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Groundwater Hydrology in Arid Rewari District of Haryana: Assessment, Development and Management Options

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Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India

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Groundwater has come up as a remarkable resource of water supply. Its more and more need in agriculture, industries and domestic sectors makes it as an asset of vital concern. Accordingly, this investigation has attempted to assess the dynamic groundwater resources of arid Rewari district at block level in Haryana. The investigation rests on secondary data sources pertaining to levels of groundwater, rainfall, area under irrigation, groundwater structures, net irrigation demand of crops, technical stipulations of surface water bodies (river, canal, drain etc.) and water management structures. The yearly renewable groundwater resources of the district have been observed to be about 715 million cubic meters, while the yearly groundwater extraction has been to the tune of 965 million cubic meters, thereby leaving a deficit of 250 million cubic meters. This large deficit in groundwater resources of the district can be attributed to over-utilization of the resource in four blocks out of five. These findings indicate towards the design of speedy groundwater management plans in the district such as artificial recharge on large scale through rain water harvesting, regulation on development of groundwater in over-exploited and risky areas, development of groundwater sanctuaries, power tariff on withdrawal of groundwater, judicious use of water etc. These measures will certainly bridge the gap between groundwater availability and demand in the district.

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    Omvir Singh

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  2. Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal, India

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Singh, O., Sharma, R. (2021). Groundwater Hydrology in Arid Rewari District of Haryana: Assessment, Development and Management Options. In: Adhikary, P.P., Shit, P.K., Santra, P., Bhunia, G.S., Tiwari, A.K., Chaudhary, B.S. (eds) Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62397-5_25

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