Groundwater resources are clearly finite (even if the exact limit in uncertain).  As the limit is approached water quantity and quality declines rapidly.  Groundwater is generally being overexploited beyond safe yields.

There is a pattern of success to successful (those with means are better positioned to adapt to increasing scarcity) but this growth in inequality results in social unrest which in turn inhibits reinvestment by the successful.

Green elements are the focus of project investments:  Improved regulatory capacity, infrastructure investments, WUA capacity building, and strengthening cooperatives to support investment in small holders.