Groundwater Recharge

Revised guidelines for implementation of artificial recharge projects under the central sector scheme "ground water management..

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in association with State Ground Water Departments has assessed that 1065 talukas/blocks/mandals fall under over exploited and critical categories. Ground water levels have been on the decline in urban/semi-urban areas and rural areas and the issues of ground water quality are natural corollary.

Publication Date:

01/09/2009

Source: Ministry of Water Resources (India)

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Ministry Of Water Resources, India

Water Pollution

Fish cure: Govt hits on medicine to keep water bodies healthy

After having revived 152 water bodies in the rural districts of the city, the Delhi government is now looking at keeping them

Publication Date:

31/08/2009

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater Recharge, Water Quality, Fisheries, Delhi

Water Resources

Vulnerability to the impact of climate change on renewable groundwater resources: a global-scale assessment

Climate change will lead to signiﬁcant changes of groundwater recharge and thus renewable groundwater resources. Using the global water resources and use model WaterGAP, the impact of climate change on groundwater recharge and the number of affected people was computed for four climate scenarios by two climate models. Vulnerability of humans to decreased

Publication Date:

24/08/2009

Author(s): Petra Döll

Source: Environmental Research Letters

Vol:

4

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Brazil, Africa, Groundwater Recharge, India, Irrigation, Agriculture, Global

Water Resources

City stares at a `sinking' future

LUCKNOW: The state capital is losing six lakh litres of groundwater reserves daily because of indiscriminate extraction. This poses threat of massive land subsidence in next 15 years. Apart from Narhi, Charbagh and Rajajipuram, on the top of the list of areas under danger zone is Gomtinagar, one of city's poshest locality where majority of bureaucrats and politicians live.

Publication Date:

20/08/2009

Source: Times of India (Lucknow)

Tags:

Water Resources, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Water Harvesting, Uttar Pradesh, Bundelkhand

Water Resources

Pits recharge groundwater

S Lalitha,Bangalore, DH News Service:

Flooding of the City during rains, the depleting groundwater level and the presence of contaminants beyond permissible limits; all of these issues can be easily managed if a simple improvisation is made by the BBMP when constructing stormwater drains (SWDs) in the City, stated water experts.

Publication Date:

13/08/2009

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Water Harvesting, Karnataka, Bangalore (T)

Water Resources

Move to assess groundwater quality in Hussainsagar catchment areas

K.V. Kurmanath

Hyderabad, Aug. 4 Worried over decreasing groundwater levels and presence of nitrates and heavy metals, the Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a study to assess the quality and quantity of groundwater in the Hussainsagar catchment area.

The study would suggest measures to plug the sources of pollution and exploitation and recharge groundwater levels.

Publication Date:

05/08/2009

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Water Resources, Hussain Sagar, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Groundwater Assessment, Groundwater Quality, Andhra Pradesh

Water Resources

Freshwater under threat: vulnerability assessment of freshwater resources to environmental change - Africa

This publication documents the findings of the second phase of the study, which was completed in May 2006. The aim of this phase was to accomplish a wider, continental, coverage of river/lake/ groundwater basins (i.e., building upon the first phase), and expanding the network of researchers.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Source: UNEP

Tags:

Groundwater Pollution, Ecosystems, Water Resources, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Demand, Water Supply, Conflicts, Africa, River Basin

Climate Change

Climate change and groundwater: Indias opportunities for mitigation and adaptation

For millennia, India used surface storage and gravity flow to water crops. During the last 40 years, however, India has witnessed a decline in gravity-flow irrigation and the rise of a booming

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): Tushaar Shah

Source: Environmental Research Letters

Vol:

4

Issue:

0

pp:

1

Tags:

Groundwater, Tubewells, Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Groundwater Irrigation, Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Electricity, India, Statistics

Industry

Shelat Committee report for proposed cement project of M/S. Nirma Ltd., at Mahuva

Shelat Committee report for proposed cement project of M/S. Nirma Ltd., at Mahuva.

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Tags:

Nirma, Cement Industry, Bhavnagar (D), Gujarat, Land Acquisition, Soil Salinisation, Dams, Mining, Limestone, Agriculture, Groundwater Recharge, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Industry

Water Resources

Guidelines for repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies with domestic support

The main objectives of the scheme are: comprehensive improvement of selected tank systems including restoration; improvement of catchment areas of tank; community participation and self-supporting system for sustainable management for water bodies covered by the programme; Ground Water Recharge.; Capacity Building of communities, user groups standing committee for Panchayats and State Government/C

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Source: Ministry of Water Resources (India)

Tags:

Water Resources, Surface Water, Lakes, Tanks, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Public Participation, Ministry Of Water Resources, India