How Can I Get Details of Groundwater and Aquifers in a Particular Area?

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Our NGO from India is working to improve the irrigation and groundwater level of some drought-prone regions in Maharashtra, India.

For that, I would like to collect some information on existing groundwater and aquifers in that region.

It would be great if there is any way to know it. 

Thanks.

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  2. Hi Niketh. We, Urdhvam Environmental Services (www.urdhvam.com), are a company which works in aquifer mapping, groundwater budgeting and management sector. We are based out of Pune and can provide you with relevant expertise and services. Please contact me at 7774034634 or rahul@urdhvam.com. Thanks

     

     

  3. Dear Niketh,

    At first, try in literature review from old journals in this region.If not exist try to find any drilled well in the area , and get it from its report if exists. But, if the report doesn't exist so you can ask if you can do pumping tests on it.

    Regards

    Mostafa

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    1. Dear sir, any information available should be used.  This includes water levels and quality in wells, bores and streams, geological substrates and any knowledge about aquifers.  It all helps, however having the qualified people to interpret the data is another issue.  Regards, Kevin

  4. You can visit Central Groundwater Board website.. number of regional reports and water level data is available on the portal.

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  9. Try to contact the Department of Water Supply and Sanitation of the Government.of Maharashtra.

  10. A small scale seismic study perhaps. As a first step in locating favorable conditions for groundwater development, the hydrologist prepares geologic maps and cross sections showing the distribution and positions of the different kinds of rocks, both on the surface and underground. Some sedimentary rocks may extend many miles as aquifers of fairly uniform permeability. Other types of rocks may be cracked and broken and contain openings large enough to carry water.

    To locate groundwater accurately and to determine the depth, quantity, and quality of the water, several techniques must be used, and a target area must be thoroughly tested and studied to identify hydrologic and geologic features important to the planning and management of the resource. The landscape may offer clues to the hydrologist about the occurrence of shallow groundwater. Conditions for large quantities of shallow groundwater are more favorable under valleys than under hills. In some regions--in parts of the arid Southwest, for example--the presence of "water-loving" plants, such as cottonwoods or willows, indicates groundwater at shallow to moderate depth. Areas where water is at the surface as springs, seeps, swamps, or lakes reflect the presence of groundwater, although not necessarily in large quantities or of usable quality.

    Rocks are the most valuable clues of all. As a first step in locating favorable conditions for groundwater development, the hydrologist prepares geologic maps and cross sections showing the distribution and positions of the different kinds of rocks, both on the surface and underground. Some sedimentary rocks may extend many miles as aquifers of fairly uniform permeability. Other types of rocks may be cracked and broken and contain openings large enough to carry water. Types and orientation of joints or other fractures may be clues to obtaining useful amounts of groundwater. Some rocks may be so folded and displaced that it is difficult to trace them underground.

    Next, a hydrologist obtains information on the wells in the target area. The locations, depth to water, amount of water pumped, and types of rocks penetrated by wells also provide information on groundwater. Wells are tested to determine the amount of water moving through the aquifer, the volume of water that can enter a well, and the effects of pumping on water levels in the area. Chemical analysis of water from wells provides information on quality of water in the aquifer.

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281029939_A_Comparative_Assessment_Between_Three_Machine_Learning_Models_and_Their_Performance_Comparison_by_Bivariate_and_Multivariate_Statistical_Methods_in_Groundwater_Potential_Mapping

     

    https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_we_can_calculate_or_estimate_the_quantity_of_groundwater_available_in_a_particular_region

     

  11. Dear Mr. Jain, ground water information in particular areas are likely compiled into several databases and in all likelihood that information would have been collected over 100 years or more.  With a bit of luck you may find a geological database indicating the type of geological formation to about 200 meters from the surface.  This is likely to have been drawn when the government or private companies were seeking minerals and can also be used to indicate possible aquifer bearing material and the possibility of artesian supplies.  Electromagnetic surveys can help as does a through understanding of the soil groups and bedrock material, but essentially there is no substitute for drilling pistometer and groundwater bores to test the viability of the theories.  As groundwater drilling is expensive it is advisable that a good groundwater survey is undertaken prior to drilling and if water supples are found that an accurate pump test and groundwater recoveries are covered.  It is likely that a lot of information relevant to the area already exists but not in a suitable format for ground searches, so it is advisable that this information (as for other parts of India) be amalgamated to a number of overlays into a Geographical Information Survey (GIS) database.  Of course these are difficult projects that will take time, so if you need water quickly there is no easy solution and the best thing you can do is raise money for a drilling program.  I am Lippy.  Hear me roar.

  13. you can also check with 'Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency' they have details, maps, everything related. 

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  14. Hi,

    in the industry we use the IPIECA Global Water Tool 2015 (that can be downloaded free from the IPIECA website) that is linked with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development 2015. They are both a good start for planning a more detailed assessment where you might need to do specific on site survey

  15. @ Niketh Jain: try to contact ACWADAM, they are research experts in this field.

    Contact address: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management 
    ACWADAM ,"Suvidya", 27, Lane no. 3, 
    Kshipra Society, Karve Nagar,
    Pune - 411 052 Maharashtra, India

    email: acwadam@vsnl.net

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    +91 9172246959