<Li> The Indian Government created a National Water Framework Bill in 2013 . This bill ensures that India's groundwater is a public resource, and is not to be exploited by companies through privatization of water . The National Water Framework Bill allows for everyone to access clean drinking water, of the right to clean drinking water under Article 21 of' Right to Life' in India's Constitution . The bill indicates a want for the states of India to have full control of groundwater contained in aquifers . So far Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Telangana, Maharashtra, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli are the only ones using this bill . </Li> <Li> Section 7 (g) of the Easement Act, 1882 states that every landowner has the right to collect within his limits, all water under the land and on its surface which does not pass in a defined channel . </Li> <Li> The 1882 Easement Act gives landowners priority over surface and groundwater that is on their land and allows them to give or take as much as they want as long as the water is on their land . This act prevents the government from enforcing regulations of groundwater, allowing many landowners to privatize their groundwater instead accessing it in community areas . </Li> <P> A significant portion of Canada's population relies on the use of groundwater . In Canada, roughly 8.9 million people or 30% of Canada's population, rely on groundwater for domestic use and approximately two thirds of these users live in rural areas . </P>

The movement of water to groundwater is called