Archive · 27 Oct 2025
Interview: Protecting Groundwater Sources in a Changing World
Imagine the ground has hidden underground rivers called aquifers, which give us water.
ACWADAM helps communities understand and manage these important water sources.
They teach people how to take care of the aquifers and make decisions together.
It involves mapping the aquifers, creating tools to explain them, and letting communities decide how to manage their water.
Protecting these underground water sources, like springs, is very important, especially with changing weather.
Springshed management is key to ensuring that we can still get water.
This helps ensure that we have a constant supply of water for everyone.
ACWADAM focuses on aquifer-based participatory groundwater management.
The process involves mapping aquifers and communicating complex information simply.
Springshed management integrates watersheds, aquifers, and landscapes for sustainable responses.
Springs, like streams and rivers, are vulnerable to climate and human impacts.
Protecting groundwater sources is crucial due to unpredictable rainfall and changing weather patterns.
- Who
- Prof. Himanshu Kulkarni and ACWADAM
- What
- Importance of protecting natural groundwater sources and participatory management.
- When
- Interview conducted recently; ACWADAM established in 1998.
- Where
- Focus on India
- Why
- To develop sustainable responses to climate and human impacts on groundwater.
- Organization
- ACWADAM (Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management)
- Founded
- 1998
- Focus
- Participatory groundwater management
- Key Figure
- Prof. Himanshu Kulkarni, Founder Trustee and Secretary of ACWADAM
- Award
- 2025 International Water Prize