Analysis of Sea Water Intrusion for a Part of Limestone Tract of Gujarat Coast, India | Chapter 12 | Research Developments in Science and Technology Vol. 1

 The goal of this research is to bring together information from three different mining sites on the Saurashtra coast. The study's goal was to look at current data and understand the hallmark of seawater intrusion in the coastal aquifer at locations where limestone (marly limestone) is commonly found and extracted economically. The water quality data collected by various national agencies and concerned state organisations, including the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR; formerly Central Mining Research Institute or CMRI), the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), and the Gujarat Water Resources Development Corporation Limited (GWRDC), are used in the R&D analysis presented in this paper.

Because of the high salinity/alkalinity, the coastal aquifer of the Saurashtra Coast has good permeability and transmissivity, as well as a greater specific conductance of ground. The hydrogeological parameters allow for the natural transit of solutes, resulting in the existence of seawater intrusion (SWI). Groundwater Investigations were conducted for a decade (2006-2007 to 2016-2017) at various studied sites of this limestone tract, where limestone mining is still going on for industrial purposes, revealing the presence of SWI and proving to be extremely useful in analysing the trend of SWI all along the Saurashtra coast.

Author(S) Details

Abhay K. Soni
Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Nagpur, India.

Paras R. Pujari
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India.

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