Application of Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Groundwater Management: A Case Study of Jodhpur Division

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 mentioned in the Central Ground Water Board Report, stage of groundwater development in all districts of the Jodhpur Division has exceeded 100% due to indiscriminate use. Thus, for implementation of proper management strategies for groundwater resources, two innovative approaches are applied. The first innovative approach is applied for prioritization of all groundwater blocks in the Jodhpur Division of the Rajasthan state to identify where the management of groundwater resources are necessary andit is applied through analyzing trends in groundwater levels of groundwater blocks in the study area. The second innovative approach is applied at the study area to know why management strategies of groundwater resources are necessary and it is applied through analyzing trends in rainfall and mean temperature of groundwater blocks in the study area. These two innovative approaches are applied for four seasons for the period of 1994 to 2018 at each groundwater block of the Jodhpur Division.At some of the blocks in the Jodhpur Division corresponding to four seasons, declination (significant and non-significant) in groundwater is observed because of increasing mean temperature (significant and non-significant) and decreasing rainfall (significant and non-significant).