for strengthening the sustainability of rural drinking water sources and systems. The manual supports the implementation of the Sustainability Component under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme and provides a standardized framework for planning designing implementing monitoring and managing sustainability interventions across rural India. The manual explains the concept of sustainability by emphasizing that rural drinking water security depends on maintaining both adequate quantity and acceptable quality of water throughout the design life of the water supply system. It highlights the need to address groundwater depletion declining water quality over exploitation inadequate community participation and poor operation and maintenance. The document promotes a shift from infrastructure creation towards ensuring household level drinking water security through sustainable source management and integrated water resource planning. The manual introduces the principles of source sustainability system sustainability financial sustainability and social and environmental sustainability. It provides detailed guidance on village water security planning including administrative measures technical surveys water demand assessment water quality testing mapping monitoring and community participation. It defines the process for identifying water stressed villages preparing village level water security plans and selecting suitable sustainability interventions based on scientific assessment and local conditions. A major portion of the manual focuses on groundwater recharge and rainwater harvesting technologies. It explains artificial recharge methods recharge pits recharge shafts contour bunds contour trenches check dams percolation tanks groundwater dams infiltration galleries recharge wells rooftop rainwater harvesting induced recharge hydrofracturing borewell blasting and other water conservation techniques. The document also provides decision support guidance for selecting appropriate sustainability structures based on rainfall geology hydrogeology geomorphology drainage pattern groundwater conditions topography and source characteristics. The manual includes funding guidelines eligibility criteria implementation mechanisms monitoring systems impact assessment renewable energy measures and case studies demonstrating successful sustainability interventions. It encourages convergence with programmes such as MGNREGS and promotes the involvement of Gram Panchayats Village Water and Sanitation Committees technical agencies and local communities in planning implementation operation and maintenance. Overall the manual serves as an authoritative technical reference for ensuring long term sustainability resilience and reliability of rural drinking water systems while improving water security through scientific planning community participation and efficient resource management.