science, policy and practice : insights from collaborative
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Science, policy and practice : Insights from collaborative water forum (Pani Chautari) in Nepal
Kamal Devkota
Program Director
Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS)
28 June 2019
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Map showing location of cities
• Dhulikhel – hill-top town, 30km east of capital (Kathmandu)
• 1441 meters above the sea level • 32162 people in 52 sqkm
• Dharan – foothill town of Mahabharat, 380 km southeast of Kathmandu
• 350 meters above the sea level
• 137705 people in 1892.32 sqkm
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The water and climate in the Himalaya
• Himalayas are known as the “Water Tower of Asia”
• The region is vulnerable to climate change
• In Nepal- 58.4% people live in rapidly urbanizing small towns
• Springs, streams and rivers are the main source of drinking water
• Increasing demand-decreasing supply
• Too much and too little water
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Issue identification
Deliberation
Municipality, government organizations, water user
committees, private sector, excluded community,
commercial users
Diagnostic study
PANI CHAUTARI
Innovation, champion, leadership capacity building
Ownership, sustainability ,
governance
Informed policy making and
sustainable practices
Pani Chautari: Conceptual design
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Collaboration approach and innovation
• Multi-stakeholder platform
• Collaboration among academic and practitioners community
• Open deliberation
• Discuss on problems and identify solutions followed by piloting and up scaling
• Lead by municipality
• Demand driven
• Links science with local policy and practice
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Solution tested in Dhulikhel
• Series of recharge ponds and contour trenches
• Co financed by municipality, community (water and forest users groups) and research institute
• Use of simple geohydrology
and local knowledge
• Water discharge in the drying springs enhanced gradually
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Solution tested in Dharan
• Recharge pit to avoid flash flood and recharge ground water
• Training to masons to
construct recharge pits • Municipal policy – now
mandatory recharge pit while building new buildings
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Key opportunities and way forward
• Importance of science, policy and practices to make cities resilient
• Pani Chautari
– strengthen capacity of city level water champions
– broker partnership and foster innovations on climate adaptive and equitable water management
• Pani Chautari tool kit with flexibility to contextualize and use in different contexts
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Thank You