Clean and Sustainable Groundwater in India

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The book embodies the groundwater issues and challenges in India focusing its sustainable use. It is a compilation of papers presented by the eminent experts from Government departments, academia, research institutes, NGOs and stakeholders who assembled at Kurukshetra on 21st August, 2015 in the event of Bhujal Manthan or “Churning of Groundwater” organized for the first time by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, the apex Ministry of Water Resource under Government of India. India, as a country, is the highest groundwater extractor in the world. Its service towards attaining the food and clean drinking water security is well documented. This volume addresses the issues of aquifer characterization, groundwater contamination, groundwater resource availability and its sustainable management through community participation in pan-India scenario. This book provides a unique opportunity for its readers to understand groundwater domain in India in its entire gamut. The papers included in the volume were selected carefully from the presentations made in the following four broad topics during the Manthan; (i) groundwater quality, (ii) conjunctive use of surface and groundwater, (iii) management intervention and sustainable use of this resource, and (iv) groundwater problems and application of various techniques. The book contains 20 papers including an introductory chapter by the editors. The content of the book is enriched by contributions from eminent researchers and activists in groundwater domain, like Prof. Tushar Shah, Prof. Himanshu Kulkarni, Dr. D. K. Chadha, Dr. Bharat Sharma and others. The recommendations in the individual papers are of immense significance for keeping the groundwater of the country clean and sustainable. The volume will help the readers to understand the groundwater issues of the country and also assist policy makers to prepare strategies for its better governance and management with environmentally sustainable ways. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Groundwater Resources and Sustainable Management Issues in India (Dipankar Saha, Sanjay Marwaha, Arunangshu Mukherjee)....Pages 1-11 Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater: A Pilot Study on Dug Well Recharge System for In situ Mitigation (L. Elango, G. Jagadeshan)....Pages 13-23 Deciphering Freshwater/Saline Water Interface in and Around Northern Chennai Region, Southern India (M. Senthilkumar, D. Gnanasundar, E. Sampath Kumar)....Pages 25-38 Geogenic Fluoride Contamination in Two Diverse Geological Settings in West Bengal (S. Brahma)....Pages 39-60 Petro-Geochemical Analysis and Their Correlation for Genesis of Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater of District Sonbhadra, U.P., India (H. K. Pandey, S. K. Srivastava, Prashant Pandey)....Pages 61-79 Hydrochemical Evaluation of Fluoride-Rich Groundwater in Cherlapalli Watershed, a Fluorosis Endemic Area, Nalgonda District, Telangana State (Pandith Madhnure, P. N. Rao, K. M. Prasad, A. D. Rao, J. S. Kumar)....Pages 81-94 Uranium Contamination of Groundwater in Southwest Parts of Punjab State, India, with Special Reference to Role of Basement Granite (K. P. Singh, Naval Kishore, Tuli Naresh, R. S. Loyal, Kaur Mandeep, Jasbir Kaur Taak)....Pages 95-106 Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater in Efficient Manner (D. K. Chadha)....Pages 107-115 Efficient Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater Can Prevent Seasonal Death of Non-Glacial Linked Rivers in Groundwater Stressed Areas (Shashank Shekhar, Suman Kumar, Rajiv Sinha, Sanjeev Gupta, Alexander Densmore, S. P. Rai et al.)....Pages 117-124 Specific Yield of Unconfined Aquifers in Revisiting Efficiency of Groundwater Usage in Agricultural Systems (Himanshu Kulkarni, Uma Aslekar, Dhaval Joshi)....Pages 125-137 Toward a Managed Aquifer Recharge Strategy for Gujarat, India: An Economist’s Dialogue with Hydro-geologists (Tushaar Shah)....Pages 139-171 Co-solving Groundwater Depletion and Seasonal Flooding Through an Innovative Managed Aquifer Recharge Approach: Converting Pilot to a Regional Solution in the Ram Ganga Sub-basin (Prasun K. Gangopadhyay, Bharat R. Sharma, Paul Pavelic)....Pages 173-189 Impact Assessment of Demonstrative Project on Artificial Recharge to Groundwater in Gangavalli Block, Salem District, Tamil Nadu (A. Subburaj, E. Sampath Kumar, S. Suresh, V. Elanchelian, K. Rajarajan)....Pages 191-202 Soil Infiltration Test in Hard Rock Areas—A Case Study (S. S. Vittala, G. R. C. Reddy, K. R. Sooryanarayana, G. Sudarshan)....Pages 203-213 Peoples’ Participation for Sustainable Groundwater Management (Bishwadeep Ghose, Harshvardhan Dhawan, Himanshu Kulkarni, Uma Aslekar, Siddharth Patil, M. V. Ramachandrudu et al.)....Pages 215-234 Geospatial Analysis of Recharge of Groundwater and Irrigation Draft from Different Aquifer Systems of Rajasthan, India (Bidyut Kumar Bhadra, Rakesh Paliwal, S. Srinivasa Rao)....Pages 235-259 Evaluation of Water Level Behavior in Coal-Mining Area, Adjacent Township, and District Areas of Jharkhand State, India (Prasoon Kumar Singh, Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Poornima Verma)....Pages 261-278 Modelling the Potential Impact of Small-Scale Pumping Near Future Water Supply Wells in a Stressed Aquifer in South Western Bengal Basin on Groundwater Flow (P. K. Sikdar, Paulami Sahu)....Pages 279-300 Hydrodynamics of Groundwater Flow in the Arsenic-Affected Areas of the Gangetic West Bengal, India (Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 301-320 Recording High Natural Gamma Radiations in Fluoride-Prone Area of Shivpuri District, Madhya Pradesh (Subhash C. Singh, Rakesh Singh, Parvinder Singh)....Pages 321-332 Back Matter ....Pages 333-334