Jairaj Rajguru

• Researcher at Advanced Center for Water resources Development and Management (ACWADAM)

The scope of the study revolved around three basic questions. The First being estimation of the quantities of groundwater extracted in the city of Pune, say on an annual basis, while the second question was more specific in terms of the layout of Pune’s aquifers and their characteristics. The 2019 report focused on these two questions, while this r...

This report is a culmination of efforts made by ACWADAM, in collaboration with UNICEF and Sevavardhini towards deriving a process for drinking water safety and security for villages in overexploited watersheds identified by the GSDA. It aims to strengthen local governance institutions with regards to the process and the elements therein. The primar...

Drinking water is a fundamental need of an individual. Drinking water requirement is the top priority within all water requirements. This is especially relevant to the water scarcity context in different parts of India. Specific programmes are designed by central and state agencies to ensure drinking water availability to all the desired stakeholde...

Drinking water is a fundamental need of an individual. Drinking water requirement is the top priority within all water requirements. This is especially relevant to the water scarcity context in different parts of India. Specific programmes are designed by central and state agencies to ensure drinking water availability to all the desired stakeholde...

ACWADAM, AFARM and AOL are working together in 14 villages from Maan taluka of Satara district. This project is supported by Cummins India. The duration of the project is 15 months starting from Feb 2018. Project objectives 1. To study the hydrogeology of fourteen villages to build an understanding of local aquifer systems. 2.To set up monitoring...

ACWADAM was working in 15 villages of Maan taluka, Satara with support of Cummins and in close partnership with AFARM and Art of Living. ACWADAM’s main role was to conduct hydrogeological study of the area. The duration of the project was 15 months. Study area lies at the left bank of Maan river forming NE corner of the Maan taluka with its norther...

Groundwater is a common pool resource, which follows complex dynamics influenced by its hydrogeological characteristics. India is the largest user of groundwater with an average abstraction of more than 260km3 per year (Shah, 2009). There are more than 2.5 million wells/bore wells in the state of Maharashtra alone. Maharashtra has more number of da...

‘Ghod River Basin management study’ was a joint collaboration between CII (Special Projects Department) and ACWADAM, supported through ITC’s grant to CII. In many ways, this is the first systematic compilation effort of groundwater-related information at the scale of a river basin in India.

Groundwater is commonly the only source of perennial domestic water in the alluvial flood plains of Uttar Pradesh and North Bihar, especially for meeting drinking water needs of scattered habitations that dot the flat landscapes. Despite the region being labelled as ‘safe’ with regard to the groundwater exploitation index under CGWB’s national grou...