The present study explores about recharge Site Delineation through Integrated Geophysical Hydrological and GIS Approach. Numerous government schemes are implemented in the recent times towards sustainable groundwater development and quality management through water harvesting and artificial recharge strategy development. Artificial recharge strategy has been adapted largely in such situations to augment the ground water reserves by transferring the surface water to the aquifers during the monsoon months and using this water in lean period. In groundwater studies, several geophysical methods have been deployed since late 1915, of which the electrical method has shown a wider approach and better applicability. Basically, there are two types of procedures involved in electrical resistivity survey, of which resistivity profiling is adopted to understand qualitatively the nature of subsurface, were as vertical resistivity sounding (VES) quantifies the resistivity variation with depth and thickness. All the case studies discussed in this paper, pertains to different geological terrain, where the integrated approach of geophysical, hydro-geological and GIS studies have been implemented. The outcome of the integrated approach resulted in groundwater quality enhancement and sustenance. Similar strategy can be adopted at any given site in India as well as other countries to achieve effective outcome in enhancing the groundwater recharge and its sustenance.
Author (s) Details
Rolland Andrade
Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune, 411 024, India.
Balamurugan Guru
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 400 088, India.
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