PRESENTATION GIVEN BY

SUSHIL GUPTASUSHIL GUPTA CHAIRMAN

CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARDNEW DELHI

11.4.13

DECLINE IN GROUND WATER - environmental degradation POSSIBILITY -we may exhaust all the ground water resources

much to the chagrin of our future generations. Rain –water harvesting is a very old tradition in our country. Popular in the water scarce areas - right from the Himalayas

to Kanyakumari However, with the passage of time and modernization, the

traditional wisdom got buried under the bane of development.

Now that the situation of scarcity of drinking water, especially in the cities, has reached an alarming level, the need is to revive the ancient techniques and methodologies to harvest and conserve water, albeit with the latest scientific and technical inputs.

MASTER PLAN FOR ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE STANDARD DESIGNS FOR ARTIFICIAL

RECHARGE IN DELHI MANUAL OF ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE TO

GROUND WATER RAINWATER HARVESTING GUIDE ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE GUIDELINES

CONSERVE AND USECONSERVE AND USE EVERY DROP OF WATEREVERY DROP OF WATER