Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), is a  multidisciplinary  scientific  organization  with  a mandate to " Develop and disseminate technologies and monitor and implement national policies for the scientific and sustainable development and management of India's ground water resources, including their exploration, assessment, conservation, augmentation, protection from pollution, and distribution, based on principles of economic and ecological efficiency and equity”.

CGWB being the national apex organization is vested with the responsibilities to carry out scientific studies , exploration aided by drilling , monitoring of ground water regime, assessment, augmentation, management and regulation of country’s ground water resources.

The major activities of the Board are as below:-

• Ground water management studies.  
• Ground water exploration aided by drilling.  
• Monitoring of ground water observation wells for quantity and quality. 
• Water supply investigations.  
• Periodic assessment of ground water resources.  
• Publication of maps and reports.  
• Scientific source finding .  
• Construction of deposit wells.  
• Hydro-chemical studies.
• Geophysical studies.  
• Hydrological and hydro-meteorological studies.  
• Remote sensing studies.  
• Ground water pollution studies.  
• Ground water modeling studies. 
• Data storage and retrieval.  
• Water balance studies.  
• Artificial recharge  & rainwater harvesting studies.  
• Studies on conjunctive use of ground water and surface water.  
• Training in activities related to ground water through Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training and Research Institute.  
• Regulation of ground water development by CGWA.  
• Conducting awareness and water management training programmes.
• Hydrology Project-II.
• Research & Development

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Central Headquarters, Faridabad Regional Offices (18) 1. North West Himalayan Region, Jammu 2. North Himalayan Region, Dharamshala 3. North Western Region, Chandigarh 4. Uttaranchal Region, Dehradun 5. Northern Region, Lucknow 6. Western Region, Jaipur 7. Mid Eastern Region, Patna 8. Eastern Region, Kolkata 9. North Eastern Region, Guwahati 10.West Central Region, Ahemdabad 11. North Central Region, Bhopal 12. North Central Chhatishgarh Region, Raipur 13. South Eastern Region, Bhubaneshwar 14. Central Region, Nagpur 15. South Region, Hyderabad 16. South Western Region, Bangalore 17. South Eastern Coastal Region, Chennai 18. Kerala Region, Trivendrum

Divisional Offices (17) 1. Division-I, Ahemdabad 2. Division-II, Ambala 3. Division-III, Varanasi 4. Division-IV, Chennai 5. Division-V, Ranchi 6. Division-VI, Nagpur 7. Division-VII, Guwahati 8. Division-VIII, Jammu 9. Division-IX, Hyderabad 10.Division-X, Bhubaneshwar 11.Division-XI, Jodhopur 12.Division-XII, Bhopal 13.Division-XIII- Raipur 14.Division-XIV, Bangalore 15.Division-XV, Kolkata 16.Division-XVI, Bareilly 17.Division- XVII, Dharamshala State Unit Office (11) 1. Delhi 2. Belgaum. 3. Shillong 4. Jodhpur 5. Pune 6. Agartala 7. Ranchi 8. Itanagar 9. Allahabad 10.Vishkhapattnam 11. Srinagar