In five years, we have dug over 135,000 JalTara recharge pits in 250+ villages – recharging an estimated 40 billion liters of groundwater annually.
Completed Projects
Over the last five years, the JalTara approach has been tested and validated, and we’ve learned how to nation-scale our groundwater recharge projects through work in 250+ villages in Mantha, Parthur, Jalna taluks in Jalna district, Maharashtra, India. We partnered with the Art of Living foundation to execute the JalTara projects on the ground.
250+
Villages
135k
Recharge Pits
40
Billion Liters/Yr
375k
Villagers
One recharge pit per acre, with broad coverage of an average of 500 plots/acres per village.
2026 goal - 500 Villages
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One recharge pit per acre, with broad coverage of an average of 500 plots/acre per village.
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Majority of the villages will be in Maharashtra, and we will seed 50 village projects in 3-4 additional states to prepare for scale.
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Build multiple partnerships to execute on ground, collect data, and analyze for impact.
Objective – Build process/systems to scale the JalTara approach to 100,000 villages in five years.
2023/24 – Pilot Project 4
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One recharge pit per acre, with broad coverage of an average of 500 plots/acre per village (work in progress).
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Worked with Asian paints on a project near their factory in Pune, as well as with Tata Hitachi who generously donated their effective backhoes.
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Partnered with Environmental Defense Fund (edf.org) and WELL Labs to study the science and effectiveness of the JalTara “One-Pit-per-Acre” approach and how to refine and scale up.
Dug 25,000 recharge pits in 55 villages
2022/23 – Pilot Project 2
Reconfirmed JalTara ROI
Developed scalable framework
Objective – Learn how to scale the JalTara approach.
2021/22 – Pilot Project 1
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One recharge pit per acre, with broad coverage of an average of 500 plots/acre per village.
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Increased groundwater recharge & farmer income; eliminated crop spoilage from waterlogged fields.
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9-month process: training, villager mobilization, data gathering, and digging/pit filling before the monsoon.
Objective – Validate the “One Recharge Pit per Acre” hypothesis with a small proof of concept project
2020/21 – Proof of Concept
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One recharge pit per acre, with broad coverage of an average of 500 plots/acre per village (work in progress).
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Worked with Asian paints on a project near their factory in Pune, as well as with Tata Hitachi who generously donated their effective backhoes.
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Partnered with Environmental Defense Fund (edf.org) and WELL Labs to study the science and effectiveness of the JalTara “One-Pit-per-Acre” approach and how to refine and scale up.