Application of Two Innovative Approaches for Implementation of Groundwater Management Strategies: A Case study of Kota and Bikaner Divisions

Authors : Sanju R. Phulpagar* and Ganesh D. Kale**

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*Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Chh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India. Email ID: sanjup1213@gmail.com

**Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India. Email ID: gdk@ced.svnit.ac.in

Abstract

As per the Central Ground Water Board Report, water levels of less than 20 m below ground level are mostly found in Rajasthan's southern and northern regions in which Kota and Bikaner Divisions are situated. Therefore, the implementation of groundwater management strategies is very essential for these subdivisions which need information about where and why these strategies are necessary. To know where and why groundwater management strategies are necessary, first and second innovative approaches are employed which prioritized groundwater blocks and identified factors affecting groundwater at the groundwater blocks, respectively in the aforesaid subdivisions.First and second innovative approaches are applied through analyzing trends in groundwater levels and analysing trends in rainfall and mean temperature of groundwater blocks in aforesaid two subdivisions corresponding to four seasons and the period 1994 to 2018. Corresponding to four seasons,at some of the blocks in the Kota Division, declination in groundwater is observed because of increasing mean temperature and decreasing rainfall. At very few blocks in the Bikaner Division corresponding to four seasons, declination in groundwater is observed because of increasing mean temperature and decreasing rainfall.