CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD
Ground Water Management Scheme
Central Ground water Board is a multidisciplinary Scientific Organization with the mandate to “Develop and disseminate technologies for scientific and sustainable development and management of India’s Ground Water Resources including monitoring, exploration, assessment and augmentation”. Activities of ground water studies, exploration, monitoring, assessment etc., which are of continuing nature, were earlier covered under the scheme of “Ground Water Survey, Exploration and Investigation”. In view of the emergent ground water situation in various parts of the country, the need has been felt for proper management of ground water resources including their augmentation and regulated development etc. The scope of the earlier scheme has, therefore, been enlarged including the activities of augmentation and regulation of ground water resources and the scheme has been renamed as “Ground Water Management and Regulation”.
Objectives of the scheme are to :
- evolve strategies for scientific planning, development and management of ground water resources under different hydrogeological environs.
- develop and operationalize area - specific techniques / technologies for ground water development, augmentation and management.
- regulate and control the development and management of ground water resources.
- conduct Research & development studies including upgradation of technological capabilities and infrastructural base of the Central Ground Water Board to meet the upcoming challenges in ground water and
- transfer of knowledge and education in hydro-geological research and ground water management. Also increase capacity building in all aspects of ground water development and management through information dissemination, education, awareness and training.
- Increase coordination with concerned central / state govt. organizations for sustainable ground water development and management.
Scope of the scheme:
- Ground water management studies to prepare area-specific ground water development and management plans.
- Remote Sensing Studies to supplement ground water management studies, ground water exploration, artificial recharge etc.
- Ground water exploration aided by drilling to delineate ground water worthy areas and deeper aquifers.
- Periodic assessment of the country’s ground water resources including refinement and updating of methodology.
- Monitoring of ground water levels and quality from ground water observation wells.
- Demonstration of artificial recharge and rain water harvesting studies to develop / update area specific methodologies and also operationalise recharge schemes based on proven technologies.
- Establishing / updating of data storage and information system to store, process and disseminate ground water data.
- Regulate and control ground water development and management in coordination with State Government Organization.
- Water supply investigations for Government, semi government and user agencies.
- Geophysical studies through surface and sub-surface methods to delineate potential aquifers and pinpointing of suitable sites for ground water exploration, artificial recharge etc.
- Ground water modeling studies to provide area specific ground water management plans using multi-criteria technique for decision making.
- Assessment of ground water quality for determining their suitability for various types of uses including use for agriculture, industrial and allied purposes.
- Preparation of Reports, Maps, Ground Water Atlases and Brochures and dissemination of information for planners, administrators and stakeholders.
- Coordinate with State governments with a view to establish benchmark methodologies for ground water studies.
- Develop linkages with Science Institutions on aspects of ground water saving and sharing.
- To take up R & D studies in ground water sector and also application and operationalisation of newer technologies/techniques for ground water investigation, development and management.
- To carry out demonstration of water efficient technologies through suitable experimentation.
- Strengthening of infrastructure by way of acquisition of state of the art equipments viz., drilling rigs, hydrological, geophysical and chemical analysis equipments etc.
- Capacity building and knowledge transfer etc.