Ground Water Development - Issues and Sustainable Solutions

by S. P. Sinha Ray

Overview

Ground water resources are receiving global attention, as human population growth and development cause significant changes to the earth system. It plays a major role in ensuring livelihood security in many parts of South Asia and its contribution to poverty alleviation is substantial. The complex nature of ground water problems in the Indian Sub-continent requires a precise delineation of the ground water regimes in different hydro geological settings and socio-economic conditions and is a primary necessity for sustainable and equitable management. Strategies to respond to ground water over-exploitation and deteriorating water quality must be based on a new approach. Practical policies and various solution options urgently need to be formulated and implemented to prevent the development problems.

There is pressing need to evolve workable methods and approaches based on modern scientific researches on ground water resources, as well as to build a social framework including community participation at all levels for a ground water development system. The community participation in water pumping policies, incentives of efficient use, affordability of low income users and other vulnerable groups, water awareness are prime factors for success of any ground water based water supply project.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811317705
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	12/07/2018
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	349
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

S. P. Sinha Ray has been a member of Central Ground Water Board and Central Ground Water Authority, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. He has more than 40 years of experience in groundwater exploration, development and management. By virtue of his long association with the country’s apex organization dealing with groundwater resources, he has acquired substantial expertise in the field. Besides having a vast knowledge of the subject within the country, he has also gained insights and know-how in other countries like Algeria, Bangladesh, the USA, Korea, Zimbabwe and Japan. He is a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science, a Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists and Emeritus President, Centre for Ground Water Studies, Kolkata.

Table of Contents

Major Ground Water Development Issues

1. Dr. S P Sinha Ray- Former Member, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

2. Dr. P K Sikdar- Professor, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management

3. Mr. Abhijit Ray- Former Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India.

4. Dr. John M Mc Arthur- Earth Science University College of London

Ground Water Development Problems in Arid and Semi-Arid & Hilly Areas

1. Mr. Subhojyoti Das- Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

2. Mr. Suresh Khandale- GWDA, Pune, Maharashtra

3. Mr. KCB Raju- Former Director, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

4. Mr. Ranjan Sinha- Cairn India Ltd

5. Dr. J. Buono- Ecohydrologist, Urdhvam, Pune

6. Dr. Asit Kumar Biswas- Distinguished Visiting Professor National University of Singapore and Co-founder, Third World Centre for Water

Management, Mexico

Ground Water Management in Alluvial and Coastal areas

1. Dr. L Elango- Professor, Anna University, Chennai

2. Mr. Ranajit Saha- Executive Director, NRIEMT

3. Dr. Sudhanshu Sekhar- President, INC-IAH & Scientist D, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

4. Dr. Sugata Hazra- Director, School of Oceanographic Studies & Dean, Jadavpur University

5. Dr. K M Ahmed- Professor, Deptt of Geology, University of Dhaka

Conservation of Ground Water

1. Dr. D K Chadha- Former Chairman, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

2. Dr. S P Sinha Ray- Former Member, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

3. Dr. Kalyan Rudra- Chairman, State Pollution Control Board, West Bengal

4. Teodora Szocs, Department Head, Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary

Advance Researches in Ground Water

1. Dr. B B Bhattacharya- Former Director, ISM, Dhanbad

2. Dr. S K Sharma- Former Member, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India

3. Dr. N C Ghosh- Scientist-G, NIH, Roorkie

4. Dr. Parthasarathi Chakraborty- Former Chief Scientist, Dept of Science & Technology, Govt of West Bengal

5. Dr. U K Sinha- Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai

6. Makoto Taniguchi, Professor of Hydrogeology, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan

Contaminated Groundwater & its mitigation

1. Prof. K J Nath- Chairman, Arsenic Task Force, Govt of West Bengal

2. Dr. Anirban Gupta- Professor, IIEST

3. Dr. T Roy Chowdhury- Associate Professor, Jadavpur University

4. Prof. D N Guha Mazumder- Founder President, DNGM Foundation

5. Jane Griffin, The Groundwater Foundation, Lincoln, NE

Climate Change & its impact on Ground Water

Dr. C P Kumar-

Scientist-G, NIH, Roorkie

Community Involvement & Participatory Management

1. Ms. Mrinalini Bakshi Sengupta- Advance Centre for Water Development and Management, Arghyam, Bengaluru, Pune

2. Prof. H Kulkarni- Executive Director, Advanced Centre for Water Resources Development

3. Mr. S N Dave- WASH Specialist, UNICEF

Ground Water Development Issues & Sustainable Solutions

Dr. S P Sinha Ray- Former Member, Central Ground Water Board, Govt of India