ABSTRACT VOLUME National Conference on Groundwater Resource Development and Management in Hard Rocks Edited by Namdeo J. Pawar Raymond A. Duraiswami Subhajyoti Das Supported by Department of Geology, University of Pune, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency Department of Science and Technology, GoI February, 2010 Preface Ever increasing demand for groundwater resources in hard rock regions with limited renewable potential poses a serious threat to life. This precious resource therefore needs to be managed judiciously to ensure adequate supplies of dependable quantity and quality. It is a natural resource with economic, strategic and environmental value, which is under stress both due to changing climatic and anthropogenic factors. Therefore, the management strategies need to be aimed at sustenance of this limited resource. In India, and also elsewhere in the World, major parts of the semi-arid regions are occupied by hard rocks and it is of vital importance to understand the nature of the aquifer systems and its current stress conditions. Though the achievements through scientific development in exploration and exploitation are commendable, its exploitation has adversely affected the hard rock aquifer system, both in terms of quantity and quality; which is of major concern today. In order to reverse the situation, better management strategy of groundwater resources needs to be devised for prevention of further degradation of quality, and meeting the future quantitative demand. This necessitates understanding the flow mechanism, evaluating the potential and evolving optimal utilization schemes and assessing and monitoring quality in the changing scenario of anthropegenically induced influence from urban, agricultural, mining and industrial sectors besides preparing for resource management in view of the impending harsh and erratic climatic pattern. The groundwater flow mechanism in hard rocks is yet to be fully understood in terms of fracture geometry and its relation to groundwater flow. Non-continuum modeling approach such as Discrete Fracture Network (DFN), Channel flow modeling and Continuum modeling of stochastic approach are not yet fully understood due to its complexity. Further geochemistry of natural groundwater and its pollution due to anthropogenic factors are very slow processes with long-term impacts on carbon cycle and global climatic change on the one hand and quality on the other. It is generally recognized that the prevention of groundwater pollution is cheaper than its remedial measures in the long run. Furthermore, because of the nature of groundwater flow, and the complexity and management uncertainty of many contaminant processes, a precautionary approach should generally be adopted for the groundwater resources. Such an approach is always aimed to avert danger or at least minimize the risk of groundwater pollution, and protect its quality. In view of the above and as a part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Pune University, the National Conference on Groundwater resource development and management in hard rocks has been planned in association with Geological Society of India, Bangalore and Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA), Government of Maharashtra at the Department of Geology, University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra (State), India. The conference seeks to emphasis that the upshot of deliberations of the conference could reach the users, who are facing the problems due to groundwater shortage and quality deterioration. The contributions to this conference are complied as an Abstract Volume and shed light on many of the issues related to Groundwater flow dynamics in hard rocks with emphasis on basaltic and crystalline aquifers, application RS-GIS and geophysical exploration in groundwater assessment, development and management, Groundwater flow and transport modeling for management of groundwater resources, Groundwater quality monitoring, impact of mining, pollution, health hazards and remediation strategies, Salt water intrusion in coastal areas and management of coastal aquifer system, Global Climate Change and its impact on the groundwater resources, Water conservation – optimal utilization, conjunctive use, rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge, Impact of groundwater development on groundwater regime in the last fifty years, Use of information technology in groundwater data base and data analysis, Groundwater management and Legislation and Community participation and management of groundwater resources. Eventually the full papers will be published in the form of Memoir of the Geological Society of India. It is finally hoped that the deliberation made in this conference will generate interest among the budding Geohydrologist and inculcate amid them the zeal to take up new challenges and go into the deeper roots of the problems of groundwater resources more objectively to give a new life to this scarce and hidden resource. Namdeo. J. Pawar Raymond A. Duraiswami Subhajyoti Das CONTENTS 1 Watershed Development through Community Participation: The Nidhal Experience CHANDRAKANT DALVI, SURYAKANT PATIL and R. A. DURAISWAMI 2 Water Security to People through Participatory Water Management and Equitable distribution of Water Rights A.B. PATIL M.A. PATIL and N.J. PAWAR 3 Water Account, Micro Planning and Multiple Water Use Systems: a case study from Mahalunge village, Bhiwandi taluka, Thane district, Maharashtra KISHOR N. DESHMUKH 4 A Study of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting from Renavi Village in Sangali District of Western Maharashtra: Lessons for Domestic Water Policy in India C.B. PAWAR, R.P. PAWAR and S.S. PATIL 5 Springs- a sustainable alternative water supply source along the Konkan coastal belt of MaharashtraR.A. DURAISWAMI and S.D. GHATE 6 Groundwater Development in India: Trends and Consequences ANINDITA DUTTA SARKAR 7 Hard rock aquifers in Jharkhand state and its development perspective DIPANKAR SAHA 8 Aquifer characteristics of different Geomorphological Units of a Granitic Terrain RATNAKAR DHAKATE, G.K. HODLUR and V.S. SINGH 9 Sustainable Development of Drinking Water Sources in Metamorphic Terrain of Bhandara District, Maharashtra I.A. SAIYED and N.V. MAHAJAN 10 Sustainable Development and Conservation of Groundwater Resources in Hard Rocks I.I. SHAH and Md. BABAR 11 Petrographic Texture of Sediments vis-à-vis Aquifer Characteristics Y.A. MURKUTE, P.P. BADHAN and G.D. MAHAJAN 12 Geohydrological studies of Palas basin from the parts of Maharashtra State, IndiaS.K.VADAGBALKAR, R.K.SUKHTANKAR and M.K. ZAMBRE 13 Integrated Approach for Water Conservation Techniques in Lalmati Village of Raver Taluka, District Jalgaon, Maharashtra S.N. PATIL, M.V. BARIDE, ANUPAMA PATIL, ARTI BARIDE and SANDIP PATIL 14 Geohydrological conditions in Chalisgaon Taluka, Jalgaon District part of Girna River Sub Basin of Maharashtra P.L. SALVE and P.S. KULKARNI 15 Hydrogeological study for Groundwater potential in areas of Dudhgaon, Parbhani District, Maharashtra R.B. MULEY, S.M. ATKORE and MD. BABAR 16 Depleting Ground Water Resources and Mapping Conducive Zones for Induced Recharge around Danta Ramgarh, Sikar District, Rajasthan, India A.K. SINHA and D.V. LAZRUS 17 Deep Groundwater Exploration and its findings in over-exploited Kolar district, Karnataka S.S. HEGDE, K. KUMARESAN, T.M. HUNSE and K. Md. NAJEEB 18 Impact of Long Term Development on Groundwater Regime in Watershed WG-11 of Bhandara District, Maharashtra CHETAN GAJBHIYE and D.V. CHANNE 19 Rising groundwater levels in Pune City- an example of the groundwater rebound theory RAYMOND A. DURAISWAMI, SURESH B. KHANDALE, MADHURI UKEY, PRAMOD KHAIRNAR, PRAVIN BADHAN, DILLAWAR MULLA, MRUNALINI LOKHANDE, KIRAN KHUMBHAR, RACHEL MATHEW and VILAS BHOSKAR 20 Pre Monsoon and Post Monsoon Ground Water Level study in Malshiras Tahsil, Solapur District, Maharashtra AMAR M. DHERE and JAGNNATH D.BARKADE 21 Water Level Variations in North Eastern Parts of Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh A.G.S. REDDY and K. NIRANJAN KUMAR 22 Aquifer Sustainability through Water Level Fluctuation and Recharge in Sukinda Chromite Mining Area RATNAKAR DHAKATE, A.K. MOHANTY, B.GLADSON, V.V.S.G. RAOand D.B. PANASKAR 23 Artificial Recharge to Regional Pipe Water Supply Source Well by Innovative Chetan Pattern: A success story of Gondumri Village, Sakoli Taluka of Bhandara District CHETAN GAJBHIYE 24 Automatic Water Level Recorder (AWLR) and related Softwares, a powerful tool for micro level monitoring with respect to Groundwater recharge and withdrawal during the Hydrologic Cycle D.V. CHANNE and P.M. GUJAR 25. Estimation of Ground Water Recharge in the Upper Piedmont Zone of a hilly Watershed, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand D.C. SINGHAL, LAXMI KANT KACHHWAL, M. ISRAILand BHISHM KUMAR 26 Success story of bore well as a sustainable drinking water source in metamorphic terrain of Bhandara district, Maharashtra: a case study based on lithology, cropping pattern and nature of aquifer D.V. CHANNE and P.M. GUJAR 27 Groundwater Quality and its Relationship with Land Use in Karamana River Basin, South Kerala, India R.B. BINOJ KUMAR, K. SARAVANAN, and RAJESH REGHUNATH 28 Assessment of groundwater vulnerability in Mettur Taluk, Salem District, Tamilnadu: An integrated approachK. SRINIVASAMOORTHY, K.VIJAYARAGAVAN, M. VASANTHAVIGAR and R. RAJIVGANTHI 29 Groundwater Quality Assessment in Tons River Basin, Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh R.N. TIWARI and S.L. BHARTIA 30 Groundwater Quality in the Suketi River Basin, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh ANIL