MARVI

MARVI: Managing Aquifer Recharge & Sustaining Groundwater Use through Village level intervention

Water beneath us.
Knowledge between us.

MARVI puts groundwater science in the hands of the people who depend on it—farmers, schools, researchers and communities working together for water that lasts!

MARVI researchers and community members standing together in a green field
Field note / India
Community + science
A shared resource becomes visible through shared observation.

The central question

How can a village understand an invisible shared resource—and decide its future together?
2012The MARVI field journey began
630Bhujal Jankaars trained
105Number of female BJs trained
505Number of male Bjs trained
2908Number of wells monitored

Inside MARVI

A living practice, not a static study.

Follow the work from village observation to shared groundwater decisions and cooperative groundwater management.

A Bhujal Jaankaar (BJ) (groundwater informed volunteer) taking a measurement beside a village well01 · The methodScience becomes useful when it becomes local and owned by people.Bhujal Jankaars taking part in field training02 · The peopleMeet the village groundwater champions.A BJ recording a MyWell field observation03 · The platformSee local knowledge take shape in MyWell.