Impact of Climate Change on Ground Water Table

Authors : Sadria Begam* and Mrinmoy Majumder**

*Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Dept, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Tripura, India.

**Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Dept, National Institute of Technology Agartala,Tripura, India

Abstract :

Change in climate is impacting groundwater also. The sudden change in the regular pattern of climate can cause a catastrophic change in certain areas. As a result of floods, droughts, peak rainfall etc. extreme events, their intensity, and magnitude will be near maximum most of the time in most places of the World. As a result, it is wiser to conduct research in this area. Climate change impacts can be observed in groundwater also. The water level may change, the water table of fresh water may get receeded or sometimes increases. Anyway, this type of impact can be quantified with a prediction model that can be developed with the help of MCDM such that we can predict the outcome. MCDM can also be used to select better models. GIS can be utilized to draw a map representing the climatic impacts and their severity with time and space.

Keyword:

groundwater,GIS, climate change