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Ground Water- Lifeline of the Nation

"To a thirsty man, a drop of water is worth more than a sack of gold"

One in 8 people do not have access to clean water, it's a crying issue that needs to be addressed.  India is the larges user of groundwater in the world.  More than 60% of irrigated agriculture and 85% of drinking water supplies are dependent on groundwater.  An average person requires 150 to 200 litres of water for daily use.

Water consumption keeps the body hydrated.  Lack of water can lead to dehydration, it occurs when we don't have enough water in our body to carry on normal functions.  Even mild dehydration can loss 1 percent to 2 percent loss of our body weight.   In absence of water we may become prey of trachoma, diarrhea, cholera, typhoid and may more. 

In Punjab and Haryana, groundwater levels are depleting at a very fast rate.  It is threatening the future of agricultural productivity in largest farming states of the country.  Recent data gathered by the ground water wing of the state agriculture department revealed that most districts in these states have witnessed critical fall of 10 metres on an average in the past 12 years.  Major reason behind this phenomenon is urbanisation, deficient rainfall and deforestation.  Digging borewell is one of the dominant factor for over exploitation of groundwater and proper recharge of water could not take place. 

Recall the drought situation in Maharashtra especially in Marathwada region.  In Latur wells, ponds, lakes, dams dried.  People don't even have water to drink.  At that time people used to fight with each other for water.  They had been standing in long queues to fetch water.   In some places people locked their water tanks in fear of burglary.  Policemen were deployed to overcome the situation.  Many railway wagons were rolled to provide relief to the residents. 

Polygamy is illegal in India but Sakharam Bhagat from parchedvillage of Denganmal in Maharashtrahas married 3 times in order to overcome the drought situation.   At that time his one wife was busy with the kids.  His second wife fell sick and was unable to fetch water.  So he married third time to subjugate problem of fetching water.  Not only Bhagat others were doing the same and call these wives as 'Water Wives'.

Amou Haji, the world's dirtiest man.  He's 80, he's from Iran's Dejgoh village.  He hasn't bathed in 60 years.  He claims that cleanliness will bring him sickness.  Haji hasn't showered in 60 years since he was 20.  An average person requires 55 litres of water for bathing.  It means Haji saved gallons of water.

One farmer in Haryana did a wonderful job.  On day he saw water was logging in his field due to rain. If the water begun to log in field then his crop would be affected.  He diverted his water logging toward well.  Other farmers of his village imitated him and diverted their water logging towards well.  Thus it increased the groundwater level of that area as compared to other.  He shot two birds with an arrow.

Our government has been setting up water ATM's.  It is an innovative concept in the field of water treatment which can be customised for installation of a water treatment plant with microbial disinfection with a water chiller facility.  The water ATM is dispensing one litre of purified, ambient chilled water against an affordable cost. 

Drought is a serious issue in the western Indian state of Gujarat, particularly for underprivileged female farmers whose livelihood depends on the monsoon. Limited rainfall in the state leads to water logging in peak cropping season. For the rest of the year, farmers experience severe water scarcity. But thanks to a life-changing technology, poor farmers are now converting crises into opportunities with the help of technology known as Bhungroo.
Bhungroo is a water management system that injects and stores excess rainfall underground and lifts it out for use in dry spells. Adoption of this technology has decreased salt deposits on soil and increased fresh water supply, saving farmers from drought.

Now India is among 120 countries accross the world that having desalination plant.  The Minjur Disalination Plant is a reverse osmosis, water desalination plant at Kattupalli village, a northern suburb of Chennai.  It supplies water to an estimated population of 10 lakh.

Recently Chaitanya Karamchedu, an Indian American student has found a cheaper and easier method to turn saltwater into drinkable freshwater by using a highly absorbent polymer.

We must learn from Japan's"The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel".  It is an underground water infrastructure project in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. It is the world's largest underground flood water diversion facility, built to mitigate overflowing of the city's major waterways and rivers during rain and typhoon seasons.

With two thirds of the earth's surface covered by water and the human body consisting of 75 percent of it, it is evidently clear that water is one of the prime elements responsible for life on earth. Water circulates through the land just as it does through the human body, transporting, dissolving, and replenishing nutrients and organic matter, while carrying away waste material. Further in the body, it regulates the activities of fluids, tissues, cells, lymph, blood and glandular secretions.

"Thousands Lived without Love, but not without water. So SAVE WATER."