• Contact a water management expert about developing a participatory process and training program.
• Facilitate the organization of community-based Water Conservation and Management Committee.
• If you formed a committee and OL 343, you can simply form a subcommittee for this.

• Survey community members to identify their knowledge of water use. Identify local knowledge on conservation techniques.
• Community workshop on participatory mapping of water resources, uses, challenges and ecosystem services.
• If you did this in OL 343, you can use that information.
• Identify important water sources and challenges.
• Prioritize degraded watersheds, water springs, rivulets, ravines and man-made waterways for protection/restoration.

Setting up a Water Management Committee developing a Water Management plan. In week 8 of OL 343 you set up a community based water management committee. You can use the same technique to set up a Community Based Water Management Subcommittee. The committee will be in charge of developing a Water Management plan. Setting up a subcommittee is a much more rapid process than setting up a full committee.

• Evaluate results of participatory mapping of water resources and challenges.
• Watershed management and soil and water conservation.
• Watershed restoration and conservation through reforestation.
• Check dams for controlling runoff and plugging gullies.

• Household rooftop rainwater harvesting.
• Water collection and rainwater storage. Rainwater harvesting tank.
• Work with local designers and material providers to design affordable, appropriate, rainwater harvesting systems.
• Simple point of use water purification systems.
• Community-level rainwater harvesting.
• Subsurface dams. Small earth dams. Water from rocks. Reservoirs.
• Rain water storage tanks.

• Propose appropriate techniques to the Water Conservation and Management Committee for feedback.
• Committee workshop(s) on developing a community based water use, conservation and management plan.

• Prioritize which water conservation/management technique should be introduced in the first workshop.
• Contact water expert for feedback and input
• Develop a workshop lesson plan.
• Draw a how-to card.
• Arrange the date and location for the workshop with your community contact person.
• Arrange for supplies and tools for the workshop with your community contact person.

• Organize your own presentation materials.
• Arrange for colleagues to accompany you in facilitating the workshop.
• Ask water management expert to join you in the workshop
• Facilitate the capacity building workshop in the field.