PROSPECTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DEPLETION OF GROUNDWATER IN MEERUT DISTRICT 1998 TO 2016

Water is the most essential elements of our life. Water is a unique gift of human for nature, without water life cannot sustain. Water is distributed on earth as fresh water and salt water, in which 97.5 % being salt water and only 2.5 % being fresh water. Groundwater depletion is defined as the term when water level declines caused by groundwater pumping. Depletion of water resources is an environmental problem. Increasing population has resulted in demand for water increases. Groundwater depletion is mainly caused by regular groundwater pumping Groundwater is the main source of fresh water in Meerut district but groundwater is depleting at very fast rate. In Meerut water is declining at an alarming rate. Some of the reservoirs in various parts of Meerut district deplete permanently and situation gets worse. Rapid expansion of groundwater use in Meerut has resulted in a steep decline in the groundwater table in vast areas of the Meerut district.