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AF<br />

Abbreviations and<br />

Acronyms<br />

Accion Fraterna (an NGO)<br />

AIS & LUS All India Soil and Land Use Survey<br />

AP Andhra Pradesh<br />

APARD Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural<br />

Development<br />

APGWD Andhra Pradesh Groundwater<br />

Department<br />

APRLP Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods<br />

Programme<br />

APSRAC Andhra Pradesh State Remote Sens<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Applications Centre<br />

APWELL Netherlands-assisted Andhra Pradesh<br />

Groundwater Borewell Irrigation<br />

Schemes Project<br />

ARCVIEW Geographical In<strong>format</strong>ion System<br />

software package (ESRI Inc.)<br />

AWRA APRLP Water Resource Audit<br />

COMMAN Project Community Management of<br />

Groundwater <strong>Resources</strong> <strong>in</strong> Rural India<br />

CPR Common pool resources<br />

CRIDA Central Research <strong>Institute</strong> for Dryland<br />

Agriculture<br />

CSWCRTI Central Soil and Water Conservation<br />

Research and Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>Institute</strong><br />

CWC Central Water Commission<br />

DA Daily allowance<br />

DCBC District Capacity Build<strong>in</strong>g Centre<br />

DDP Desert Development Programme<br />

DFID Department for International<br />

Development (UK Government)<br />

DPAP Drought Prone Area Programme<br />

DPF District Plann<strong>in</strong>g Framework<br />

DRD Department of Rural Development<br />

DWCRA Development of Women and Children <strong>in</strong><br />

Rural Areas Programme<br />

EC European Commission<br />

ETp Potential evaporation<br />

EU European Union<br />

F fluoride<br />

FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture<br />

Organisation<br />

FC <strong>full</strong>y covered<br />

GIS Geographical In<strong>format</strong>ion System<br />

GoAP Government of Andhra Pradesh<br />

GoI Government of India<br />

GPS Global Position<strong>in</strong>g System<br />

GWD Groundwater Department<br />

GWP Global Water Partnership<br />

Ha hectare<br />

Ham hectare metre<br />

HP Horse power<br />

ICAR Indian Council for Agricultural Research<br />

ICRISAT International Centre for Research <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Semi-Arid tropics<br />

IMD Indian Meteorological Department<br />

IRS Indian Remote Sens<strong>in</strong>g Satellite<br />

IWMI International Water Management <strong>Institute</strong><br />

KAR Knowledge and Research<br />

KAWAD Karnataka Watershed Development Project<br />

lpcd litres per capita per day<br />

M&E Monitor<strong>in</strong>g and evaluation<br />

MIS Management <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion system<br />

MRO Mandal Records Officer<br />

NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development<br />

NBSSLUP National Bureau of Soil survey and Land Use Plann<strong>in</strong>g<br />

NC not covered<br />

NGO Non-Government Organisation<br />

NRIS <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> In<strong>format</strong>ion System<br />

NRSA National Remote Sens<strong>in</strong>g Agency<br />

NRSP <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Systems Programme<br />

NSS No safe source (refers to villages <strong>in</strong> the RWSS<br />

programme)<br />

O&M Operation & Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance<br />

PC partially covered<br />

PC Personal computer<br />

PD Project Director<br />

ppm parts per million<br />

PR & RD Panchayati Raj and Rural Development<br />

PRP Policy Research Programme<br />

PSU Project Support Unit<br />

RDT Rural Development Trust<br />

RGNDWM Rajiv Gandhi National Dr<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g Water Mission<br />

ROR Record of Right<br />

R/S Remotely sensed<br />

RWS Rural Water Supply<br />

RWSS Rural Water Supply and Sanitation<br />

SC Scheduled caste<br />

SCS Soil conservation service<br />

SHG Self-help group<br />

SS safe source<br />

ST Scheduled tribe<br />

TDF Total dissolved solids<br />

QC Quality control<br />

QPA Quantitative participatory assessment<br />

VAO Village Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Officer<br />

VWSCS Village Water and Sanitation Committee<br />

WH Water harvest<strong>in</strong>g<br />

WHiRL Water, Households and Rural Livelihood Project<br />

WHO World Health Organisation<br />

WL Water level<br />

WRA Water resource audit<br />

WSS water supply and sanitation<br />

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