I WANT TO DIG A BOREWELL/WELL. HOW DO I GO ABOUT WITH THIS

● DO YOU NEED PERMISSION TO DIG A BOREWELL?

Yes.Under the Section 11 of the Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation and Control Of Development And Management) Act, 2011 And Rules, 2012. It is mandatory to apply for permit to dig new borewells. Under section 12 and 13, it is mandatory to register the existing borewells and drilling agencies with the Karnataka Groundwater Authority.

● WHO SHOULD TAKE PERMISSION OR REGISTER THE BOREWELLS?

All the users who extract and use groundwater in Karnataka come under purview of the law.

Industries /Commercial

Establishments

Drilling Agencies

Infrastructure Projects

Individual User

Karnataka Ground Water (Regulation

and Control Of Development And

Management Rules, 2012

● WHY TAKE PERMISSION?

The authority, after consultations with various expert bodies is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest to regulate the extraction or the use or both of Ground Water in any form in any area.Therefore, the Authority has declared areas “Notified” based on the groundwater availability and extraction in the given region. As per the notification issued by the Karnataka Groundwater Authority and signed by Member secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, all of Bangalore is declared “Notified”. Hence, a permit is required to dig borewells.Registration of existing borewells and registration of Borewell digging agencies is made mandatory.

Pre-conditions laid for grant of permit for withdrawal of groundwater for individual household.

● Only one tube-well is allowed to meet drinking and domestic purposes use only. ● No tube-well/bore-well will be constructed, if any working tube-well exists. If the

existing tube-well is non-functional/to be replaced, then it should into a recharge well, if possible or possibly sealed and no water be pumped from it.

● The persons intending to construct a new tube-well will intimate the Authorising officer/committee, 10 days in advance along with the drilling agency’s name and address.

● Maximum diameter of the tube-well should be restricted to 152 mm only and the capacity of the pump should not exceed 2HP.

● Concurrent with the construction of the tube-well, the owner shall undertake the installation of Rainwater harvesting in the premises.

● Details of the drilling like the rock formation encountered, the depth and diameter of the constructed bore-well, types of pipes used, yield of the bore-well and groundwater quality shall be kept for record and are to be provided at the time of inspection.

● Spacing of 500 mtrs should be maintained from the existing public source of drinking water as per section 3 of the Groundwater act of 1999.

● WHICH FORM SHOULD I FILL?

USER PURPOSE APPLICATION NUMBER

PROCESSING FEE

SUPPORTING DOCS/CONDITIONS

New User

Existing User

Individual Drinking/Agricultural Use

Form-1A Form-4 50 Rs Khata Certificate and Survey Number of that

property, Address Proof, Ownership of Property

including Tax paid receipts issued by the

local Authority or Record of Right(RTC maintained

under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act,

1964) pertaining to the property

Commercial Establishments/Industries

Industrial, commercial or

entertainment Use

Form-1B Form-4 500 Rs Documents from competent authority for

the establishments

Drilling Agencies

Business Form-6 5000 Rs #1 – Must have a Compressor of the

drilling rig with minimum capacity of

900/200 PSI.

#2 – Must possess a machinery to drill a bore

well of diameter of minimum of 152 mm.

#3 – Must have appointed driller having a minimum qualification

of Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with minimum 3 years’

experience in water well drilling in hard rock

terrain to undertake, drilling or digging

operation and extraction of groundwater.

● HOW TO APPLY TO GET PERMISSION?

Check the appropriate forms for you and Download from the links provided below. Print and Fill it.

Download the appropriate application forms from this linkhttp://khanija.kar.ncode.in/SitePages/GroundWaterInfo.aspx

https://bwssb.gov.in/download-forms

In BBMP limits

For e.g. If you are digging your borewell water for domestic purposes, you need to pay Rs 50. If it is for commercial use, you need to pay Rs 500.

But, if the borewell is for newly constructed house, then the application fee will be Rs 500.

Write a pay-in slip for the required amount in the name of Chairman, Karnataka Groundwater Authority, and credit it to the Canara Bank account 0788201052332 of Karnataka Ground Water Authority.

The form with copies of the bank challan, Khata certificate and survey number of the property with latest BWSSB bill and payment receipt should be submitted to

Chief Engineer, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Kaveri Bhavan, Bangalore - 560 009. You can also submit it in your BWSSB sub division office.

If you make bill payment online, keep the required proof with you. The application will be scrutinised by Senior Geologist, District Groundwater office, 13th floor, Visweswaraiah Towers, Bangalore - 560 001. Then the registration certificate will be issued by the BWSSB.

In BDA limits

For e.g. in Taluks like Anekal, Dodballapur, Hoskote, Devanahalli etc. The completed forms with supporting documents have to be submitted to the local governmental authority of that region.

The application will be scrutinised by Senior Geologist, District Groundwater office, 13th floor, Visweswaraiah Towers, Bangalore - 560 001. Then the registration certificate will be issued by the same office.

Registration

After your borewell is dug, they have to registered with the BWSSB for BBMP limits. In other districts the form-4 has to be submitted to district Groundwater Authority’s senior scientist or deputy director. The certificate will be distributed from the same office on Form 5A.

Enquiries/Complaints

If any such person does not contain the required permission for the borewell or a non-registered drilling agency approaches you, file a complaint in the below offices:

Chief Engineer, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Cauvery Bhavan, Bangalore - 560 009, Phone number 080-22945105, or with BWSSB sub division engineer of that region.

Senior Geologist, Ground Water Authority, 13th Floor, Visweswaraiah tower, Bangalore - 560 001. Phone: 080-22862108, Mobile: 9845132136

For more information. Contact: Additional Director (groundwater), No. 49, Mineral House, Race Course Road, Bangalore - 560 001, Phone: 080-22384134, Cell: 9964010538.

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● WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU SUBMIT THE APPLICATION?

The decision regarding grant or refusal of the permit shall be intimated by the Authority to the applicant within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of the application. The decision is subject to the pre-conditions laid out

NEW USER PURPOSE PERMISSION FORM NUMBER

REJECTION FORM NUMBER

TENURE

Individual Drinking/Agricultural Use

Form-2A Form-2B N/A

Commercial Establishments/Industries

Industrial, commercial or entertainment Use

Form-3A Form-3B N/A

Drilling Agencies Business Form-7A Form-7B 2 years

EXISTING USER Drinking water, Agriculture and Industrial, commercial entertainment use

Form-5A Form-5B N/A

●WHAT TO DO AFTER GETTING PERMISSIONS?

❖ Every industrial/commercial/other user of groundwater is required to install water measuring device (ISI specification) and furnish the information about the total quantity of groundwater extraction every month to the Authority.

❖ Every Drilling Agency has to furnish information regarding the date, location and number of borewells drilled with depth, casing and yield of each Borewell every month to the concerned Authority at each district.

●WHAT IF SOMEONE DOESN’T ABIDE BY LAW?

Offense Penalty

Any person/drilling agency, who obstructs the Authority or any other person authorised by it to exercise any powers under this act or

Shall be liable to punishment which may extent to 5000 Rs and/or imprisonment for a term of 6 months or both

Refuses to furnish any such information to the Authority or furnishes false information

Shall be liable to punishment which may extent to 5000 Rs and/or imprisonment for a term of 6 months or both

Any person indulges in drilling or digging well without a permit from the Authority

Shall be liable to punishment which may extent to 5000 Rs and/or imprisonment for a term of 6 months or both

If any person other than a drilling or digging agency who drills or digs well without permit or continues to extract water in notified area without registration and contravenes or fails to comply with any other provisions

Liable for punishment with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or both.

of this ActAny person or drilling or digging agency which contravenes or fails to comply with any other provision of this Act or any rule made thereunder or conditions of certificate of registration

Punishable with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year

Karnataka Groundwater Authority

● Regulation of groundwater development in the notified blocks is through District Groundwater Committee headed by respective Deputy Commissioners of the districts with 7 other members.

● In Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike area, the committee is headed by Engineering-in-Chief, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

Sl no. Member Designation in KGWA

1 The Secretary to Government in charge of the Department of Water resources, Minor

Irrigation

Chairperson

2 The Commissioner or Director of Mines and Geology

Member Secretary

3 representative of the Finance Department Member

4 Regional Director, Central Groundwater Board

Member

5 One representative from the Electrical Supply Company

Member

6 Chief Engineer, RDED, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department

Member

7 Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Development Organization of Water Resources

Department

Member

8 Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation, nominated by the Government

Member

9 Chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board

Member

10 Commissioner/Director of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture

Member

11 Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development,

Bangalore

Member

12 Four representative of farmers to be nominated by the Government

Member

13 The Chief Engineer, the KUWS&DB. Member

14 The Chief Engineer, the BWSSB Member

15 Two members who have special knowledge or practical experience in matters relating to groundwater to be nominated by the Government

Member

Total Members 19

References-

All documents are sourced from the below link.

http://khanija.kar.ncode.in/SitePages/GroundWaterInfo.aspx