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Aquifers And PGWM

Groundwater forms the backbone of India’s agricultural economy even while some ninety percent
of the country’s rural drinking water is sourced from groundwater. Similarly, around half of the
urban and industrial water usage in the country is estimated to be dependent on aquifers. On the
one hand millions of people and a wide variety of uses are currently dependent on groundwater
while on the other, groundwater resources have come under severe stress in many parts of the
country. Groundwater is a common pool resource that occurs in aquifers. Aquifer-based
Participatory Groundwater Management (PGWM) is an innovative concept in developing an
alternative paradigm for managing India’s groundwater resources. Although mechanisms of
legislation and governance mechanisms are essential, they cannot address the crisis, in isolation,
of a people-centric approach to groundwater management. The blending of science, technology
and people in efforts of collectively managing groundwater resources is necessary and
promising. The conceptualisation of PGWM begins with a resource-centric approach of
understanding aquifers against a conventional, business-as-usual approach of focusing on
‘sources’ of groundwater such as wells and springs. Moreover, the PGWM approach includes a
blend of supply augmentation and demand management that combines work on aquifers and
communities. PGWM is currently a small movement that has brought some 10 odd organisations
to work in a collaborative mode towards improved management and governance of groundwater
in India. ACWADAM continues to play the role of an anchor in these collaborations.

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