Ground Water

Groundwater is water stored beneath the Earth’s surface in soil and rock formations. It is a crucial source of drinking water, irrigation, and industrial use, replenished by rainfall and surface water infiltration.

West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control and Regulation) Rules, 2006

Any user desiring to sink a well for any purpose, excepting tubewell fitted with hand-pump or a well from which extraction or use made without the help of any mechanical or electrical device, shall make an application.

West Bengal Ground Water Resources (Management, Control and Regulation) Act, 2005

An Act to manage, control and regulate indiscriminate extraction of ground water in West Bengal and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

National Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Week, 2014

To observe National Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Week from 20th to 25th February 2014 throughout the State of West Bengal as communicated by Public Health Engineering Department.