The cheapest new water source in India is the water already being pumped.
Roughly four-fifths of India's fresh water goes to agriculture, and a large part of it is applied on a calendar rather than a measurement. Better use of what is already extracted beats any new dam — and it needs only better information reaching the person holding the valve.
Irrigate the deficit, not the calendar.
A farmer who applies water to a measured soil-moisture deficit — rather than by habit or by the electricity roster — typically saves water and pumping cost without losing yield. The saving compounds across a village, and the aquifer gets a chance to recover.
How much water could your field save?
Set the crop, area and irrigation method. The estimate compares your method against typical flood irrigation for the same crop water requirement — the maths we run properly, with local ET data and soil measurement, in a paid engagement.
Assumes uniform application and typical seasonal crop water need. Actual saving depends on soil, climate, scheduling and system condition — which is exactly what we measure on site.
Two verticals dedicated to agricultural water.
From crop coefficient to the farmer's phone
- Crop water requirement computed to FAO-56, with local ET data
- Deficit-based irrigation scheduling — water when the crop needs it
- Drip and sprinkler hydraulic design; flood-to-drip conversion
- Farm pond sizing and site selection
- Irrigation advisory delivered to the farmer's phone, in Marathi or Hindi
Putting water back where it came from
- Aquifer mapping, well siting and safe-yield determination
- Recharge structure design — shafts, trenches, check dams
- Village water budgeting with the community, not for it
- Groundwater literacy programmes for farmers and schools
- Before-and-after monitoring: metered extraction and water levels
What an engagement looks like on your field.
One farm plot is a perfectly good place to start.
Farmer groups, water users' associations, FPOs and individual farmers — tell us the crop and the source, and we will tell you honestly what measurement and scheduling can save.
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