Development of a tool for managing groundwater resources in semi-arid hard rock regions: Application to a rural watershed in South India

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2784-2797

  Dewandel, B ^a   Perrin, J ^b   Ahmed, S ^c   Aulong, S ^a   Hrkal, Z ^d   Lachassagne, P ^a   Samad, M ^e   Massuel, S ^e  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Water Division   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

DST GW; Groundwater budget; Groundwater management; Hard rock aquifer; Overexploitation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTED METHODS; AQUIFER RECHARGE; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; AVERAGE DEVIATION; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CROPPING PATTERNS; DRYING-UP; DST-GW; FIELD DATA; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HARD ROCKS; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; MITIGATION MEASURES; MULTI-LAYERED SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT; OVEREXPLOITATION; PIEZOMETRIC LEVELS; RAINFALL CONDITION; RESEARCH STUDIES; RURAL WATERSHEDS; SEMI ARID; SMALL AREA; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOUTH INDIA; SPECIFIC YIELD; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; WATERSHED SCALE; WEATHERING PROCESS; WEATHERING PROFILES;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RAIN; ROCKS; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AQUIFER; ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FISSURE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HARD ROCK; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SAPROLITE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

INDIA;

EID: 77956481763     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7696     Document Type: Article

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