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SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES
INCLUDE:
ARSENIC CONTENT IN WATER SCARCITY
GROUNDWATER

IMPROPER ACCESS TO HEALTH HAZARDS

PIPED WATER SUPPLY

POOR QUALITY OF
Slide-1 SANITATION ISSUES
DRINKING WATER
 WATER
SCARCITY
❖ More than 330 million people are WATER THREATS IN
affected due to water scarcity as INDIA
half of the nation’s land are prone to
drought like conditions.

❖ The annual per capita water

availability is below 1500 cubic
metres as per record by Indian
government.

❖ 12% of population , majority of them

living in metropolitan cities like
Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi and
Hyderabad are already affected
and their water supplies come to a
halt.
❖ The factors that causes water
scarcity in india are poor
infrastructures of water distribution
systems, high usage of water in
irrigation, climate change etc. SLIDE-2
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ARSENIC
CONTAMINATION
IN WATER
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1. CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF
WATER ,MAINLY THROUGH
FLOURIDE AND ARSENIC IS
PRESENT IN 1.96 MILLION
DWELLINGS.

2. LESS THAN 50% OF THE

POPULATION HAS ACCESS TO
SAFELY MANAGED DRINKI NG
WATER.

3. MOREOVER, TWO-THIRDS OF
INDIA 718 DISTRICTS ARE
AFFECTED BY EXTREME WATER
DEPLETION AND THE CURRENT
LACK OF SAFETY AND SECURITY
PLANNING IS SIGNIFICANT.
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ARSENIC AFFECTED STATES IN INDIA

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MECHANISM OF DISSOLUTION OF ARSENIC FROM SOIL TO
GROUNDWATER
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HEALTH HAZARDS
SANITATION ISSUES SLIDE-
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IMPROPER
ACCESS TO PIPE
WATER SUPPLY
One of the major problem arises due to
Human intervention

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❖ Water quality has deteriorated in most
receiving bodies and in shallow
groundwater as a result of uncontrolled
discharge of raw domestic and industrial
waste-water.

❖ Most households, forced to cope with poor

quality water supply and sanitation service,
spend time and money on expensive and
unsafe substitutes, costing much higher
than their monthly water bills.

❖ The inefficiencies in services and costs are

passed on to customers, with the poor
suffering the most.

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 SOME GOVERNMENT MEASURES TO DEAL WATER SCARCITY

❖ The government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in

2019, a time-bound campaign with a mission mode
approach intended to improve water availability including
groundwater conditions in the water-stressed blocks of 256
districts in India.

❖ National Water Policy (2012) has been formulated by Department

of Water Resources, RD & GR, inter-alia advocates rainwater
harvesting and conservation of water and highlights the need for
augmenting the availability of water through direct use of rainfall.

❖ Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has been constituted

under Section 3 (3) of the “Environment (Protection) Act, 1986”
for the purpose of regulation and control of groundwater
development and management in the Country. CGWA has advised
States/UTs to take measures to promote and adopt artificial
recharge to groundwater and rainwater harvesting.
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