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STUDY ON P LANNING OF WATER RESOURCES OF RAJASTHAN INRM Consultants Pvt Ltd Final Report No. 4.4 Ground Water Study by Agroclimatic Zones Main Report July 2014 STUDY ON PLANNING OF WATER RESOURCES OF RAJASTHAN STUDY ON PLANNING OF WATER RESOURCES OF RAJASTHAN Contents Page Contents i Abbreviations and Acronyms vii 1. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 1 2. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 11 3. Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 11 4. Methodology ................................................................................................................... 11 4.1 Data Collection.......................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Data Validation.......................................................................................................... 12 4.3 Completion of Missing Data ...................................................................................... 14 4.3.1 Data Synchronization With Different Files ...................................................... 14 4.3.2 Data Correction ............................................................................................. 14 4.3.3 Data Gaps ..................................................................................................... 14 4.4 Long Term Groundwater Levels and Predictions ....................................................... 14 4.5 Groundwater Quality ................................................................................................. 16 4.5.1 Creation of Time Series ................................................................................. 18 4.5.2 Data Analysis ................................................................................................ 18 4.6 Ground water Suitability for Agriculture ..................................................................... 19 4.7 Groundwater Abstraction Village-wise ....................................................................... 20 4.8 Assessment of Dynamic Ground Water Resources ................................................... 20 4.9 Assessment of Static Ground Water Resources ........................................................ 21 5. Geology of Rajasthan ..................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 22 5.2 Aravalli Super Group ................................................................................................. 24 5.3 Delhi Super Group .................................................................................................... 24 5.4 Vindhyan Super Group .............................................................................................. 24 6. Hydrogeological Units..................................................................................................... 26 7. Agro Climatic Zones of Rajasthan .................................................................................. 29 7.1 ACZ Ia- Arid Western Plain ....................................................................................... 32 7.2 ACZ Ib - Irrigated North-Western Plains .................................................................... 32 7.3 ACZ Ic - Hyper-Arid and Partly Irrigated Western Plain ............................................. 33 7.4 ACZ IIa - Transitional Plain of Inland Drainage.......................................................... 33 7.5 ACZ IIb - Transitional Plain of Luni Basin .................................................................. 34 7.6 ACZ IIIa - Semi-arid Eastern Plain ............................................................................ 34 7.7 ACZ IIIb - Flood-Prone Eastern Plains ...................................................................... 35 7.8 ACZ IVa - Sub-humid Southern Plains and the Aravalli Hills ..................................... 35 7.9 ACZ IVb - Humid Southern Plains ............................................................................. 36 7.10 ACZ V - Humid South-Eastern Plains .................................................................... 36 8. Groundwater Study in Agro Climatic Zones of Rajasthan ............................................... 37 8.1 Depth to Groundwater ............................................................................................... 39 8.2 Groundwater Levels and Flow Directions .................................................................. 39 8.3 Groundwater Level Fluctuation ................................................................................. 40 8.4 Long-Term Water Level Trends ................................................................................ 41 8.5 Long-Term Drafts ...................................................................................................... 41 8.6 Groundwater Quality ................................................................................................. 42 8.6.1 Ground Water Quality- Village-Wise .............................................................. 42 8.7 Static Groundwater Storage ...................................................................................... 44 8.8 Dynamic Groundwater Resources............................................................................. 66 8.9 Stage of Groundwater Development ......................................................................... 86 8.10 Categorization of Assessment Units ...................................................................... 86 9. Detailed Groundwater Study by Agro Climatic Zones ..................................................... 87 9.1 Ground Water Study of ACZ Ia ................................................................................. 87 9.2 Ground Water Study of ACZ Ib ................................................................................. 87 9.3 Ground Water Study of ACZ Ic .................................................................................. 87 i STUDY ON PLANNING OF WATER RESOURCES OF RAJASTHAN 9.4 Ground Water Study of ACZ IIa ................................................................................ 87 9.5 Ground Water Study of ACZ IIb ................................................................................ 87 9.6 Ground Water Study of ACZ IIIa ............................................................................... 87 9.7 Ground Water Study of ACZ IIIb ............................................................................... 87 9.8 Ground Water Study of ACZ IVa ............................................................................... 88 9.9 Ground Water Study of ACZ IVb ............................................................................... 88 9.10 Ground Water Study of ACZ V ............................................................................... 88 10. Life Expectancy of Aquifer Systems ............................................................................... 88 11. Recommendations for New Exploratory Wells ................................................................ 97 12. Sample Survey of Groundwater Monitoring Stations .................................................... 107 12.1 Hydrograph Network Stations .............................................................................. 107 12.2 Visited Hydrograph Stations ................................................................................. 107 12.3 Status of Hydrograph Network Stations Visited .................................................... 116 12.4 Comments and Suggestions ................................................................................ 148 13. Optimization of Groundwater Monitoring Network ......................................................... 159 14. Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 159 14.1 Action Plan for Long Term Management of Aquifer Systems ............................... 169 List of Figures Page Figure 4.1 Schematic Description of the Process and Main Stages of data 13 Validation Figure 4.2 Correlation between TDS and EC. (Sample from Tonk District) 17 Figure 4.3 Correlation between Cl and EC (Sample from Tonk District) 18 Figure 5.1 Geological Map of Rajasthan Following 22 Figure 6.1 Hydrogeological Map of Rajasthan Following 28 Figure 7.1 Agro Climatic Zones of Rajasthan 31 Figure 7.2 Map of Blocks and Districts within Agro-climatic Zones Following 34 Figure 8.1 Depth to Ground Water Level Map of Rajasthan State (Pre At the end Monsoon 2010) Figure 8.2 Depth to Ground Water Level Map of Rajasthan State (Post At the end Monsoon 2010) Figure 8.3 Static Water Level Map of Rajasthan State (Pre Monsoon 2010) At the end Figure 8.4 Average Ground water Level Fluctuation 1984-2010 At the end Figure 8.5 Long Term Ground Water Level Trends Pre Monsoon 1984-2010 At the end Figure 8.6 Long Term Ground Water Level Trends Post Monsoon 1984-2010 At the end Figure 8.7 Annual Average Draft 1995-2009 (Block Wise) At the end Figure 8.8 Annual Average Draft Per Unit Area 1995-2009 (Block Wise) At the end Figure 8.9 Relative Change in Drafts 1995-2009 (Block Wise) At