Water security
Enhanced water availability and security through systematic rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge initiatives across multiple districts.
Water resource management
Rainwater harvesting, water conservation, and sustainable water management systems.
18
Tanks de-silted
118
Recharge shafts built
25+
Years experience
5,644
PIM beneficiaries
Understanding
What water resource management means
What is water resource management?
Water resource management is the comprehensive planning, development, distribution, and optimization of water resources to meet current and future human and environmental needs through systematic water management practices.
Our water resource management programs focus on sustainable water conservation, rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge, and community-based water management systems. Since 2000, Coodu Trust has worked as coordinating agency, consultant and training partner on water management projects — most recently in Manur Block, Tirunelveli, where the water table rose by 5–10 feet and cultivable area increased by 25–30% after tanks were desilted and recharge shafts built.
We emphasize participatory approaches that involve local communities in water resource planning and management, ensuring long-term sustainability and equitable water distribution while building climate resilience.
- Water conservation
- Community participation
- Sustainable practices
- Ecosystem restoration
Why this work matters
The challenge on the ground — and our answer
The challenge
Silted tanks that store less each year
Village tanks slowly fill with silt, shrinking the water they can hold for the dry months.
Our response
Restore the water bodies
Tank desilting and rehabilitation bring storage back — 18 tanks de-silted in Manur Block, Tirunelveli: seven under the TATA Power programme, seven under Krishna Mines and four more with ATC Tyres.
The challenge
Monsoon rain that runs off unused
Without harvesting structures, seasonal rain drains away instead of recharging the groundwater communities depend on.
Our response
Harvest the rain, recharge the aquifer
Rainwater collection systems, storage solutions and 118 recharge shafts return the rain to the ground where it is needed — 67 with ATC Tyres through United Way, Mumbai, 22 with TATA Power, 21 with Krishna Mines and 8 more under the ATC Tyres climate adaptation project.
The challenge
Irrigation without farmer ownership
When farmers have no role in managing irrigation, water systems are neither maintained nor shared equitably.
Our response
Farmer-led irrigation management
As consultant to the Water Resources Organisation, PWD, Virudhunagar, Coodu Trust built the capacity of Water Users Associations under the Government of Tamil Nadu's World Bank-assisted TN-IAMWARM project — a ₹1,11,30,000 assignment over 30 months from November 2011, reaching 5,644 beneficiaries in participatory irrigation management.
The challenge
Water insecurity in a changing climate
Rural communities face growing pressure on water resources, with supplies that are neither reliable nor equitably shared.
Our response
Sustainable, community-based systems
Participatory planning and sustainable management practices ensure long-term water conservation, equitable distribution and climate resilience.
At a glance
The essentials
- Active since
- 200025+ years of water management experience
- Coverage
- 18 tanks · 118 recharge shaftsDe-silted and built in Manur Block, Tirunelveli, and Kadavur Block, Karur
- Flagship project
- TN-IAMWARM (consultancy)Coodu Trust as consultant to WRO/PWD, Virudhunagar; ₹1,11,30,000 over 30 months from November 2011; 5,644 PIM beneficiaries
- CSR partners
- ATC Tyres, TATA Power & Krishna MinesATC Tyres through United Way, Mumbai — tank de-silting, recharge shafts and baby ponds
- Project portfolio
- 4 projectsCSR partnerships and a World Bank-assisted state consultancy, 2002–2025
- Delivery model
- Participatory & community-ledWater user associations and community-based management
Track record
Project portfolio, 2002–2025
| Programme | Period | Type | Highlights | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainwater harvesting (RWH) activities | 2018–2025 | CSR partnership | ATC Tyres, TATA Power, Krishna Mines, Cheran Spinning Mills — recharge shafts, tank desilting and plantation in Manur Block | Ongoing |
| MI-Tank initiative | 2023–2025 | CSR partnership | United Way, Mumbai — cattle ponds, invasive species clearing and catchment works on 20 MI tanks | Ongoing |
| Capacity building of Water Users Associations (WUAs) for PIM — TN-IAMWARM project | 2011–2014 | Consultancy | Consultant to WRO/PWD, Virudhunagar under the World Bank-assisted state project — 5,644 beneficiaries in participatory irrigation management | Completed |
| Rainwater harvesting program | 2002–2003 | NGO programme | Foundation program — where our water resource work began | Completed |
Impact
What water resource management changes
Water body restoration
Restored 18 tanks through desilting and rehabilitation, along with 118 recharge shafts and 25 baby ponds, improving water storage capacity and groundwater recharge in Tirunelveli and Karur districts.
Community participation
Built local capacity through water user associations and participatory irrigation management systems, ensuring community ownership.
Sustainable management
Implemented sustainable water management practices ensuring long-term water resource conservation and climate resilience for communities.
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