CGWA Guidelines Criteria for Evaluation of Proposals/Requests for Ground Water Abstraction.

The prime objective of the guidelines for evaluation of proposals/requests for the withdrawal of groundwater, is to focus on a specific part of groundwater management ensuring sustainability of groundwater both in terms of quantity & quality and also focus on land based management of groundwater resources, looking into the variations of availability of water in different climatologically regions and diverse hydrogeological conditions in various states of the country. The annual replenishable ground water resources availability plays an important role in defining the guidelines. The latest assessment of the state wise ground water resources as on 31.03.2009 is available at the Central Ground Water Board web site (www.cgwb.gov.in). The guidelines for groundwater abstraction in Notified and Non-Notified areas for various users are specified in the text. Permission to abstract groundwater through any energized means will not be accorded for any purpose other than drinking water.