The Study of Groundwater Level Fluctuations of Damodar River Basin, West Bengal, India
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2022
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Poddar, D., Mukhopadhay, S., Mandal, T., Das, J., & Saha, S. (2022). The Study of Groundwater Level Fluctuations of Damodar River Basin, West Bengal, India. In S. Saha, K. Chakrabarty, & M. Das (Eds.), Riverine environment and its dynamics: Challenges, issues and Sustainable managements (pp. 1–15). BlueRose Publishers. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/5135
Authors
Poddar, Debapriya
Mukhopadhay, Sarbari
Mandal, Tapash
Das, Jayanta
Saha, Snehasish
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Saha, Snehasish
Chakrabarty, Kunal
Das, Mantu
Abstract
Groundwater acts as a significant provider of required water in different
sectors of India, like household, agriculture, and industry. A copious amount
of water and food resources are needed in Damodar River Basin for the fast
expansion of the population, leading to severe strain over the water
resources. The analysis of the temporal trends of groundwater level is
essential for preserving groundwater for further use. Hence, the principal
objective of this work is to examine the temporal trends in the Damodar
River Basin in the annual, seasonal time scale from 1996 through 2017,
applying the Mann-Kendall (MK) and Sen 's slope estimator tests. The
outcome of these analyses represents the positive trends and also the
negative trends that have occurred in the case of groundwater depth of the
study area. However, decreasing trends are much weaker than increasing
trends. Compared with the monsoon season, strong increasing trends have
been identified in pre-monsoon, post-monsoon Kharif, and post-monsoon
Rabi seasons. The southern region of the Damodar River Basin, where
paddy farming requires vast amounts of water, is where the significant
positive developments were concentrated. The results of this research will
assist policy makers and planners in maintaining a sufficient and consistent
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Riverine environment and its dynamics: Challenges, issues and Sustainable managements
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978-93-5704-498-1
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pp. 1-15