8. • As a result of excessive extraction of ground water to meet agriculture,
industrial and critical summer months in many parts of the county
• .About 10 per cent of the rural and urban population does not have access
to regular safe drinking water and many more are threatened. Most of
them depend on unsafe water sources to meet their daily needs.
• Moreover, Water shortages in cities and villages have led to large volumes
of water being collected and transporte
9. Source of Water
• Surface water
• Ponds
• Lakes
• Streams
• Rivers
• Storage reservoir
• Stored rain water
Ground water
• Springs
• Infiltration galleries
• Wells
1.Dug well
2.Tube well
3.Artesian well
4.French well
10.
11. Ponds
Natural small sized depression formed within the
surface of the earth,when gets filled up with water,is
known as pound
12.
13. Lake
A natural large sized
depression formed
within the surface of
earth, when gets
filled up with water is
known as lake.
