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Water Resources in India: Facts

No Item Year Unit Value
I. Water Resources
1 Average precipitation 1961-1990 mm/year 1083
3 Internal renewable water resources 2003 cubic km/year 1260.54
4 Groundwater: produced internally 2003 cubic km/year 418.54
5 Surface water: produced internally 2003 cubic km/year 1222.00
6 Overlap: Surface and groundwater 2003 cubic km/year 380.00
7 Total renewable water resources (natural)- 2003 cubic km/year 1907.76
8 Total renewable water resources (actual)- 2003 cubic km/year 1896.66
9 Total renewable water resources (actual)- 2003 cubic m per capita per year 1880
10 Dependency ratio 2003 (%) 34
II. Water Use
1 Agricultural water use 2000 cubic km/year 558.39
2 Agricultural water use 2003 (%) 86
3 Domestic water use 2000 cubic km/year 52.24
4 Domestic water use 2003 (%) 8
5 Industrial water use 2000 cubic km/year 35.21
6 Industrial water use 2003 (%) 5
7 Total water use 2000 cubic km/year 645.84
         
Sources: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United States (FAO), AQUASTAT 2003
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