The study was conducted with dug out farm pond at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, during 2010-11 to 2013-14. Reutilization study on protective irrigation to soybean was conducted during kharif 2013. On an average, runoff of 12.43% and harvesting potential of 11.10% of rainfall was observed from the catchment area of 1.60 ha during experimentation period. An average total storage loss of 1718.10 m 3 was observed during the period from July to December comprising an evaporation and seepage losses of 150.59 m 3 (8.67%) and 1567.51 m 3 (90.29%), respectively. One protective irrigation of 5 cm to soybean at maturity stage during prevailing critical dryspell, increased soybean grain yield by 30.87%. An average irrigation potential, on the basis of monthly storage volume of farm pond during 2010 and 2013, was observed as 0.87 ha.
An artificial well recharge system model was designed and constructed near open well for groundwater enhancement. The filtration efficiency of primary filter was determined and found to be in tune of 64 to 70% and for main filter 90 to 94%. During the year 2011, 630 mm of rainfall produced 203 mm of runoff which is 32.21% of the rainfall. Similarly, during the year 2012, 678 mm of rainfall generated 152 mm of runoff i.e. 22.41% of the rainfall. The total rainfall received during the year 2013 was 1131 mm and it produced 407 mm runoff. The water level in the well was recorded periodically at an interval of 15 days to observe the groundwater level fluctuation. Comparison of water levels of 2011 to 2013 indicated that there was an increase in water level varied between 0.3 m and 3.4 m due to artificial well recharging.
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