@article {Keremane:2006:0790-0627:543,
title = "Self-created Rules and Conflict Management Processes: The Case of Water Users' Associations on Waghad Canal in Maharashtra, India",
journal = "International Journal of Water Resources Development",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/cijw",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2006",
volume = "22",
number = "4",
publication date ="2006-12-01T00:00:00",
pages = "543-559",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0790-0627",
eissn = "1360-0648",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cijw/2006/00000022/00000004/art00003",
doi = "doi:10.1080/07900620600779673",
author = "Keremane, Ganesh B. and Mckay, Jennifer",
abstract = "In India, community participation is receiving much importance in water planning and management. However, in the absence of effective institutional arrangements to govern the allocation and maintenance activities, it is more likely that such participation will fail to achieve
the desired results. Therefore, the present study is an attempt to assess the self-created rules adopted by two Water Users' Associations (WUAs) in Maharashtra State, India, to govern the use and distribution of water resources. The paper describes the perception of the members with regard
to some of these self-created rules. It was observed that both the WUAs studied had effectively enforced these rules, leading to improved water management and efficient conflict management process. Although preliminary, the findings indicate scope for designing strategies to achieve the objective
of forming a federation - better planning and distribution of water among WUAs.",
}