CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD
State Profile
Ground Water Scenario of Punjab
Area (Sq.km) |
50,362 |
Rainfall (mm) |
780 |
Total Districts / Blocks |
17 districts 138 Blocks |
Hydrogeology
The Punjab State is mainly underlain by Quaternary alluvium of considerable thickness, which abuts against the rocks of Siwalik system towards North-East. The alluvial deposits in general act as a single ground water body except locally as buried channels. Sufficient thickness of saturated permeable granular horizons occurs in the flood plains of rivers which are capable of sustaining heavy duty tubewells.
Dynamic Ground Water Resources |
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Annual Replenishable Ground water Resource |
23.78 BCM |
Net Annual Ground Water Availability |
21.44 BCM |
Annual Ground Water Draft |
31.16 BCM |
Stage of Ground Water Development |
145 % |
Ground Water Development & Management |
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Over Exploited |
103 Blocks |
Critical |
5 Blocks |
Semi- critical |
4 Blocks |
Ground Water User Maps |
17 districts |
Artificial Recharge to Ground Water (AR) |
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AR schemes completed during IX Plan: 17 |
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Ground Water Quality Problems |
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Contaminants |
Districts affected (in part) |
Salinity (EC > 3000 µS/cm at 25 ° C) |
Firozepur, Faridkot, Bhathinda, Mansa, Muktsar, Sangrur |
Fluoride (>1.5 mg/l) |
Amritsar, Bhatinda, Faridkot, fatehgarh Sahib, Firozepur, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Patiala, Sangrur |
Chloride (> 1000 mg/l) |
Firozepur, Muktsar |
Iron (>1.0 mg/l) |
Bhathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Mansa, Rupnagar, Sangrur |
Nitrate (>45 mg/l) |
Bhathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nawan Shaher, Patiala, Rupnagar, Sangrur |
Enactment of Ground Water Bill to regulate and control the development of ground water:
To be enacted.
Inclusion of Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting (RTRWH) in building by laws:
Building Bye-laws amended to make RWH System mandatory in all buildings of above 200 sq. yds.. The Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) is in the process of amending the PUDA (Building) Rules 1996 for making this system mandatory. Municipal Corporation of Ludhiana and Jalandhar have framed Bye-laws to make RWH mandatory in new buildings.
Central Ground Water Authority
Areas Notified for Regulation of ground water development |
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Mass Awareness Programme (as on 31.03.2011) |
9 |
Water Management Training Programme (as on 31.03.2011) |
5 |