Groundwater

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal extraction of groundwater in Manakpura, Delhi by the water mafia, 13/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Naresh Kumar Vs Government of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to illegal extraction of groundwater in Manakpura, Delhi by the water supply mafia. According to the complainant, one Hemant has illegally drilled a borewell …

Understanding the electricity, water and agriculture linkages

Agriculture occupies a critical position in the country’s economy, ensuring food security, providing livelihoods, and indeed as a way of life for most rural people. Due to many reasons, growth in agriculture has been largely driven by groundwater based irrigation, powered by electricity. It is also certain that the dominance …

Technology breakthroughs for global water security: a deep dive into South Asia

Water-related challenges are increasing in severity and global extent. They affect the developing world in particular, no more so than in South Asia which suffers from physical water scarcity, economic water scarcity and poor water quality. This report describes the water security problems facing South Asia, and comprehensively identifies the …

Water management in fragile systems: building resilience to shocks and protracted crises in the Middle East and North Africa

This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the World Bank and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization to raise awareness about the importance of water management in fragile systems and to propose strategic responses. It is important to better understand these dynamics to ensure that water does …

Watermelon Rind Cheaply Filters Arsenic in Groundwater

Watermelon rind, usually discarded as waste, has been shown by researchers in Pakistan to be capable of cheaply and efficiently removing arsenic from groundwater. Arsenic poisoning from drinking contaminated groundwater affects about 140 million people in 50 countries and an estimated 43,000 people die of it annually, according to the …

Groundwater depletion causing reduction of baseflow triggering Ganges river summer drying

In summer (pre-monsoon) of recent years, low water level among the last few decades, has been observed in several lower Indian reaches of the Ganges (or Ganga) river (with estimated river water level depletion rates at the range of −0.5 to −38.1 cm/year between summers of 1999 and 2013 in …

Dry’ Punjab draws 1.5 times the water that goes in ground

The Punjab Government may have put on hold the release of new tubewell connections, but the dramatic rate of fall in the ground water level is likely to continue unabated as the existing tubewells annually draw one and a half times the amount of recharge. As much as 77 per …

Twenty Third Report on Socio-economic impact of commercial exploitation of water by Industries: Standing Committee on Water Resources (2017-18)

The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2017-18) present the Twenty Third Report on “Socio-economic impact of commercial exploitation of water by Industries.” The Committee (2016 -17) had taken up the subject “Ground Water Scenario, need for a comprehensive policy and measures to address problems in the Country with particular reference …

Parched Dwarka residents revive two key water bodies

However, despite several orders by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), no concrete steps have been taken by the authorities In the face of government apathy towards reviving water bodies in Delhi, locals and volunteers in the parched Dwarka area have successfully revived two such ponds recently. While the area in …

State plans to hike cess on groundwater extraction

Levy will be up to four times the cess being collected by the water resources regulator Fearing the rapid depletion of groundwater, the Maharashtra government will levy a cess on the use of deep wells for its extraction, either for agricultural or industrial use. The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority …

IIT-Roorkee team roped in for revival of Gurugram's water bodies

GURUGRAM: MCG has roped in a team from IIT-Roorkee to draw up a water conservation plan for the city, which has seen a 82% drop in its groundwater level in the past 10 years. The IIT-R team, which will be headed by two hydrology professors, will largely focus on rainwater …

From rooftops to farmtops: augmenting India’s distributed solar goals through net-metered solar pumps

A Greenpeace India, Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute (GERMI) and IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program analysis finds that if solar pumps were to replace traditional water pumps in farms across the country, India could surpass its solar target of 100 GW by 2022. These grid-connected, net metered solar pumps will also …

Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Rules, 2018: Draft

In its latest draft of Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Rules 2018, the government has made a provision that will require farmers in notified groundwater-stressed areas to seek permission before sowing "water-intensive crop". Unhappy with the decision, farmers’ organisations say that there are alternative ways to discourage farmers from growing …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Ground Water, 19/07/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contamination of Ground Water, 19/07/2018. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) monitors ground water quality periodically to ascertain the magnitude and extent of different contaminants in ground water. The ground water quality data is shared with concerned State Governments for taking necessary remedial measures. States-wise …

Groundwater level receives a boost in the district

Good summer showers and South West Monsoon rain have resulted in increase in water level in tanks and groundwater in Coimbatore.M.Periasamy M_Periasamy Rain to continue in Coimbatore till July 22, says TNAU Good rain that hit Coimbatore during the summer showers season and extended to South West Monsoon period has …

Groundwater level down by a metre in Chennai, says NGO

Inadequate summer rain this year and increased offtake take a toll Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater level has dipped by one metre in Chennai in June compared to the same period last year, according …

Heavy metal: In Gujarat, water uranium level highest in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: Uranium — the heavy metal one usually associates with nuclear reactors — is contaminating Gujarat’s groundwater, finds an elaborate scientific study that covered 16 states. Uranium contamination was found to breach WHO limits of 30 microgram per litre in several parts of Ahmedabad district. Extensive use of groundwater for …

Groundwater level down by a metre in city: study

Inadequate summer rain this year and increased offtake take a toll Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater level has dipped by one metre in Chennai in June compared to the same period last year, according …

SC: Wake up or you’ll have zero groundwater by 2020

NEW DELHI: With Delhi staring at an alarming situation to reach virtually zero groundwater level by 2020, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre and Delhi government for not taking steps and asked them to file response on how to ward off the crisis. A bench of Justices Madan …

Kenya takes a look into the unknown: Its underground water reserves

The sparkling seas that lap the miles of sand along Diani beach have made this corner of southeastern Kenya one of the country's main tourist attractions. Yet few visitors would know that all the water in their taps comes from boreholes sunk into aquifers - underground reservoirs of freshwater that …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dyeing industries in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh operating without the requisite NOC/authorization from CGWA, 02/07/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Pawan Dyeing Vs. Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) & Others dated 02/07/2018 regarding dyeing industries in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh operating without the requisite NOC/authorization from CGWA. CGWA submits that after inspecting the units, they have been granted authorization and …

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