Pond rejuvenation in Rewari

Rewari's ponds in numbers

• The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 771 water bodies in Rewari district, 762 of them ponds. 50 were not in use. See them on the ponds page for Rewari.
• The Haryana Water Resources Atlas 2025 maps 1,314 ponds covering 1,038 acres from satellite data, and counts 13,942 irrigation tubewells in the district.
• The Central Ground Water Board puts Rewari's groundwater use at 133% of what can safely be taken out each year (2025), which it rates over-exploited. See the groundwater page for Rewari.
• CGWB's pre-monsoon readings put water at 10–20 m below ground in most of its 6 monitoring wells in Rewari district, from 12.85 m in the shallowest to 69.4 m in the deepest. See the water table page.
• CGWB's 2023 testing found salt and fluoride above the BIS limit in groundwater samples from the district. See the water quality page.
• Rewari gets about 675 mm of rain in an average year (2006–2025), 82% of it from June to September. See the rainfall page.

What Rewari's ponds need

With water this deep, a pond that only holds rain loses most of it to evaporation before it soaks down. Rewari's ponds need recharge shafts or wells in the bed that carry clean water past the dry clay layers toward the water table.

The Bawal and Dharuhera industrial areas and the new townships along the highway have covered the catchments of many village ponds. Where that has happened, the pond needs a new inlet that takes roof and road runoff from the developed land, through a silt trap.

How we rejuvenate a pond in Rewari

1. 01

   Records and survey

   We take the pond's boundary from the revenue records, then GPS-survey the bed levels, silt depth, inlets, outlets, encroachments and every drain that enters it.

2. 02

   Plan the recharge shafts

   We log the soil layers and the depth to water, then place recharge shafts in the pond bed deep enough to reach soil that takes water.

3. 03

   DPR and BOQ

   Storage before and after, catchment and inflow, drawings, an item-wise cost and a schedule that the owner or a CSR committee can approve. Work out the volumes first with the pond volume calculator.

4. 04

   Desilt, deepen and build

   Excavators remove the silt sealing the bed; clean silt goes to farmers' fields. Then silt traps on every inlet, earthen or stone-pitched banks, ghats and steps.

5. 05

   Plant, fence and hand over

   Plantation, fencing and signboards, then handover with as-built drawings and a yearly upkeep plan.

What pond rejuvenation costs in Rewari

Earthwork is the biggest cost. One acre dug 1 m deeper moves about 4,050 m³ of silt; where farmers nearby take it, carting costs little, and where it must be hauled away, the price rises.

The same ranges as our pond rejuvenation page, for budgeting. Silt depth, carting distance, sewage diversion and stone pitching move the price most; the survey fixes it.

Who pays for pond work in Rewari

• Gram panchayats, through MGNREGA for earthwork by village labour and Mission Amrit Sarovar.
• The Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority, which runs the state's pond revival and treated wastewater programs.
• The Municipal Council of Rewari for ponds inside the town.
• CSR: pond revival is a Schedule VII activity for companies. See CSR water conservation projects.
• Industries in Bawal and Dharuhera, as part of their groundwater recharge conditions.

Where we work

All of Rewari district: Rewari, Bawal, Dharuhera, Kosli, Khol, Jatusana, Nahar and the villages around them. We also work in Gurugram, Jhajjar and Nuh.

Frequently asked questions