Artificial Recharge in India as an Effective insitu Water Security Intervention: Studies in Two Select River Basins

Duraiswami, Raymond A.; Krishnamurthy, V.; Maskare, Babaji

doi:10.17491/cgsi/2016/95952

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“…The rain-shadow drought prone region (DPR) constitutes an important agroclimatic region of the state. Over dependence on groundwater in the DPR has led to its overexploitation, falling water levels and degrading groundwater quality (Duraiswami et al 2012a, b) [7] , and an effective insitu water security intervention using artificial recharge was established in two select river basins (Duraiswami et al 2016) [9] . The NIASM watershed falls in the rain-shadow, drought prone region of the Maharashtra state.…”

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Impact assessment of edaphic factors on groundwater quality

Maurya¹,

Duraiswami²,

Karmalkar³

et al. 2019

Int. J. Chem. Stud.

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Fifteen water abstraction structures along the two streams adjacent to the NIASM site were selected for studying the geochemistry of the groundwater and abiotic factors responsible for their distribution. The results indicated that the groundwater is alkaline with high electrical conductivity (EC). The Total Hardness is below the prescribed drinking water limit whereas Na concentrations are far below the permissible limit. The sodium absorption ration (SAR) distribution pattern indicated downstream increase in the areas due to surfacial obstruction of the natural drainage system. EC of water shows a positive correlation with major cations Ca + Mg (R 2 = 0.63) and Na + K (R 2 = 0.61) which indicates a strong lithological control on the major oxide cations of the groundwaters. There is a strong positive correlation between EC and Cl (R 2 = 0.96) while the correlation between EC and HCO3 is weak (R 2 = 0.12) indicating that the amount of chloride in the groundwater controls the EC. The samples showed considerable scatter with a weak correlation (R 2 = 0.19) between NO3-N and EC. Such variation in the NO3-N concentration from the groundwaters reflects the role of physical process such as evaporation and /or anthropogenic additions to the groundwater. The SO4 concentration showed no distinct correlation with EC (R 2 = 0.07) indicating that its concentration did not contribute to the conductivity of groundwaters from the NIASM site. Based on the SAR values, the groundwater for irrigation purposes are classified as 'good' and most of them belong to the Ca+Mg>Na+K; HCO3+CO3>Cl+SO4 facies.

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confidence: 99%