management (WDM) has been emerging as a key issue of sustainable development
in India and many developing countries. This comprises a set of measures intended
to increase the technical, social, economic, environmental and institutional efficiency of the various water uses.
Table 1 Major River Basins in India
S. No. Major river
basin
Origin
Catchment
area (km
2
)
Surface water—
average annual
potential in river
(BCM)
Total
replenishable
groundwater
resources
(BCM)
1
Indus
Mansarovar
(Tibet)
453931.87
73.31
26.49
2
Ganga
Gangotri (Uttar
Pradesh)
861,452+
525.02
170.99
3
Brahmaputra Kailash range
(Tibet)
194,413+
585.6
26.55
4
Barak
41,723+
8.52
5
Sabarmati
Aravalli Hills
(Rajasthan)
21,674
3.81
6
Mahi
Dhar (Madhya
Pradesh)
34,842
11.02
7
Narmada
Amarkantak
(Madhya
Pradesh)
98,796
45.64
10.83
8
Tapi
Betul (Madhya
Pradesh)
65,145
14.88
8.27
9
Brahmani
Ranchi
(Jharkhand)
39,033
28.48
4.05
10
Mahanadi
Nazri Town
(Madhya
Pradesh)
141,589
66.88
16.46
11
Godavari
Nashik
(Maharashtra)
312,812
110.54
40.65
12
Krishna
Mahabaleshwar
(Maharashtra)
258,948
78.12
26.41
13
Pennar
Kolar
(Karnataka)
55,213
6.32
4.93
14
Gauvery
Coorg
(Karnataka)
81,155
21.36
12.3
Total
2,528,084
1570.98
356.45
Source Water Resource Information System
Sustainable Urban Water Management Strategies
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