Ground Water Development - Issues and Sustainable Solutions

Ground water resources are receiving global attention, as human population growth and development cause significant changes to the earth system. It plays a major role in ensuring livelihood security in many parts of South Asia and its contribution to poverty alleviation is substantial. The complex n...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ray, S. P. Sinha (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Major Ground Water Development Issues in South Asia- An Overview
  • Part I. Groundwater Development Problems in Arid and Semi-Arid & Hilly Areas
  • Water Management in Arid and Semi- Arid Areas of India
  • Frontiers of Hardrock Hydrogeology in India
  • Characterisation of a Deep Saline Aquifer Using Oil Exploration Data in an Arid Region of Rajasthan, India
  • Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Hard Rock Aquifers of South Andaman and Rutland Islands, India
  • Part II. Ground Water Management in Alluvial and Coastal Areas
  • Groundwater Management in Alluvial, Coastal and Hilly Areas
  • Findings of Large Ground Water Development Potential in Deeper Aquifers in Karnafully - Feni Interfluves, Chittagong, Bangladesh-A New Scientific Initiative
  • Sustainable Water Resource Management in the Indian Sundarbans Delta
  • Part III. Conservation of Ground Water
  • Conservation of Water: Artificial Recharge to Groundwater
  • Interrelationship Between Surface and Groundwater: The Case of West Bengal
  • Integrated Watershed Management and Ground Water Recharging - Initiatives of Centre for Ground Water Studies - A Public Private Partnership Endeavour
  • Part IV. Advance Research in Ground Water
  • Application of Modern Geophysical Techniques for Identification of Groundwater Potential Areas
  • Role of Remote Sensing and GIS in Integrated Water Resources Management
  • Modeling of Aquifer System: A Tool for Groundwater Management
  • Application of Environmental Isotopes in Hydrological Investigation with Case Studies
  • Part V. Contaminated Ground Water & its Mitigation
  • Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Groundwater: Mitigation Strategies
  • Community-based Defluoridation of Groundwater by Electrocoagulation Followed by Activated Alumina Adsorption
  • Variation of arsenic accumulation in paddy plant with special reference to rice grain and its additional entry during post harvesting technology
  • Human Health Hazards due to Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination in Drinking Water and Food Chain
  • Arsenic Menace in West Bengal (India) and its Mitigation through Toolbox intervention - An experience to share
  • Part VI. Climate Change and its Impact in Ground Water
  • Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater System
  • Part VII. Community Involvement & Participatory Management
  • Participatory groundwater management in the flood plains of north Bihar: Preliminary results of arsenic distribution
  • Spring Protection and Management: Examples from Recent Programmes from across India's Mountainous Regions
  • Part VIII. Ground Water Development Issues & Sustainable Solutions
  • Ground Water Development Issues & Sustainable Solutions.