Water Crisis and Water Management in India

India, being a primarily agriculture-based society, requires huge amounts of water sources for regular irrigation of the farms as the monsoons are not a reliable water source considering the vast geographical as well as climatic variations in India. Also safe drinking water supply is another area where the government needs to emphasize more as groundwater is not an everlasting water resource. The water crisis has resulted from profound failures in water governance. Water Crisis management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of these limited water resources under defined water policies and regulations. Two approaches that can be employed to challenge the water crisis are water management for agriculture and homestead water management. To avoid a global water crisis, farmers will have to strive to increase productivity to meet growing demands for food, while industry and cities find ways to use water more efficiently. To management water at the homestead, harvesting rain water at home and minimizing the water requirement at home are suggested.