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K.KUMARESAN
and
A.SREENIVAS
HYDROGEOLOGISTS
Individual perspective capacity
skills and capabilities of the individual
An organizations Capacity
achieve its mission and to sustain itself in the
long term
National perspective capacity
structures, systems, policies and
organizations which are helping it to
achieve its defined vision
Develop & disseminate technologies
Monitor & implement national policies for
Scientific and sustainable development
&management of India s Ground water
resources including their
Exploration, Assessment, conservation,
augmentation, protection from pollution
Distribution based on the principles of
economic & ecological efficiency and equity
Creation of an enabling environment with
appropriate policy and legal frameworks
Institutional development, including
community participation (of women in
particular)
Human resources development and
strengthening of management systems
Long-term, continuing process, in which all
stakeholders participate
From a nations perspective - capacity
building is much more than training and
includes the following
State Level State, District officers, GO, VO & Post
State Support Centers Graduate, Science Graduates& related
Engineering stream Students
District Panchayat institiutions. NGO, VO, Students,
Support Self Working Groups & Stakeholders
Centers
General
1- Management of Groundwater
1 * Capacity
2 * Skills
&
NAQUIM
1-Capacity Building
(1)
Technical Up-gradation of Institutions*
-Establishment, Foundation, Society etc
devoted to
Promotion of a particula
r cause
OR
Program
Public
Educational
charitable
Government dpts
.Research institutes
.PRIs
. Civil societys
1-Capacity Building
(2&3)
Training-Personnal/Strenghtening
NGOs! ! !
@ National level
@ Village Level
aquifer units
Gram Sabha
1-Capacity Building
# Disputes
&
#Establishing some basic regulatory norms (under PRI system)
(4)
Para-Hydrogeologists
Each para-hydrogeologist can be a village youth or college
student, with the desire to learn and engage with the village-water
problems.
There are some 640000 villages in India spread across nearly 6000 blocks / taluks. Even if we consider that the
12th Plan targets the 30% of the country mainly overexploited blocks and blocks with major water quality issues in
the country, one may consider about 250000 villages divided across 2000 blocks/taluks spread across 214 odd
districts spreading over 2.5 lakh villages.
Para-
Hydrogeologist
Para-Hydrogeologist / grass root ground water
workers
they are
Suitable
Youths & Women
etc
They will be trained to function as
*Facilitators
*Trainers
&
*Data managers at the village level
Para-Hydrogeologists- Responsible for
1- Collection of primary
Hydrogeological data
2-Periodic monitoring key wells
&
3- Sensitization of the villagers
(on ground water trends, Usage & its
Para-Hydrogeologist
Responsibilities
1.One-time inventory: Creating a one-time well-inventory for the
village including names of owners of the wells, the dimensions of
the structure (well/spring), pump and pumping system, etc.
collected from the well-owner(s) / users of wells/springs, for all
wells in the village.
2.Lithologs of wells / boreholes / tube wells for a sample of about
15-20 wells per village: Observation-based description of rocks and
rock types some ( the basis for which will be a Para-
hydrogeologist training programme see section below on Capacity
Building), with these observations supporting the hydrogeological
mapping exercise undertaken by specialized agencies while
conducting the one-time inventory.
3.Water level and basic in-situ water quality data - for a sample of
about 15-20 wells per village: Temporal data like water-levels /
spring discharge (monthly), in-situ groundwater quality (quarterly),
helping in the collection of water samples for comprehensive testing
(representative samples, twice every year) will form the broad set of
activities for each Para-hydrogeologist for about 500 wells per
Since the personnel from Hydrogeology and
other disciplines will form the backbone for
preparation of Aquifer Management Plans, the
degree of capacity building of these
personnel shall fructify into the degree of
accuracy of preparation of AMPs.
This training will be specialized and
encompass the latest techniques for aquifer
mapping, including the lessons learnt from
the Pilot Project, APFGMS etc.
These trainings will have various components
namely
RGI and other central organizations (in house)
Research Institutions and Universities
International experts imparting training in
India (MoUs)
International trainings
Training to NGOs
The NGOs can be identified using the
vast data-base available with CGWB
and the State GWDs.
The past performance of the NGOs
shall also be an important criterion for
their selection.
Preference shall be given to the local
NGOs.
As many of these NGOs already have
personnel having some experience in the
field of ground water, RGI shall be made
responsible at Central level for conducting a
two (2) or three (3) weeks training to two
persons from each of the identified NGOs.
The training would include a brief on
hydrological cycle with emphasis on aquifer
mapping and participatory ground water
management.
The PHGs shall be imparted training at
State / Commissionaire level.
The training shall be conducted by
Institutions identified by CGWB and
SGWDs. The faculty will be drawn from
CGWB (including RGI), Academic
institutions and NGOs.
The training will be for a period of 2 to 3
weeks and shall be on basic hydrogeology,
field data collection, management of
ground water, importance of community
participation etc
The PHGs shall be the field arms for the
NAQUIM.
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