CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD
State Profile
Ground Water Scenario of Punjab
Area (Sq.km) |
50,362 |
Rainfall (mm) |
780 |
Total Districts / Blocks |
22 Districts |
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 (2011) |
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Annual Replenishable Ground water Resource |
22.53 BCM |
Net Annual Ground Water Availability |
20.32 BCM |
Annual Ground Water Draft |
34.88 BCM |
Stage of Ground Water Development |
172 % |
Ground Water Development & Management |
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Over Exploited |
110 Blocks |
Critical |
4 Blocks |
Semi- critical |
2 Blocks |
Artificial Recharge to Ground Water (AR) |
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Ground Water Quality Problems |
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Contaminants |
Districts affected (in part) |
Salinity (EC > 3000µS/cm at 250C) |
Bhatinda, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Muktsar, Mansa |
Fluoride (>1.5mg/l) |
Bathinda, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Mansa, Muktsar and Ropar |
Arsenic (above 0.05mg/l) |
Amritsar, Tarantaran, Kapurthala, Ropar, Mansa |
Iron (>1.0mg/l) |
Amritsar, Bhatinda, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jallandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Nawanshahr, Patiala, Ropar and Sangrur |
Nitrate (>45 mg/l) |
Bhatinda, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mansa, Muktsar, Patiala and SAS Nagar |
Heavy metals: |
Lead: Amritsa, Bathinda, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur,Hoshiarpur, Jallandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Nawanshahr, Patiala, Ropar, Sangrur and Muktsar |
Central Ground Water Authority
Areas Notified for Regulation of ground water development |
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