The Water Management Wing of Agriculture department has the following main functions:
- Organization and registration of water users associations (WUAs)
- Renovation, rehabilitation, and improvement of watercourses
- Strengthening of precision land leveling services in the private sector
- Promotion of high efficiency pressurized (drip and sprinkler) irrigation systems
- Provision of solar sytem with High Efficiency Irrigation Systems
- Provision of subsidy on installation of Tunnes with High Efficiency Irrigation Systems
- Development of small scale irrigation schemes in non-canal commanded areas
- Construction of water storage ponds / tanks
- Provision of on-farm surface drainage facilities
- Identification, acquisition, pilot testing/ evaluation, indigenization, and promotion/up-scaling of the latest irrigation water management interventions/ technologies through adaptive research
- Capacity building of stakeholders (technical staff, trainers / extension workers and farmers) in improved water management interventions
- Coordination with international, regional, national and provincial organizations as well as Research, Extension and Field wings of Punjab Agriculture Department for irrigation water management technology transfer