Groundwater monitoring

The year 2021 was the wettest in a hundred years and the first aquifer below Auroville filled up, with unexpected consequences. To understand what is happening and what is likely to happen in the future, we talked to Aurovilian Giulio, a geo-archaeologist, who works for the Geomatics department of Auroville’s Centre of Scientific Research

Michael Bonke is a long-time friend of Auroville who has been instrumental in initiating and funding major projects in the community. One of the aims of Varuna, a company he set up and runs with a team of Aurovilians, is “to build and operate a small desalination plant which can supply water to Auroville, for the future Matrimandir Lake and the nearby villages”.

The bioregion was defined as Pondicherry, Auroville, and the surrounding districts of Villupuram and Cuddalore (PAVC), an area of 2500 sq. kilometres that constitutes a distinct ecological bioregion along the Coromandel Coast.