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07 Feb 2019
Research article |
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Long-term groundwater recharge rates across India by in situ measurements
Soumendra N. Bhanja
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta
T9S3A3, Canada
Abhijit Mukherjee
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
Applied Policy Advisory for Hydrogeoscience (APAH) Group, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
R. Rangarajan
National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500
007, India
Bridget R. Scanlon
Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78713, USA
Pragnaditya Malakar
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
Shubha Verma
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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Short summary
Groundwater depletion in India has been a much-debated issue in recent years. Here we investigate long-term, spatiotemporal variation in prevailing groundwater recharge rates across India. Groundwater recharge rates have been estimated based on field-scale groundwater-level measurements and the tracer injection approach; recharge rates from the two estimates compared favorably. The role of precipitation in controlling groundwater recharge is studied.
Groundwater depletion in India has been a much-debated issue in recent years. Here we...
