**2. Need to recharge groundwater**

Artificial recharge is the process by which the ground water recharge is augmented at the rate much higher than those under natural condition of percolation. According to [1] groundwater recharge meets the demand as


In the country, either in pre- monsoon or post-monsoon or both the annual groundwater yields exceeds the annual groundwater recharge, resulting a significant fall in long term groundwater levels has been observed.
