Andhra Pradesh State Water Policy .

The objective of the Andhra Pradesh State Water Policy, 2008 is to ensure the comprehensive multi-sectoral planning, development and management of the State’s water resources, and effective, efficient, equitable and sustainable service deliveries for various water uses.
The Policy seeks to ensure water security to the entire population by: 1. Supplying adequate clean, hygienic, accessible, affordable and safe water to all citizens for drinking; 2. Ensuring appropriate institutional and legal frame work, in the water sector for supply of water to various users / users. It also seeks to improve water management and efficiency by: 1. Integrated and coordinated efforts by all concerned institutions/organizations in developing a policy framework for planning water resources, augmenting them and putting them to productive use; 2. Effective participation of users in development and management of the State’s water resources. In order to improve availability and efficiency of irrigation water, the Policy proposes: to improve the productivity of the State’s water resources to achieve economic, social, and environmental objectives through an outcome-orientated approach for institutional and investment activities; to ensure water security to the State’s population to maximize the benefits to various users of water while minimizing vulnerability to droughts, floods, and pollution; to promote sustainable use of groundwater. In addition, the Policy seeks to maintain and sustain ecological balance by: Conserving and protecting water bodies and wetlands, through regulation and enforcement of standards for water infrastructure, usage and waste disposal; Regulating the use of the land around water bodies; Enforcing the recycling of industrial effluents and wastewater for secondary uses.