Based on twenty detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income countries as they start to follow India on the economic growth (and subsequent service levels) transition.

Part 1: Community Management: Background, Review and Challenges 1. Research Purpose and Background 2. Community Management and Community Management Plus: The Background 3. A Systematic Review of Success Factors in the Community Management of Rural Water Supplies over the Past Thirty Years 4. Revisiting the History, Concepts and Typologies of Community Management for Rural Drinking Water Supply in India 5. Case Study Research Methodology Part 2: Community Management Case Studies of Success from India 6. Community Management in the 'Neo-patrimonial', Low-income States 7. Community Management in the 'Social-democratic', Middle-income States 8. Community Management in the 'Developmental', High-Income States 9. Community Management in the Mountains and Hilly Regions of India Part 3: Synthesis of Successful Community Management Arrangements in India 10. Organisational Arrangements for Successful Community Management 11. The Cost of Good Services 12. Monitoring and Regulation of Community Management 13. Aspects of Gender in Community Management 14. Discussion and Conclusions about Community Management in India and Beyond