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Assessment of spatio-temporal variation provides a principal source of information regarding groundwater recharge, storage and discharge. Spatio-temporal variation of groundwater level (GWL) in Raipur city has been studied using statistical and graphical methods. Monthly trend of GWL has been investigated using Mann–Kendall test and Sen’s slope estimator. The monthly GWL data of thirty observation wells (dug well) of Raipur city for the period 2010–2014 have been used for the study. The minimum and maximum GWL has been found out to be 0.84 m below ground level (bgl) which is 267.98 m above mean sea level (amsl) and 16.61 m bgl (271.53 m amsl). Contour map shows that average GWL varies between 1.74 and 13.80 m bgl (i.e. 280.34 m to 287.12 amsl) during pre-monsoon and 1.64 m to 6.75 m bgl (i.e. 279.92 m to 282.54 m amsl) during post-monsoon. GWL is shallower in central part of the city, whereas deeper GWL has been observed in western and northern part of the city. The groundwater contour maps depict that the groundwater flow direction is towards north and west. The results of trend analysis reveal that no significant trend is detected at 5% significance level except few locations.
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Authors are thankful to Director, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, for granting necessary administrative and financial support to carry out this work.
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Kumar, S., Singh, S., Kale, R.V., Ghosh, N.C., Sonkusare, M.M., Chandniha, S.K. (2018). Spatio-Temporal Variation and Trend Analysis of Groundwater Level in Raipur City, Chhattisgarh. In: Singh, V., Yadav, S., Yadava, R. (eds) Groundwater. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 76. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5789-2_3
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