Ground Water Depletion
Hp Ground Water Depletion in India
A study on the ground water depletion across the World ,specifically in India. The causes of depletion,current scenario and the way forward
Krishnapriya J 12HS60006 MHRM, IIT Kharagpur
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Table of Contents
1. ABSTRACT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE TERM PAPER-----------------------------------------------------4 3. REVIEW OF LITERATURE------------------------------------------------------------------4 3.1. INTRODUCTION----------------------------------------------------------------------4 3.2. CURRENT GROUND WATER SCENARIO & DEPLETION TRENDS ---6 4 MAJOR CAUSES FOR GROUND WATER DEPLETION -------------------------------8 5. IMPLICATIONS----------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 5.1 A FEW CASE STUDIES---------------------------------------------------------------9 6. FEW METHODS FOR GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT --------------------------12 6.1 RECHARGE WITH IMPORTED SURFACE WATER--------------------------12 6.2 RECHARGE WITH RAINWATER-------------------------------------------------12 6.3 ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE MOVEMENT IN INDIA----------------------------13 6.4. DOMESTIC RAIN WATER HARVESTING--------------------------------------13 6.5 VEGETATIVE TREATMENT OF THE CATCHMENT-----------------------14 6.6 SOME WORLDWIDE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES USING ECONOMIC THEORIES----------------------------14 7. RECCOMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ----------------------------------------------------14 8. CONCLUSION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 9. REFERENCES-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
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ABBREVIATIONS
MLD TNPCB IWMI INCID Million Litres per Day Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board International Water Management Institute Indian National committee on Irrigation & Drainage
References: http://jnuenvis.nic.in/subject/freshwater/groundwater.htm The Groundwater Recharge Movement in India by Dr. Ramaswamy Sakthivadivel, Senior Fellow,IWMI,Srilanka. Ground Water Pollution and Emerging Environmental Challenges of Industrial Effluent Irrigation: A Case Study of Mettupalayam Taluk, Tamilnadu by Sacchidananda Mukherjee and Prakash Nelliyat, Madras School of Economics The Global Ground Water Situation : Overview of Opportunities and Challenges by Tushar Shah,David Molden ,R.Sakthivadivel and David Seckler ,IWMI Effect of Sand Mining in Karnataka ,by A C Hemalatha,MG Chandrakanth and N Nagaraj,Dept of Department of Agricultural Economics,GKVK, UAS, Bangalore 16