World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-01-29https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2835India is the largest groundwater user in the world, with an estimated usage of around 230 cubic kilometers per year, more than a quarter of the global total. With more than 60 percent of irrigated agriculture and 85 percent of drinking water supplies dependent on it, groundwater is a vital resource for rural areas in India. Reliance of urban and industrial waste supplies on groundwater is also becoming increasingly significant in India. Through the construction of millions of private wells, there has been a phenomenal growth in the exploitation of groundwater in the last five decades. The potential social and economic consequences of continued weak or nonexistent groundwater management are serious, as aquifer depletion is concentrated in many of the most populated and economically productive areas. The implications are disturbing for attainment of the millennium development goals, for sustaining economic growth and local livelihoods, and for environmental and fiscal sustainability. The consequences will be most severe for the poor. Furthermore, climate change will put additional stress on groundwater resources; while at the same time will have an unpredictable impact on groundwater recharge and availability.CC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITYAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL IRRIGATIONAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALLOCATION OF WATERANNUAL PRECIPITATIONANNUAL RAINFALLAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMSAQUIFERAQUIFER DEPLETIONAQUIFER RECHARGEAQUIFERSASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATERAVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALLBASINSBROAD RANGECANAL IRRIGATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCITY WATERCLIMATE CHANGECOMMON PROPERTYCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENTCONJUNCTIVE USECONJUNCTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATERCONJUNCTIVE USE OF SURFACE WATERCONSTRUCTIONCONSUMERSCONSUMPTIVE USECOST OF WATERCROP DIVERSIFICATIONCROP PRODUCTIONDEBTDECISION MAKERSDEEP WELLSDEMAND FOR WATERDEMAND MANAGEMENTDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDOMESTIC WATERDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLIESDOWNSTREAM USERSDRINKING WATERDRINKING WATER SUPPLIESDRINKING WATER SUPPLYDROUGHTDUG WELLSECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CONSEQUENCESECONOMIC FACTORSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INSTRUMENTSECONOMIC VALUEEFFECTIVE DEMANDEFFECTIVE USEENERGY CONSUMPTIONENGINEERINGENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTSEXCESS RUNOFFFARMSFISHERIESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFRESH GROUNDWATERFRESHWATERFRESHWATER SUPPLYGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGROUND WATERGROUND WATER MANAGEMENTGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER ABSTRACTIONGROUNDWATER BODIESGROUNDWATER DATAGROUNDWATER DEPLETIONGROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENTGROUNDWATER EXPLOITATIONGROUNDWATER EXTRACTIONGROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTGROUNDWATER PUMPINGGROUNDWATER QUALITYGROUNDWATER RECHARGEGROUNDWATER RESERVESGROUNDWATER RESOURCEGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER SOURCESGROUNDWATER STORAGEGROUNDWATER SYSTEMSGROUNDWATER USEGROUNDWATER USERSHOUSEHOLDSHYDROGEOLOGYHYDROLOGICAL MODELINDUSTRIAL AREASINDUSTRIAL USEINDUSTRIAL WATERINDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLYINTENSIVE GROUNDWATER USEIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION CANALSIRRIGATION PURPOSESIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATION TECHNOLOGYIRRIGATION USEIRRIGATORSLAND USELEAKAGELIVESTOCK WATERINGMANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATERMETAMORPHIC ROCKSMINISTRY OF WATERMONSOONAL RAINSMUNICIPAL WATERMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLYMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSMUNICIPAL WATER UTILITIESPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLLUTIONPOPULATION DENSITYPOWER CONSUMPTIONPRESSUREPRIVATE WELLSPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC WATERPUBLIC WATER SUPPLYPUBLIC WATER SYSTEMSPUMPINGPUMPSRAINRAINWATERRAINWATER HARVESTINGRAW WATERREGIONAL GOVERNMENTREGULATORY AGENCIESREMOTE SENSINGRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESOURCE MANAGEMENTRESOURCE USERISK MANAGEMENTRIVER BASINRIVERSRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSAFE DRINKING WATERSALINE INTRUSIONSALINE WATERSANITATIONSECTORAL POLICIESSECTORAL POLICYSEDIMENTSSEEPAGESERVICE DELIVERYSLUMSSPRINGSSTORAGE CAPACITYSTREAMFLOWSURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER SUPPLIESSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTSUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USETIMBERTRANSACTION COSTSURBAN ENVIRONMENTURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYUSE OF WATERVARIABLE RAINFALLWATER AVAILABILITYWATER CONTROLWATER DELIVERYWATER DEMANDWATER DEMANDSWATER FLOWSWATER REQUIREMENTSWATER SAVINGSWATER SECTORWATER SERVICESWATER SUPPLY SCHEMEWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER TABLEWATER TABLESWATER TARIFFSWATER USEWATER USE PATTERNSWATER UTILITIESWATER UTILITYWATER WELLSWATER YIELDSWELL CONSTRUCTIONWELL DEVELOPMENTWELL YIELDWELL YIELDSWELLSWETLANDSWorld Bank10.1596/2835