Ground Water Data Access

Ground water development in India is essentially a people’s program implemented by private entrepreneurship. Its development has been growing appreciably in past two decades. Enhanced ground water use by various sectors has resulted in problems both in terms of sustainability and quality. The basic requirement for implementation of any management strategy in ground water domain is a comprehensive database related to all aspects of ground water and their accessibility. The present effort to launch Ground Water Information System is an attempt to fulfill this vision and leverage access of ground water related data /information using state-of-the-art GIS technology in web-enabled environment. The Ground Water Information System provides access to various thematic layers as well as the nationwide database on ground water level and water quality monitoring by CGWB. The stakeholders involved in ground water development and management gets access and visualizes the ground water condition in the country through framework Service Oriented Architecture over enterprise spatial data infrastructure around multi-layer GIS.