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Groundwater Dynamics in Hard Rock Aquifers

Sustainable Management and Optimal Monitoring Network Design

  • Equipped with latest techniques applied to hard rock aquifer systems
  • Most of the modern techniques such as Geostatistics and Aquifer Modeling in one place
  • Most of the work included in the book as an example stems from a single aquifer system
  • Additional examples from a variety of the aquifers from many places of the world included
  • The theoretical developments are supported by case studies to explain the research work and ensure the applicability

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Geophysical Characterization of Hard Rock Aquifers

    • N. S. Krishnamurthy, Subash Chandra, Dewashish Kumar
    Pages 64-86
  3. Pumping Tests: Planning, Preparation and Execution

    • K. Subrahmanyam, Haris H. Khan
    Pages 93-99
  4. Various Pumping Tests and Methods for Evaluation of Hydraulic Properties in Fractured Hard Rock Aquifers

    • J. C. Maréchal, B. Dewandel, K. Subrahmanyam, R. Torri
    Pages 100-111
  5. Analyses of Aquifer Parameters from Different Hydraulic Tests and Their Scale Effect

    • J. C. Maréchal, Faisal K. Zaidi, B. Dewandel
    Pages 112-122
  6. Groundwater Balance at the Watershed Scale in a Hard Rock Aquifer Using GIS

    • J. C. Maréchal, L. Galeazzi, B. Dewandel
    Pages 134-141
  7. Water Budgeting and Construction of Future Scenarios for Prediction and Management of Ground Water under Stressed Condition

    • Faisal K. Zaidi, Benoît Dewandel, Jean-Marie Gandolfi, Shakeel Ahmed
    Pages 142-149
  8. Applying Geostatistics: Basic Knowledge and Variographic Analysis with Exercises

    • P. S. N. Murthy, Tanvi Arora, Shakeel Ahmed
    Pages 150-171
  9. Kriging for Estimating Hydrogeological Parameters

    • Shakeel Ahmed, K. Devi
    Pages 172-178
  10. Application of Geostatistics in Optimal Groundwater Monitoring Network Design

    • Shakeel Ahmed, Dewashish Kumar, Aadil Nabi Bhat
    Pages 179-190

About this book

Groundwater is of utmost importance in the arid and semi-arid environment. The areas in such regions are forced to face a variety of problems regarding groundwater as it is the main source of water no matter for any use viz., drinking, domestic, irrigation or industrial particularly for the rural population. The main challenges in hard rock areas in the semi-arid region are the water conservation, management and planning of the water resources. This is further complicated with several complexities of the geological formation. With the semi-arid environment, complex geological settings and over shooting stresses, the aquifer system becomes extremely fragile and sensitive. In spite of a good amount of research in this field, it is still needed to understand the behaviour of such complex system precisely and also apply the result in reasonably larger scales. Therefore, the present research is focused on improving the knowledge on the structure and functioning of the aquifer system in hard rock terrain.

Editors and Affiliations

  • NGRI, Hyderabad, India

    Shakeel Ahmed

  • UNESCO Office, Beijing, P.R. China

    Ramaswamy Jayakumar

  • UNESCO Office, Tehran, Iran

    Abdin Salih

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