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8Source: WRI Aqueduct; WHO Global Health Observatory 9Source: McKinsey & WRG, 'Charting our water future', 2009; World Bank; Times of India 10 Source: World Resource Institute 11 Source: World Resource Institute

(iii) Most states have achieved less than 50% of the total score in the augmentation of groundwater resources, highlighting the growing national crisis--54% of India's groundwater wells are declining, and 21 major cities are expected to run out of groundwater as soon as 2020, affecting ~100 million people12.