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Groundwater down by half a metre as scanty rains fail to fill up aquifers [1]

The groundwater table in Chennai has seen a dip of 0.6 metres in the last one year owing to the lack of adequate rain coupled with heavy extraction, according to Chennai Metro Water.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2013
C Shivakumar [2]
New Indian Express (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Chennai (T) [5], Groundwater [6], Water Harvesting [7], Groundwater Recharge [8], Water Supply [9], Water Resources [10]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-recharge
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources