GROUNDWATER SCENARIO AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

OF INDIA

Dr S.K Jain Regional Director Central Ground Water Board rdnwr-cgwb@nic.inWebsite- cgwb.gov.in

Facts about Global Ground Water Usage

BACKGROUND…..Total Utilisable water resources of the country- 1121 BCM Surface Water Resources - 690 BCM Ground water Resources - 431 BCM ( 38.44%) .

Groundwater Contribution 61% - Irrigation 85% - Rural drinking water supply 45% (approx) - Urban water supply.

Groundwater development Overall stage of ground water development -61% Out of 5845 assessment units, 803 units are

overexploited in the country. Ground Water levels are also declining from less than a

meter to 4 meter annually in various parts.

Background…

XII Plan document envisaged Paradigm shift from “Ground Water Development” to “Ground Water Management”.

A comprehensive scheme of Ground Water Management and Regulation approved by the Govt of India for XIIth Plan and to be rolled to XIII Plan

Scheme ObjectivesAquifer mapping for aquifer disposition in 3- Dimension along with their characterization on 1:50,000 scale

Formulation of Aquifer Management Plan for facilitating sustainable management of ground water resources at regional and local level through participatory management approach

Quantify water availability and water qualityCapacity building of functionaries of PRIs, local

community and grass root workers.Regulate and control ground water development.

Outcome envisaged Improve accuracy of information by 25 times in terms of scale,

hydro-geological settings and dimensions.Accurate data of Over-exploited, Critical, Semi-critical unitsLong term trend of ground water regime for creation of time

series data base and ground water resource estimation.Management of aquifers at micro level through participatory

approach.Capacity building in all aspects of ground water development

and management.Up-gradation of existing infrastructure in line with

international benchmarkingEnable achieving of drinking water security, improved

irrigation facility and sustainability in ground water resources development.

Aquifer Mapping - Implementation Milestones

Prioritization of work for implementing Aquifer Mapping (All Overexploited and

quality affected areas )

Coordination with Central agencies for participation in NAQUIM

Coordination with States in implementation of NAQUIM-SGWCC constituted

Implementation Plan of NAQUIM – Data Gaps identified and data generation

initiated

COMPARISON OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES

DEVELOPMENT No. of Blocks over-exploited2004 552011 71

Aquifer Management PlanProof of Concept (PoC) formulated for

Data Integration

Preparation of Aquifer Maps

Aquifer Response Modeling

Conceptualization of Aquifer Management Plan taken up based on success stories recognized at

National level

International level

Hydrogeological Model

Participatory Ground Water Management

Community empowerment for sustainable and equitable management

Through Capacity building to manage and monitor the ground water resources

Participatory program consist of:

Creation of National, State and District level Facilitation Centers.

Organizing multilevel outreach and capacity building programs for intensive participation of community

Participatory ground water management to make a significant step in ground water management at grass root level to enable the community and stake holders to monitor and manage the ground water as common pool resources themselves.

Coordinated efforts for involving government departments, research institutes, PRIs, civil society organizations and the stakeholders at the village level

Data dissemination CGWB is Operationalizing eGEMS on web platform which

will enable other stake holders across the country to use the centralised facility for data dissemination.

Strengthening of ground water monitoring network by integrating observation wells of CGWB, State deptt,Industries and other water users

Based on aquifer wise ground water management plan, CGWB intends to Develop interactive web based citizen interface (Aquifer Information and Management System)(AIMS)

Real time ground water monitoring will be implemented for online regulation mechanism.

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