**7.4 Groundwater development plan**

As per groundwater resource assessment data of 2020, balance groundwater resources to the tune of 582.79 MCM are available for development ranging from 6.74


**Table 7.**

*Expected benefits after* 

*management*

 *options.*

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*Additional area proposed to be bought under assured GW irrigation.*

MCM in Sinnartaluka to 76.56 MCM in Igatpuritaluka. While proposing a groundwater development plan, it is imperative to consider the shallow aquifer for major groundwater extraction as it gets annually replenished, as well as it is the most promising, sustainable aquifer in the district. Therefore, 90% of these resources are proposed to be developed by 34,967 dug wells tapping shallow Aquifer-I, and the remaining 10% are proposed to be developed by 5828 borewells tapping moderate to deeper Aquifer-II. Thus, about 34,967 dug wells and 5828 borewells can be constructed. The block-wise details are given in **Table 8**.



**Table 8.**

*Blockwise groundwater development plan.*
