Abstract
The arid and semiarid areas of the country, a major part of which suffers from recurrent drought, are under increasing economic and environmental strain mainly because of water scarcity. Due to paucity of surface water, groundwater has emerged as the sole sustainable source for water supply and irrigation in this terrain. But its widely variable occurrence and potential in time and space necessitate its delineation, development, conservation, and protection from overexploitation and pollution. Studies and experiences have shown that integrated water resource management involving conjunctive use and rainwater harvesting as part of watershed development can ensure water security and equity. Science and technology has a big role in water resource management which holds key to the economic growth of the region. This article narrates and analyzes some recent efforts in augmenting and conserving scarce water resources with community participation to achieve this objective in this terrain.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Aller J, Lehr JH, Petty R, Beunett T (1987) DRASTIC: a standardized system to evaluate groundwater pollution using hydrogeological setting. J Geol Soc India 29(1):23–37
Ameer Ahmed TM (2009) Our planet in Peril. IWWA, Bangalore 34p
Anon (1995) Guidelines for planning conjunctive use of surface and ground water in irrigation projects. Central water commission and Indian national committee on irrigation and drainage, New Delhi, March 1995
Anon (1996) National perspective plan for recharge to groundwater by utilising surplus Monsoon Runoff. 1996. 33p
Anon (2002) Master plan for artificial recharge to ground water in India. Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, New Delhi. 115p
Anon (2013) INDIA 2013. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, New Delhi, pp 805–808. 2017
Aswathanarayana U (2008) Food and water security. Taylor and Francis/Balkema, Leiden 303p
Aswathanarayana U (2012) Natural resources technology, economics and policy. CRC Press, London, p 40
Bhamra PJS (1996) Conjunctive water use strategies to control water logging and soil salinity in irrigated commands, Proceedings of Workshop on Waterlogging and Soil salinity in Irrigated Agriculture. Central Board of Irrigation and Power, Karnal, pp 112–125
Black M, King J (2009) The atlas of water. Earthscan, London 128 p
Central Ground Water Board (1997) Status of groundwater quality including pollution aspects in India. Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, Faridabad 68 p
Central Ground Water Board (1999) Conjunctive use studies in Hirakud command, Orissa. BHUJAL News., Special Issue 14(1&2):1–9
Central Ground Water Board (2002) Brochure: hydrogeological map of India (1:2 million), 2nd edn. Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, Faridabad
Central Ground Water Board (2014) Dynamic groundwater resources of India (report as on March 2011). CGWB, Ministry of Water Resources, Faridabad
Central Water Commission (2012) Water resources development scenario in India. CWC, Govt.of India, New Delhi, p 187
Damle VV (2006) Sectoral allocation and pricing of groundwater: a stakeholder’s view. In: Groundwater governance: ownership of groundwater and its pricing. Capitol Publishing Company, New Delhi, p 418. 2006
Das S (2004) Rainwater harvesting – an effective means of water harvesting and drought proofing. In: Proceedings of workshop on interlinking of rivers, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, Kolkata, May 2003. pp 110–122
Das S (2006) Groundwater over-exploitation and importance of water management in India – vision 2025. 10th IGC Foundation Lecture, Karnatak University, Dharwad
Das S (2008) Drinking water and food security in hard rock areas of India. Mem 70, Journal of Geological Society of India. 261p
Das S (2011) Groundwater resources of India. National Book Trust, India 248p
Das S (2012) Green Earth: water management and governance. Keynote address. National Seminar/Workshop on GREEN EARTH, Indian Geological Congress and Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, October 2012
Das S (2013). Johads of Alwar. In: Groundwater in dryland areas of Rajasthan: Arwari model of management. In: Mem 82, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, 2013. pp 234–238
Das S (2015) Tale of a watershed. In: Notes & News, Journal of Geological Society of India, March 2015
Das S, Romani S, Sharma SK, Mehta M, Pardhasaradhi YJ (1996) Storage of surplus monsoon runoff in subsurface natural reservoirs. Proc. National Water Convention, N.W.D.A, Bhopal, 1996
Das S, Romani S, Sharma SK, Mehta M (1998) Scope of groundwater augmentation by artificial recharge in India. Proceedings of seminar on artificial recharge of groundwater, Central Ground Water Board, New Delhi, pp.13–24. 1998
Farooqi MA, Sudarsan G, Sooryanarayana KR, Manzar A, Sivaramakrishnan (2016) In: Das S, Sawkar RH (eds). Special Publication No.5Artificial recharge practices – some experimental projects. Geological Society of India, Bangalore, pp 119–130
Financial Express (2009) Climate change to spur global food crisis
Hiregoudar LG, Adapur SH, Bhandi NH (2008) Sustainable agriculture and rural development through drought proofing – an effort by K.H. Patil Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Gadag district, Karnataka. Mem 70, Geological Society of India, Bangalore. pp 213–238
Hiregoudar LG, Bgandi NH, Adapur SH (2016) In: Das S, Sawkar RH (eds) Integrated watershed management and people’s participation: a case study of Ichalahalla water shed, Gadag district, Karnataka. Special Publication 5, Geological Society of India. pp 18–23
Jain RC (2011) Impact of climate change on groundwater sustainability and role of MNREG in rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge to groundwater, Technical Papers: 3rd National Groundwater Congress, March 2011. Central Ground Water Board, New Delhi, pp 96–111
Jain SK, Sharma SK (1999) Report on artificial recharge to groundwater in banana growing areas, Watershed TE-17, District Jalgaon, Mharashtra (India). Central Ground Water Board, Nagpur 154 p
Kapoor U (2000) Ground water development. In: Selected papers on ground water development and management – past achievements and future strategies. Central Ground Water Board, New Delhi, p 91. 2000
Kurien J, Sinha AK (2006) Groundwater governance issues in irrigation development – a perspective. In: Romani S, Sharma KD, Ghosh NC, Kaushik YB (eds) Groundwater governance. Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp 395–404
Mehta M, Jain SK (1994) An approach to evaluate the efficiency of groundwater recharge structure in hard rock areas. Proceedings of international workshop on groundwater monitoring and recharge in semi arid areas, NGRI, Hyderabad. pp 37–45
Pathak D (1988) Hydrogeology of India. Central Board of Irrigation and Power, New Delhi, pp 15–30
Prasad RK (1995) Conjunctive use management of surface water and ground water in irrigated commands. Proceedings of national workshop on emerging role of cooperatives in ground water development and management. Central Ground Water Board and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, pp 83–102. 1995
Ramasesha CS, Nandakumaran P, Suresh S (2002) Efficacy of sub-surface dykes as groundwater conservation structures in hard rock terrain of Tamil Nadu, India. Proceedings of 4th international symposium on artificial recharge of groundwater, ISAR-4, Adelaide, South Australia, 2002. pp 309–404
Rathore MS (2013) Community management of groundwater. A solution to depleting groundwater in India. In: Memoir 82, Geological Society of India. pp 239–265
Reddy S (2001) Water for new millennium. J Indian Water Works Assoc 33(2):135–142
Singh R (2008). Community driven decentralised water management. Mem 69, Geological Society of India. pp 288–300
Sinha BPC, Sharma SK (1990) Groundwater dams: concepts and case studies. Bhujal News 5(1):3–15
Srikantia SV (2008) Watershed development –a route to prosperity in the Darewadi, Ralegaon sidhi, and Hewre Bazar Watersheds, Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra. Mem 70, Journal of Geological Society of India. pp 195–212
Thakkar H (2009) India’s national action plan on climate change. A civil society view. There is little hope here. South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, Delhi, pp 17–32
UN-IAWG-WES (1998) Johad: watershed in Alwar District, Rajasthan. UN-Inter Agency Working Group on Water and Environmental Sanitation, New Delhi 24 p
WHO – UNICEF (2015) Joint monitoring program for water supply and sanitation
World Bank (1998) Water resources management sector review: rural water supply and sanitation report. World Bank, Washington, DC
Acknowledgments
The author is grateful to Dr. S. P. Sinha Ray of the Centre for Groundwater Studies, Kolkata, for his constant encouragement in preparing this write-up. The article draws extensively from various seminar and workshop proceedings of the Geological Society of India, edited by the author, and also from the author’s keynote address in the National Seminar on Green Earth (2012) organized by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology and Indian Geological Congress and various other publications, which are gratefully acknowledged.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Das, S. (2019). Water Management in Arid and Semiarid Areas of India. In: Ray, S. (eds) Ground Water Development - Issues and Sustainable Solutions. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1771-2_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1771-2_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-1770-5
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-1771-2
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)