IMPACT OF GROUND WATER RECHARGE AND WITHDRAWAL ON WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS IN ALLUVIAL AREA

RISHI PATHAK¹*, M.K. AWASTHI², S.K. SHARMA³, M.K. HARDAHA⁴, R.K. NEMA^5
1Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
⁵Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : rishipathakcae@gmail.com

Received : 11-07-2017     Accepted : 16-07-2017     Published : 06-08-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 36       Pages : 4546 - 4549
Int J Agr Sci 9.36 (2017):4546-4549

Keywords : Ground water recharge, Water fluctuation method, GIS
Academic Editor : Subhash Thakur, Sourabh Nema, Akhilesh Singh
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : I would like to extend sincere thanks to my advisor, Dr. M.K. Awasthi, for the knowledge, guidance and freedom he provided throughout the course of this project
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

In general, groundwater trends are declining throughout the world due to the continuous increase of ground water withdrawal to meet the daily needs of growing population. There is a general acceptance that the recharge of ground water in the alluvial region areas is more compared to other regions, however these concepts leads to an inaccurate estimation of ground water recharge in many alluvium regions. However, the recent investigations in the Patan block of Jabalpur district of M.P. India has indicated that, the pre-monsoon water level deepness prone to the higher recharge of ground water from the precipitation and other water resources like tanks and check dams. Similarly study also suggested that the pre-monsoon ground water level influenced higher recharge of ground water than the total annual amount of rainfall in study area. The study involved analysis of the ground water data for 16 years and mapped the changed in ground water levels between pre monsoon and post monsoon Further investigations made by analyzing the data of water level in the patan block. The ground water recharge estimation has been done by using water table fluctuation method and GlS application. The study concludes that nearly 22 percent of rainfall is either joining the ground water directly through infiltration or by different recharge attributed by various water conservation structures such as check dams, reservoirs, tanks etc. Also, the finding indicated that increase use of ground water for agriculture and the rise in agriculture area has leading ground water declination issue in study area.

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