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 climatic regions and diverse hydrogeological conditions in various states of the country. Explanation for different technical terms used in this document is given in Annexure I. The annual replenishable groundwater resources availability plays an important role in defining the guidelines. These are re-assessed from time to time and the latest assessment, as applicable to these guidelines are available on www.cgwb.gov.in The latest assessment of the state wise groundwater resources as on 31.03.2011 is available at the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) web site (http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/Dynamic%20GW% 20Resources%20-2011.pdf).
Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) so far has notified 162 areas (http://cgwb.gov.in) the areas are for the purpose of regulation of ground water development. More areas are notified periodically and the up dated list as applicable to these guidelines is available on www.cgwa-noc.gov.in. The list of infrastructure projects, other than individual households is given in Annexure IV3T.3T The conditions for granting the NOC to such categories in notified areas are specified in the text. Annexure II lists the 162 areas notified by CGWA by State and District.