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Managed aquifer recharge using recycled water

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Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: India
Basins: Bay of Bengal (254) (Krishna)
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Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)
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Drought Management
Progress to Date: NA Save approximately 65.7 Million litres of water in a year
Services Needed: Financial support
Desired Partner: Investor
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2021  »  Dec. 31, 2026
Project Website: www.atree.org
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Additional Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Beneficiaries: Water utilities
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources
Project Source: Admin
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

Indian cities are running out of water. 11 of IndiaÕs 20 largest cities face ÔextremeÕ water stress, while seven others face ÔhighÕ stress At least half the urban water supplies in India are through groundwater, and IndiaÕs urban groundwater resources are severely overdrawn. A groundwater availability assessment study conducted by Central Ground Water Board of India in 2017 shows that out of the 10 most populous cities in India, the groundwater resources in 50% were over-ex…

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Indian cities are running out of water. 11 of IndiaÕs 20 largest cities face ÔextremeÕ water stress, while seven others face ÔhighÕ stress At least half the urban water supplies in India are through groundwater, and IndiaÕs urban groundwater resources are severely overdrawn. A groundwater availability assessment study conducted by Central Ground Water Board of India in 2017 shows that out of the 10 most populous cities in India, the groundwater resources in 50% were over-exploited; 30% had critically low levels. Climate change will only make this situation worse. For every 1¡C of warming, another 7% of the population will experience water scarcity. The question is how? Most Indian river basins are ÒclosedÓ basins; all of the freshwater is already allocated. The opportunity The deficit will have to come from wastewater reclamation. 80% of water returns as wastewater but two thirds of IndiaÕs wastewater is not treated. If wastewater could be treated to standard and banked for aquifer storage and recovery then groundwater depletion could be reversed. There is an opportunity because decentralised, private wastewater systems are being promoted, even mandated by governments to manage the waste and sewage problem.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Project Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Water utilities
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources

Project Narrative

India is at the top of the list of countries with the lowest access to clean waterÑmore than 163 million Indians live with poor water quality. The Nature Conservancy has developed the water fund model: an innovative tool for downstream users to invest in upstream conservation. Water funds protect and restore the watershed. TNC water funds have protected and restored 262,000 ha, improved rural livelihoods for more than 59,000 people, and benefitted up to 112.5 million urban dwellers globally. By 2025, we look forward to implementing IndiaÕs first water fund, possibly in MaharashtraÕs Ghod River basin to benefit the Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, tribal communities who use water- dependent forest products for their nutrition and subsistence-farming, and downstream farmers and industry.

Partner Organizations


Purpose Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is a global non-profit organization that generates interdisciplinary knowledge to inform policy and practice towards conservation and sustainability. For over two decades, ATREE has worked on social-environmental issues from … Learn More

The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda and preserve the world's freshwater resources … Learn More


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