Save Water
A REALITY
Water is one of the most important components of the environment and we are facing serious and persistent water resource crisis owing to a growing imbalance of supply and demand. The simultaneous effects of agricultural growth, industrialization and urbanization coupled with declining surface and groundwater quality, and inefficiencies in water use practices are some of the crucial problems faced by India’s water sector. The effects of climate variability and changes are also creating pressures on scarce water supplies.
The Present Scenario
India is the largest consumer of groundwater in the world with an estimated usage of 249km3 per year. Nearly 89% of this ground water usage is towards irrigation and the balance 11% is used by the domestic and industrial sector. Approximately 63% of the demand from agriculture and irrigation, and about 80 per cent of the domestic water demand, is met through groundwater. These competing demands from various sectors, the socio-economic and environmental complexities multiply further with growing inequalities in distribution and usage of water and all sectors of the economy and society jostling for a shrinking, more polluted, resource.The notion of groundwater as a private resource, the rights of which are associated with land rights, has also added to an exploitative extraction regime.
Water
Water, a unique resource, is core to sustainability and not only, serves the basic needs of humans, but also, acts as an economic catalyst, and maintains ecological balance. The impact of water on the economy can be gauged by the fact that, today, a significant proportion of businesses face water related risks.
Given these intricate linkages, actors from across sectors and geographies are recognizing the looming water crisis as one of the greatest risks to economies, environment and people around the world would face over the next decade.
A Time for Awaking
Solutions are there, not only from adopting innovative or modern technologies and mechanisms, but also through innovative blending of traditional and modern practices. Considering India’s diversity and complexity of challenges, rather than developing a single model to fit across the country, it would be more impactful to develop location-specific, scenario-based solutions suited to the user and the environment for an overall economic development and sustainability.
Specific Solutions
This is where AQUA-GEO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS (AGEC) specialises in – developing location specific solutions that have a positive impact on the environment of the area. All solutions will delivered by integrating latest scientific and technological interventions. Special emphasis will be on Hydrogeological investigations, Surveys & Reports, Delineation of Aquifers, disposition, spatial distribution, aquifer geometry and parameters, proposals for Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge to Ground Water, Construction of Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge structures, Impact assessment studies for Artificial Recharge Projects, Bore hole drilling, Design & construction of Tubewell, Pumping tests for aquifer parameters, Construction of Piezometer, Pollution Studies, Environment Impact Assessment, Remote Sensing Studies, Spatial Data Analysis, Information Education Communication (IEC) Activities