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Death of an open well- India

February 2, 2008

The coming of electricty and with the 15 H.P pump means water is overextracted and the shallow aquifer killed. Why do we not manage our shallow aquifers better? Why is water not used carefully and sustainably? What are the institutional and stuctural changes needed to understand ground water better? What is the water literacy that the farmer needs?

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