Dear Sir, With all the respect, I would like to inform you that we have been working with groundwater development, groundwater irrigation and management in barind area of Bangladesh since 1986. It is a drought prone area located in the north-west region of the country where rainfall is remarkably lower than the country average. The annual average rainfall of the country is 2500 mm while it is within the range of 1200-1400 mm in the area. Major rainfall occurs in the month of June to September. There are many re-excavated canals in this area. During rainfall, rain water comes in these canals as run-off carrying huge mud from the surrounding fields. So the canal water is turbid. This canal water can be used for artificial recharge purpose. It may be mentioned here that other than rain water surface water sources are very limited. The upper 50-100 ft is clay soil and the aquifer is not so good. As the surface water sources are very limited so, groundwater is mainly used for irrigation. Deep Tubewell is used for withdrawing groundwater for irrigation and drinking water. As a result groundwater table in some area is going down year to year. Therefore, artificial recharge is necessary. In many parts of the world, lots of works have been done on 'artificial recharge of groundwater. I have intention to receive a training on this issue including field visit of the physical works.If any organization has such training programme, please give me an opportunity. Thanking You Md. Iquebal Hossain
Taxonomy
- Groundwater
- Water Management
- Groundwater Resource