 Stop reverse and sustain. Stop stopping the depletion of ground water, the over abstraction of ground water, the contamination of ground water. Reverse, we want to reverse the levels of pollution in ground water and to reverse the decreasing levels of ground water. Sustain, we want to sustain this resource over a longer period of time so that our future generation still can use ground water in the region. IWA in the region is organizing international ground water workshop which will focus on elevating the issues and challenges related to ground water in the region. As is the case across the world, in this region ground water is becoming a scarce resource and for India almost 70% of its ground water reserves are used for agricultural production. At the same time, 80% of the rural drinking water supply comes from ground water reserves. This clearly shows that ground water is an important driver for social and economic growth in the region and therefore there is a need to bring this on the policy arena to make it more relevant and have actions that will make the ground water sustained over a larger period of time.