This project seeked to develop a comprehensive planning, monitoring and assessment tool for the Department of Water Resources, Madhya Pradesh Government’s pilot project on participatory irrigation management supported by the India Canada Environment Facility. The workshops combined participatory techniques with computer mapping and electronic data storage.

Tanks, or 'eris', are traditional irrigation structures in Tamil Nadu. The Kalivelli watershed, covering 772 sq km, has 225 minor irrigation tank systems, most of which are in a degraded state due to social and economic changes and policy changes. Factors include the introduction of tube wells, changes in social hierarchies, administrative structures, reduced inflows, and increased pressure on land.