Ankit Patel

Groundwater situation in urban India: Overview, opportunities and challenges – A report by CAREWATER

The paper by Carewater INREM Foundation presents the current status and potential threat of groundwater use in urban centres of India and the conceptual picture of how different geographical factors contribute to vulnerability in terms of urban groundwater. It seeks to explore the causal relationship between the physical environment and urban groundwater use through a spatial analysis.Read More

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Kolkata, WB, India
Latitude: 22.572646, Longitude: 88.363895

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Content Type: Research
Category: Alluvial Aquifer, Alluvial Aquifers, Aquifer Recharge, Drinking Water, Groundwater, Groundwater Development, Groundwater Use, Hard Rock Region, Hydrogeology, Industrial Pollution, Inter-Basin Transfer, Irrigation, River Basin, Sanitation, Surface Water, Urban, Urban Development, Urban Water, Urban Water Supply, Wastewater, Water Demand, Water Markets, Water Resources, Water Scarcity
Associated People / Organizations: Central Water Commission, IWMI Tata Water Policy Programme, National Commission on Integrated Water Resource Development, National Institute of Urban Affairs
Author: Sunderrajan Krishnan, Ankit Patel
Source: Carewater INREM Foundation
Location / Time: Ahmedabad, Anand, Bangalore, Barabanki, Bharuch, Bihar, Chennai, Gujarat, Haryana, Hugli, India, Karnataka, Kolar, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, 2008
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Chasing a mirage: Water harvesting and artificial recharge in naturally water-scarce regions - An EPW paper

This paper refers to the recent plans by the Government of India to undertake artificial recharge of groundwater in over-exploited areas of the country to meet the demands for water and raises certain fundamental questions about the methods used for analysing the hydrological and economic impacts of the interventions.Read More

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Chasing a Mirage - Water Harvesting and Artificial Recharge in Naturally Water Scarce Regions - Dinesh Kumar - EPW (2008)	412.28 KB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Closed Basins, Equity, Evaporation Rate, Groundwater Exploitation, Groundwater Irrigation, Groundwater Recharge, Hydrology, Open Basins, Potential Evapo-Transpiration (PET), Poverty, Rainfall Variability, Rainwater Harvesting, Social Justice, Soil Infiltration, Water Harvesting, Water Resources, Water Resources Management, Water Scarcity, Water Security
Associated People / Organizations: Central Ground Water Board (CGWB)
Author: R Ravindranath, O P Singh, M Dinesh Kumar, Ankit Patel
Source: Economic and Political Weekly
Location / Time: Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Ethiopia, Gujarat, India, Israel, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, 2008
Difficulty Level: Expert

Groundwater situation in urban India: Overview, opportunities and challenges – A paper by CAREWATER

The paper by Carewater INREM Foundation on the groundwater situation in urban India provides an overview besides dealing with the opportunities and challenges. Groundwater plays a fundamental role in shaping the economic and social health of many urban centres of India. Fast growing and emerging urban centres are demanding water to achieve higher growth rates. A national-level analysis of data on urban water supply reveals strong spatial variation in the dependence on groundwater.Read More

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Groundwater situation in urban India: Overview, opportunities and challenges – A paper by CAREWATER	170.03 KB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Climate, Ecosystems, Groundwater, Groundwater Irrigation, Groundwater Management, Groundwater Usage, Irrigation, Rainfall, Traditional Water Harvesting, Traditional Water-bodies, Urban Water, Urban Water Supply, Water Management, Water Quality, Water Resources, Watershed Development, Wells
Author: Sunderrajan Krishnan, Carewater INREM Foundation, Ankit Patel
Source: Carewater INREM Foundation
Location / Time: Gujarat, India
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

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