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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Artificial recharge to Ground Water” means the process by which Ground Water reservoir is augmented at a rate exceeding that under natural conditions of replenishment; (b) “Authority” means the Karnataka Groundwater Authority established under section 3; (c) “Contravention” means defiance or violation of a rule, law or judicial order or a breach of a regulatory requirement or not fulfilling an obligation, promise or agreement; (d) “Digging/drilling” means with all its grammatical variations and cognate expression in relation to a well includes digging, drilling or boring of new wells or in existing wells, deepening and modification (of radials and galleries) of existing wells for extraction of groundwater; 6 (e) “Drilling Agency” means a person or an agency or an organization or an institution engaged in the business of drilling or digging of well for exploration of water resources or extraction of water; (f) “Defunct well” means open wells or bore wells that are no longer yielding water or not in use; (g) “Failed bore wells” means a bore well yielding less than one liter per second (or 791 GPH) at the time of installation; (h) “Government” means the State Government; (i) “Groundwater” means the water, which exists below the ground surface in the zone of saturation and can be extracted through wells or any other means or emerges as springs and base flows in streams and rivers; (j) “Inferior quality work” means the defects and faults occurred during the design stage that affect well maintenance; 1[(j-a) Implementing Agency” with all its grammatical variations and cognate expression in relation to a Government agency, public or private enterprise that undertakes drilling bore-wells or tube wells, maintenance and supply of water either directly or through contractors;]1