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Madhya Pradesh, India: "Addressing the rural water crisis in India."

Partners: Clemson University, Foundation for Economic Security (nongovernmental organization in India), Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Communities in Salri, India

Summary: The project will produce tools that villagers can use to assist in making water management decisions that will impact water availability during the year in an area where environmental degradation and drought have caused a crisis. Using an electromagnetic induction system, the work will evaluate geologic structures for water harvesting to capture runoff and increase groundwater supplies through the dry season, develop irrigation plans to decrease the agricultural demand on groundwater, and explore for untapped reserves of groundwater within the watersheds. You can follow graduate student Dan Matz' project blog from India here.

Point of Contact: Stephen Moysey - smoyey@clemson.edu, Clemson University