Groundwater vulnerability assessment of East and West Medinipur districts, coastal region of West Bengal using GIS and remote sensing
Student name: Ms Seema Kundu
Guide: Mr V.S.P.Sinha
Year of completion: 2010
Host Organisation: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Anshuman
Abstract: Groundwater is a precious natural water resource. With increase in population consumption of groundwater has increased many times resulting in depletion of groundwater table. If we concentrate on coastal regions of our country, they are having the same problem of water table depletion because of unplanned and overexploitation of Groundwater. In coastal regions due to climate change the sea water level is rising and groundwater is depleting and it has led to intrusion of sea water in groundwater. Secondly increasing human activities have a growing impact on groundwater table. All these factors have led to preparation of groundwater vulnerability maps. The groundwater vulnerability maps and maps showing the concentration of various chemicals in the groundwater can contribute to long term planning of protective measurements for groundwater. In this study groundwater vulnerability of region due to sea water intrusion has been identified by using GALDIT methodology. The particle track of groundwater constituents has been also identified.
Key words: Groundwater, vulnerability, GALDIT, particle track, seawater intrusion
