01130pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001600040245005500056260000900111300001500120362001200135520077400147650003100921773004400952180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPrakash, S.  aWater resources management - Issues and strategies  c2003  ap.468-474.  aJul-Sep  aIndia's finite and fragile water resources are stressed and depleting while sectoral demands are growing rapidly. Fragmentation of water management at the sectoral, national, regional and international levels with very little coordination amongst them has added another dimension to the issue. Deterioration of surface and groundwater quality due to inadequate pollution control and waste treatment along with rapid urbanisation, industrialisation and intensification of water usage has been causing pollution of rivers, lakes and wet lands. In the past, water has been developed rather than managed. The essence of all water resources management efforts should therefore be to satisfy the water needs of communities in terms of both quantity and quality. - Reproduced.  aWater resources management  aIndian Journal of Public Administration