عنوان

Groundwater development and management :

3319751158

9783319751153

331975114X

9783319751146

Groundwater development and management :

[Book]

issues and challenges in South Asia /

Pradip K. Sikdar, editor.

New Delhi, India :

Springer,

[2019]

1 online resource

Includes index.

Chapter 1: Problems and Challenges for Groundwater Management in South Asia -- Pradip K. SikdarChapter 2: Problems and Challenges for Groundwater Management in India -- Dipankar SahaChapter 3: Modelling of Aquifer Systems -- Tapan TalukdarChapter 4: Application of Geophysical Techniques in Groundwater Management -- Bimalendu B. BhattacharyaChapter 5: Application of Remote Sensing and GIS -- Surajit ChakrabortyChapter 6: Application of Environmental Isotopes -- Sudhir KumarChapter 7: Development and Management of Coastal Aquifer Systems -- Subrata HalderChapter 8: Spring Protection and Management -- Jared BuonoChapter 9: Drilling, Well Construction and Well Development -- Asish CharkrabortyChapter 10: Pumping Test for Aquifers: Analysis and Evaluation -- Pradip K. SikdarChapter 11: Fluoride Pollution in Groundwater -- Paulami SahuChapter 12: Arsenic Pollution in Groundwater -- John M. McArthurChapter 13: Arsenic Contaminated Irrigation Water and Its Impact on the Food Chain -- Saroj Kumar SanyalChapter 14: Human Health Hazards Due to Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Drinking Water and the Food Chain -- Gautam GhoshChapter 15: Treatment of Arsenic and Fluoride Contaminated Groundwater -- Arunabha MajumdarChapter 16: Impact of Climate Change and Groundwater -- Rajib ChattopadhyayChapter 17: Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharging -- Ajoy Kumar MisraChapter 18: Development and Management of Baseflow for Public Water Supply in Semi-Arid Hard Rock Area -- Pradip K. Sikdar, Shouri Dutta, Saheb Das, Surajit Chakraborty and Utsab GhosalChapter 19: Groundwater Policies and Law -- Tapan Kumar RayChapter 20: Catalysing Peoples' Participation for Groundwater Management -- Ayan BiswasChapter 21: Way Forward and Future Strategies -- Pradip K. Sikdar.

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This book deals with the challenges for efficient groundwater management, with a focus on South Asia and India, providing a balanced presentation of theory and field practice using a multidisciplinary approach. Groundwater of South Asia is increasingly confronted with overuse and deteriorating quality and therefore requires urgent attention. Management of the stressed groundwater systems is an extremely complex proposition because of the intricate hydrogeological set-up of the region. Strategies for sustainable management must involve a combination of supply-side and demand-side measures depending on the regional setting and socio-economic situations. As a consequence, the challenges of efficient groundwater management require not only a clear understanding of the aquifer configuration, but also demand for the development of a comprehensive database of the groundwater occurrences and flow systems in each hydrogeological setting. In addition, drilling and well construction methods that are appropriate to different hydrogeological formations need to be implemented as well as real-time monitoring of the status of the groundwater use. Also corrective measures for groundwater that is threatened with depletion and quality deterioration need to be installed. Finally, the legal framework of groundwater needs to be rearticulated according to the common property aspect of groundwater. These challenges should revolve around effective groundwater governance by creating an atmosphere to support and empower community-based systems of decision-making and revisit the existing legal framework and groundwater management institutions by fostering community initiatives. This book is relevant for academics, professionals, administrators, policy makers, and economists concerned with various aspects of groundwater science and management.

Springer Nature

com.springer.onix.9783319751153

Groundwater development and management.

9783319751146

Groundwater-- South Asia-- Management.

Groundwater-- South Asia.

Environmental science, engineering & technology.

Geochemistry.

Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing.

Groundwater-- Management.

Groundwater.

Hydrology & the hydrosphere.

Physical geography & topography.

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Geography.

SCIENCE-- Earth Sciences-- Geology.

South Asia.

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SCI-- 030000

SCI-- 031000

Sikdar, Pradip K.

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