India is one of the wettest countries in the world and yet facing the water problem. It receives 400 million hectares of precipitation, primarily as rain but only small amount is being used and most of it flows into drains and rivers.
Many parts of rural and urban India face drought like situation in spite of adequate rainfall, due to sheer mismanagement of available resources. Irregular and erratic rainfall has adversely affected the ecosystem, which has consequently resulted into droughts and low agricultural productivity.
In India, several districts more than 250 out of total 590, have been showing continuous declining trend in ground water level during the pre-monsoon –period in the past 10 years. With the increase in life style, the demand of water has increased many folds.
As it is not possible to meet the demand through city water supply, stress is on to pump out the ground water. This has resulted in the lowering of ground water level in many parts of the country.
Millions of people through out the country still do not have the access to water easily. After the decades of work by government and other organisations to bring the portable water, the situation is still dire.
The aim should be to reduce the run off of the water, which will allow the water to percolate it into the ground and improve ground water conditions.
By adopting water management practices, water can be utilised, efficiently. One should follow appropriate management practices for helping water to remain in the field and in the field.