We need to develop a “groundwater economy” that aligns data, technology and economic incentives
India currently has less than 1000 m3 of renewable freshwater per person annually, making it one of the most water-stressed countries in the world. With India’s economy accelerating to become the world’s third largest by 2030, there is increasing pressure on the country’s natural resources, groundwater in particular. Even as demand for water by cities, agriculture and industry has grown, the amount of freshwater resources available has stayed the same.
We need solutions that address this challenge while meeting our commitments to the SDG 6.4 target to “substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity”…
Acknowledgements
Veena Srinivasan and Ishita Jalan for eGov Magazine.
The authors conducted this work when they were with the Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment. WELL Labs is now taking forward this work in collaboration with ATREE.
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