CGWA Water Audit Guidelines

Applicability of Water audit

Amendment Notification dated 29.03.2023 has been further issued by Ministry of Jal Shakti, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, subsection (ii), vide Notification number S.O. 1509 (E), wherein Paragraph 5(i) provides the amendment of the above provision as ‘All industries abstracting ground water in excess of 100 m3/day shall be required to undertake biennial (once in two years) water audit through certified auditors of agencies as approved by CGWA and submit audit reports within three months of completion of the same to CGWA. Compliance of the earlier given reports may be checked by certified water auditors after one year and the report in this regard may be shared with CGWA. All such industries shall be required to reduce their ground water use by at least 20% over the next three years through appropriate means.’

The submission of ‘Water Audit Report’ is applicable to all industries abstracting ground water in excess of 100 m3/day and shall be required to undertake biennial (once in two years) water audit.

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