CEC now works in about 200 village panchayats involving 1000 villages spread across Tamil Nadu covering over a million people. Nationally, CEC has expanded its horizons to nearly10 states namely Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. CEC also promotes international collaboration (South South Collaboration) with countries such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Bangkok, Malawi, Madagascar, etc and World Bank Institutes. CEC is also a Member of Global Water Operator Partners Association (GWOPA) of the UN and the Reclaiming Public Water (RPW) Network. A valuable team of 2500 members from multiple sectors serve under the CEC umbrella towards securing water and food for all forever.
To have better coordination and control among the 8 departments and also among the Water Users Associations, the CEC works under four Regional Chapters, namely, Madurai, Coimbatore, Chennai and Trichy. The model villages come under these regional chapters which are headed by a Chief Engineer- WRD. All the 8 departments have equal role in the Districts. At the District level, a District Chapter functions with Officers from all the 8 departments. 8-16 villages come under the District chapter. To have better understanding and coordination, 2 villages are captained and adopted by one officer from one of the 8 Departments. He is called the village captain and takes care of all the needs of the farmers irrespective of the department he is in. He helps to co ordinate with officers from other departments and redresses the villager’s grievances by organizing meetings and facilitating the convergence activities.