Ground Water Development - Issues and Sustainable Solutions

Abstract

Major Ground Water Development Issues in South Asia- An Overview -- Part I. Groundwater Development Problems in Arid and Semi-Arid & Hilly Areas -- Water Management in Arid and Semi- Arid Areas of India -- Frontiers of Hardrock Hydrogeology in India -- Characterisation of a Deep Saline Aquifer Using Oil Exploration Data in an Arid Region of Rajasthan, India -- Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Hard Rock Aquifers of South Andaman and Rutland Islands, India -- Part II. Ground Water Management in Alluvial and Coastal Areas -- Groundwater Management in Alluvial, Coastal and Hilly Areas -- Findings of Large Ground Water Development Potential in Deeper Aquifers in Karnafully – Feni Interfluves, Chittagong, Bangladesh—A New Scientific Initiative -- Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Indian Sundarbans Delta -- Part III. Conservation of Ground Water -- Conservation of Water: Artificial Recharge to Groundwater -- Interrelationship Between Surface and Groundwater: The Case of West Bengal -- Integrated Watershed Management and Ground Water Recharging – Initiatives of Centre for Ground Water Studies – A Public Private Partnership Endeavour -- Part IV. Advance Research in Ground Water -- Application of Modern Geophysical Techniques for Identification of Groundwater Potential Areas -- Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Integrated Water Resources Management -- Modeling of Aquifer System: A Tool for Groundwater Management -- Application of Environmental Isotopes in Hydrological Investigation with Case Studies -- Part V. Contaminated Ground Water & its Mitigation -- Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater: Mitigation Strategies -- Community-based Defluoridation of Groundwater by Electrocoagulation Followed by Activated Alumina Adsorption -- Variation of arsenic accumulation in paddy plant with special reference to rice grain and its additional entry during post harvesting technology -- Human Health Hazards due to Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Drinking Water and Food Chain -- Arsenic Menace in West Bengal (India) and its Mitigation through Toolbox intervention – An experience to share -- Part VI. Climate Change and its Impact in Ground Water -- Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater System -- Part VII. Community Involvement & Participatory Management -- Participatory groundwater management in the flood plains of north Bihar: Preliminary results of arsenic distribution -- Spring Protection and Management: Examples from Recent Programmes from across India’s Mountainous Regions -- Part VIII. Ground Water Development Issues & Sustainable Solutions -- Ground Water Development Issues & Sustainable Solutions.