Groundwater of South Asia

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This book presents recent findings from the South Asian region (SA), broadly including groundwater studies on (a) quantity, (b) exploration, (c) quality and pollution, (d) economics, management and policies, (e) groundwater and society, and (f) sustainable sources. It offers a compilation of compelling, authentic insights into groundwater scenarios throughout the water-stressed South Asia region. Comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, it is the most densely populated region in the world: It occupies approximately 4% of the global land area but supports more than 25% of the global population. The SA region now faces an acute shortage of fresh water due to a rapid rise in water demand and changes in societal water-use patterns. Combining essential advances and perspectives, this book offers a valuable resource for all scientists, planners and policymakers who are interested in understanding and developing the SA and other related areas. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Overview of the Groundwater of South Asia (Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 3-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Groundwater Availability in the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan (Thomas J. Mack)....Pages 23-35 Estimating Present-Day Groundwater Recharge Rates in India (Abhijit Mukherjee, Soumendra Nath Bhanja)....Pages 37-47 Groundwater Storage Variations in India (Soumendra Nath Bhanja, Abhijit Mukherjee, Matthew Rodell)....Pages 49-59 Groundwater of Hard Rock Aquifers of India (Prabhat Chandra Chandra)....Pages 61-84 Assessment of Groundwater in Karst System of Kashmir Himalayas, India (Ghulam Jeelani, Rouf Ahmad Shah, Rajendrakumar D. Deshpande)....Pages 85-100 Groundwater Availability of Northern and Southern Bank Aquifers of the Middle Ganga Plain, India (Dipankar Saha, S. N. Dwivedi)....Pages 101-118 Exploration of Groundwater-Enriched Aquifers of Central Gangetic Basin, India Using Geomorphic Signatures (A. Shaw, P. Das, M. K. Layek, M. Chakraborty, M. S. Jamal, P. Sengupta et al.)....Pages 119-129 Groundwater System of National Capital Region Delhi, India (Suman Kumar, Aditya Sarkar, Shakir Ali, Shashank Shekhar)....Pages 131-152 Groundwater Resources of Myanmar (Than Zaw, Aung Kyaw Moe, Myint Ko, Ye Myint Swe)....Pages 153-168 Groundwater Resources of Nepal: An Overview (Surendra R. Shrestha, Ganesh N. Tripathi, Dipendra Laudari)....Pages 169-193 Front Matter ....Pages 195-195 Groundwater Quality and Concerns of Kabul River Basin, Afghanistan (Abdul Qayeum Karim)....Pages 197-204 An Overview of Groundwater Quality in Bangladesh (Shama E. Haque)....Pages 205-232 Isotope Tracer Applications in Groundwater Hydrology: A Review of Indian Scenario (R. D. Deshpande)....Pages 233-245 An Overview of Agricultural Pollutants and Organic Contaminants in Groundwater of India (Srimanti Dutta Gupta, Abhijit Mukherjee, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Animesh Bhattacharya)....Pages 247-255 A Comparative Analysis of Fluoride Contamination in a Part of Western India and Indus River Basin ( Shubhangi, Anand Kumar, Akanksha Balha, Sonal Bindal, Chander Kumar Singh)....Pages 257-274 Groundwater Chemistry and Arsenic Enrichment of the Ganges River Basin Aquifer Systems (Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 275-289 Groundwater Quality, Contamination, and Processes in Brahmaputra River Basin Aquifers (Swati Verma, Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 291-305 Groundwater Quality of Meghna River Basin Aquifers (Abhijit Mukherjee, Prosun Bhattacharya, Kazi Matin Ahmed)....Pages 307-317 The Groundwater Flow, Chemistry and Pollutant Distribution in the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh and India (Madhumita Chakraborty, Abhijit Mukherjee, Kazi Matin Ahmed)....Pages 319-334 Hydrochemistry and Turnover of the Kerala Tertiary Aquifers, India (G. Jacks, D. S. C. Thambi)....Pages 335-347 Arsenic in Groundwater: Distribution and Geochemistry in Nadia District, West Bengal, India (Debashis Chatterjee, Madhurina Mazumder, Sandipan Barman, Jishnu Adhikari, Amit Kundu, Aishwarya Mukherjee et al.)....Pages 349-373 Groundwater Arsenic in Nepal: Occurrence and Temporal Variation (T. H. Brikowski, L. S. Smith, A. Neku)....Pages 375-391 Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Indus River Basin of Pakistan (Arslan Ahmad, Prosun Bhattacharya)....Pages 393-403 The Hydrogeological and Geochemical Characteristics of Groundwater of Sri Lanka (C. B. Dissanayake, Rohana Chandrajith)....Pages 405-428 Front Matter ....Pages 429-429 Monitoring the Coastal Groundwater of Bangladesh (Anwar Zahid, A. F. M. Afzal Hossain, M. Hazrat Ali, Kamrul Islam, Salah Uddin Abbassi)....Pages 431-451 Investigations on Groundwater Buffering in Khulna-Satkhira Coastal Belt Using Managed Aquifer Recharge (M. M. Hasan, Kazi Matin Ahmed, S. Sultana, M. S. Rahman, S. K. Ghosh, P. Ravenscroft)....Pages 453-462 Groundwater Discharge to the Bay of Bengal: Hydrological, Societal, and Environmental Implication to the Ocean (Palash Debnath, Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 463-474 Characterization of Coastal Aquifers in SE Coast of India (S. Chidambaram, C. Thivya, A. L. Ramanathan, R. Thilagavathi, M. V. Prasanna)....Pages 475-495 Groundwater System of Sundarbans (Basanti), West Bengal, India (Moritz Kopmann, Philip John Binning, Henrik Bregnhøj)....Pages 497-520 Front Matter ....Pages 521-521 Impacts of Human Development and Climate Change on Groundwater Resources in Bangladesh (Mohammad Shamsudduha)....Pages 523-544 Model Impact of Climate Change on the Groundwater Flow and Salinity Encroachment in the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh (Anwar Zahid, A. F. M. Afzal Hossain, Gautam C. Mridha, M. Rezaul Hasan, Kamrul Islam, M. Salah Uddin Abbassi)....Pages 545-568 Climate Change and Hydrological Perspective of Bhutan (Chandan Mahanta, Anirudha Mahagaonkar, Runti Choudhury)....Pages 569-582 Potential Impact of Climate Change on Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions in Lower Reaches of Ganges River, India (Syed Aaquib Hussain, Kousik Das, Soumendra Nath Bhanja, Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 583-591 Monitoring Groundwater Flow Dynamics and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Chaj Doab, Indus Basin, Through Modeling Approach (Arshad Ashraf, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Gulraiz Akhter)....Pages 593-611 Front Matter ....Pages 613-613 Groundwater Management in India: Status, Challenges and a Framework for Responses (Himanshu Kulkarni, Uma Aslekar, Siddharth Patil)....Pages 615-642 Potential Application of Advanced Computational Techniques in Prediction of Groundwater Resource of India (Pragnaditya Malakar, Abhijit Mukherjee, Sudeshna Sarkar)....Pages 643-655 Private Investments in Groundwater Irrigation and Smallholder Agriculture in West Bengal: Opportunities and Constraints (Aditi Mukherji, Partha Sarathi Banerjee, Durba Biswas)....Pages 657-673 Hydrosocial Implications of Hydropolitical Trajectories: Exploring the Farakka Barrage Project from Indo-Bangladesh Perspectives (Jenia Mukherjee)....Pages 675-685 Need for a Legal Framework for Groundwater Security in India (Abhijit Mukherjee)....Pages 687-694 Groundwater Resources in the Dry Zone of Myanmar: A Review of Current Knowledge (Paul Pavelic, Robyn Johnston, Matthew McCartney, Guillaume Lacombe, Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu)....Pages 695-705 Groundwater Challenges, Governance, and Management in Nepal (Shobha Kumari Yadav)....Pages 707-734 Challenges and Opportunities of Groundwater Management in Pakistan (Asad Sarwar Qureshi)....Pages 735-757 The New Water: Opportunities and Challenges of the Rise to Prominence of Groundwater in Sri Lanka in the Face of Socioeconomic and Climatic Change (Sanjiv de Silva, Mohamed Aheeyar, Indika Arulingam, Herath Manthrithilake)....Pages 759-799