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Lii OIIIAIATIIIUZAHVKXI» IOU'l'i'§'L'%Li1‘OIUDM flH‘I§A1IDflUW@‘lII OIIIAIATIIIUZAHVKXI» IOU'l'I'§'l'%lI1‘OIUDM Theahsubnittedtaothe OOCIIIIIIIVIIIl1'YOIiIlI'D‘l'§ElD01' inpnrtinlfulflhnentofthcmquxirementa forthcdegrecof DOCTOR Q FIDO‘? IN MARINE GEOLOGY UNDER THE FACULTY OF MARINE SCIENCES by lnllumn DEPARTMENT OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS SCHOOL OF MARINE SCIENCES COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ‘TECHNOLOGY COCHIN - 682 0 16 SEPTEMBER, 2009 2>¢¢¢z¢:@¢w»u,4¢em¢4<~4M¢ DECLARATION I, SREELA S. R, do hereby declare that the thesis entitled “AN INTEGRATED STUDY ON THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF BHARATI-IAPUZHA RIVER BASIN, SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA” is an authentic record of research work carried out by me under ‘the supervision and guidance of Dr. K. SAJAN, Professor, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology. This work has not been previously formed the basis for the award of any degree or diploma of this or any other University / institute. Sreela@“ S. R Cochin- 16 18-O9- 2009 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that the thesis entitled “AN INTEGRATED STUDY ON THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF BHARATHAPUZHA RIVER BASIN, SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA” is an authentic record of research work carried out by Ms. SREELA S. R under my supervision and guidance in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and no part thereof has been presented for the award of any degree in any University / Institute. Prof. jan {Researc Supervisor) Cochin _16 Prof. Dr. K. SAJAN 18 '09 ‘ Scuoot2 O09 DEPARTMENT OF OCEAN or MARINE SCIENCE Geotosv AND AND Tecuuotoev GEOPHYSICS Cocnm Umvmsnv or SCIENCE AND Tecunotoev FlNE Ams Avenue, Kocm - 682016 iND|A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I have great pleasure to record my sincere gratitude to my research guide Dr. K. Sajan, Professor, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, for his valuable guidance, supervision, encouragement and academic freedom he gave through out this research work. I am indebted to him for his persistent discussions and valuable suggestions. I accord my sincere thanks to Prof. (Dr.) K.T. Damodaran, the former director, School- of Marine Sciences, for his constant inspirations and valuable advices. I express my gratitude to Dr. R. Ravi Sankar, Head, Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics, prof. Seralathan. P and Prof. C.G. Nambiar, Former head of the department for making the facilities available in the department. I express my sincere thanks to Dr. Ram Mohan, Director, School of Marine Sciences, for his constant inspirations and valuable advices. All the teachers in the department helped and encouraged at every stage of my research work, my gratitude to all of them. My sincere thanks to all the staff members of the department for their cooperation and support. It is my proud unique privilege to express my deep sense of gratitude to Dr. Rajesh Reghunath, Lecturer, Department of Geology, Kerala University, Karyavattom campus for his valuable suggestions, meticulous analysis of the manuscript. I place on record my sincere thanks to Dr. Suresh Francis, senior scientist, Mr. Sanal Kumar, Deputy Director, KSREC, Thiruvananthapuram for their encouragement and help in providing data and interpretation of remote sensing and GIS work. I express my sincere thanks to the director, CGWB, and Dr.Shaji.E, Scientist, CGWB for providing library facilities and secondary data. My sincere thanks to director, Soil Survey of India, Thiruvananthapuram providing siol maps, Mr.Sudarshanan and Dr.Arts.K. Purushotham, Kerala State Groundwater Board, and Dr.Joseph Rafel, Jalanidhi, Meteorological Department, Thiruvananthapuram, for providing necessary secondary data. I convey my sincere gratitude to Dr. Reji Srinivas, Dr.Nisha, Dr. Girish Gopinath, Mr. Arun Kumar, Dr. Sheena.V. Dev, Dr.Baiju. KR, Mrs. Rekha, Mr. Babu. N, Ms. Sinirani, and Mr.Sunil Kumar.V for their kind cooperation and advice during the course of preparation of the thesis.I remember with gratitude to Ms.Geetha and Mr. Manu helping me during GIS Work. I thank, Mrs. Sharlet Sajan, Mr. Sarath Chandraprasad, Nibi. P.C, Lasitha. S, Shinu. N, Mr. Vinayan, Dr. Brijesh, Mr. Trideep and Mr.Biju.Longhinose for their kind help during my research work. I remember with gratitude to the persons for helping me during the fieldwork. I express my sincere thanks to, Sunisha, Rithu and Brindhya for their help rendered during the thesis work A number of individuals have helped in various ways during the course of this thesis Work while it is impossible to mention all of them.. I owe my family members especially Mr. T.K. Reghu, Mrs. Sheela. K, Mr. R. Gopi, Mrs. Devaki.L, Mr. B. Jayakumar, Mrs. Sindhu.D.G, Miss.Sreelekshmi.J.S, Master.VishnuJayan. J.S, Mr. Rakendulal .S.R, Mrs. Sreeja.S.R and my beloved son Master Adithya.S.Krishna who gave me immense inspiration and moral support for the successful completion of this effort. Last but not least I express my sincere love towards my husband, whose unconditioned love and immense caring are the ink for each Word of this thesis. Sreela S. R Water is food and fire is the eater of the food, Fire is established in water and Water is established in fire - Taittiriya Upanishad 3.8 PREFACE Water is the most precious and widely distributed natural resource. It is not only a basic need for sustaining human society and economic activity but also a major force in shaping the surface of the earth. Man depends upon water for domestic, agricultural and industrial purposes. Growing populations, wastage of water, inefficient irrigation and pollution exert pressure on this resource. Since water plays a pivotal role in sustaining life on earth, water must be accessible and safe. Groundwater, being a fundamental resource, needs to be developed with proper understanding on its occurrence in space and time. Groundwater management on scientific lines has become inevitable for the sustainability of this vital resource. The purpose of Sustainable Water Management (SWM) is to manage the water resources of present and future. India is the country having diversified geological formations ranging from the oldest crystalline rocks to the recent alluvium. The spatio-temporal variation in meteorological conditions has correspondingly given rise to widely varying groundwater situations across the country. In recent years, over exploitation of the groundwater has become inevitable and this in turn has led to depletion of water table and quality at many places. This emphasizes the importance of systematic study of various hydrogeological aspects of groundwater and the need for a better scientific exploration and its efficient management in conjunction with surface water resources. So an attempt has been made to develop a scientific data base on the hydrogeological aspects of the Bharathapuzha river basin, Kerala, (latitudes 10° 25' and 11° 15' N and longitudes 75° 50' and 76° 55' E), which will enable the littoral state of Kerala to address the groundwater crisis to some extent that the state now encounter. The present study deals with the different hydrogeological characteristics of the Bharatapuzha river basin. Geologically the Bharathapuzha basin is characterised‘ by Precambrian crystalline rocks and recent to sub recent deposits alluvial sands. Laterite forms a thick capping over a major part of the Bharathapuzha river basin. The groundwater storage is mostly controlled by the thickness and hydrological properties of the weathered zone and the aquifer geometry. The study area covers l7 block Panchayats. Of these, Chitoor block is ‘over exploited’, Kollengode, Trithala, and Palakkad are ‘critical’ in category and Kuttippuram and Sreekrishnapuram blocks are ‘semi critical’ in terms of groundwater development. There is a sharp decline in the groundwater level in Kollengode, Chittoor and Sreekrishnapuram blocks. Eventhough the average annual rain fall of the area is very high (~28O cm), there is acute shortage of drinking Water. The reason for this scarcity is the unscientific exploitation of ground water by the agricultural fields, industries and water based multi-national companies working in and around this basin. Except a preliminary study by Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), no attempt has been made so far to study the aquifer parameters to make a reliable groundwater potential map of the area, so as to evaluate the quality of groundwater, to appreciate the control of lithology, geomorphology, and surface/sub surface structure on the groundwater potential, better management of the water resources in the river basin etc. Therefore a proper assessment of quality and quantity of water resources and its management of the Bharathapuzha river basin have been undertaken. Geographic Information System (GIS), the best tool to create scientific groundwater database has also been employed in the present investigation. Conventional survey as well as remote sensing techniques are simultaneously carried out in the present work to get good insight towards the groundwater potential for Bharahapuzha river basin. A very reliable useful database on the hydrogeological aspects of the river basin can be attained as an outcome which can be ultimately useful for policy decisions on groundwater exploitation. The study may reveal answers to many controversial issues regarding the water resources of this region. The whole work is presented in six chapters with further sub divisions. The first chapter gives a brief introduction followed by a description about the study area, geological settings, review of previous works, relevance and objectives of the present study. It also gives an idea about international and national groundwater scenario and hydrometeorology. Chapter 2 titled as hydrogeology enfolds the behaviour of the groundwater system and aquifer parameter evaluation. Water level fluctuation, long term trend of water level, correlation between water level and rainfall are the main aspects discussed to ascertain the behaviour of the groundwater system. Also the chapter discusses the aquifer parameters such as aquifer transmissivity, storativity, optimum yield, time for full recovery and different types of specific capacity indices.
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