I had done a study for the ...

I had done a study for the total cycle of water availability from the sea, precipitation flowing on various types of land use and back to the sea. In 1975, when I was working for the National Commission on Agriculture in India. Even the projections were indicated for the year 2000 and 2025. The availability held true upto the year 2000. Since then, due to increased population, agriculture, industry and urbanization, the utility of water in all forms has increased. To get a better idea for the future ground water can not be estimated without considering the land and other uses. Since then, only local information may be worthwhile for ground water. Such studies have to be repeated taking all these factors into account along with climate change, environment and ecology, as land use is changing fast. A copy of the annexure of the study is attached.