Goa State Water Policy.

Following the principle of minimum disturbance to nature, this Policy puts its main objective as ensuring water security, which means providing water of satisfactory quality, and in adequate quantity, for all human requirements.
As the reliable and recent estimates of the requirement of water for different sectors are not available. Determining such requirement is one of the key elements of the action plan. The water requirement for human uses and also for environmental needs, shall be carried out on a scientific basis as a high priority task. The drinking water requirements shall have priority claim on any available water. Thereafter, allocation of any remaining water shall be determined on the principle of the greatest good for the greatest numbers. The actions identified by the Policy include: • Determination of Requirements for agriculture use; for domestic use; for industrial use. Determination of environmental flow; Determination of surface water availability; Determination of groundwater availability and distribution; Preparation of a plan for upgrading hydrologic observations network, and implementing it in phases as per the said plan; Preparation of plan for collection of water utilization data, and putting the plan in to action; Modernizing the data management center; Undertaking studies for inter-basin water transfer; Review of policy for mandatory Roof-top Rain Water harvesting in urban areas; Undertaking studies for arresting the intrusion of seawater in to the river, and ground water; Undertaking studies for desalination of sea water; Upgrade water quality testing laboratory, in order to create historical data on water quality; Carrying out analysis for biological and chemical parameters of the surface and ground water; Mappig the pollutants in the rivers, ground-water and water bodies; etc.