Delineation of groundwater development potential zones in parts of marginal Ganga Alluvial Plain in South Bihar, Eastern India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 165, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 179-191

  Saha, Dipankar ^a,b   Dhar, Y R ^a   Vittala, S S ^b  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Bihar; Ganga Alluvial Plain; GIS; Groundwater management; Replenishable resource

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; ALLUVIAL PLAINS; AQUIFER THICKNESS; AREA COVERING; DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL; EASTERN INDIA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; LOCAL DEVIATION; OVEREXPLOITATION; POST-MONSOON; PRECAMBRIAN; THEMATIC LAYERS; THREE ZONES;

AQUIFERS; CAPILLARITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAVY WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; GIS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC HEAD; PERMEABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PARAMETRIC TEST; PRECAMBRIAN; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIA; WATER SUPPLY;

BIHAR; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 77952290408     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0937-2     Document Type: Article

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