Maharashtra Groundwater (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Act, 1993.

This Act is enacted to regulate the exploitation of groundwater for the protection of public drinking water sources and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Section 3 provides for prohibition of construction of wells within certain limits. No person shall sink any well for any purpose in the vicinity of a public drinking water source within a distance of five hundred metres of such source, if both are in the area of the same watershed. If any person desires to sink a well for irrigation or drinking water purposes within a distance of five hundred metres of a public drinking water source, he shall do so only with the permission of the Appropriate Authority. Section 4-5 provide for the regulation of extraction of water from wells in water scarcity area. Section 7 makes provisions for prohibition of sinking of wells in overexploited watershed.