Assessment of the Artificial Ground Water Recharging Potential with Innovative Artificial Ground Water Recharging Techniques using Canal Water in Moga and Fatehgarh Districts of Punjab State (India)

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2017 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 4 Issue 9

Year of Publication : 2017

Authors : Gagandeep Singh Gill, Ankit Dhir, Maninder Singh, Ashwani K Kansal

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V4I9P104

How to Cite?

Gagandeep Singh Gill, Ankit Dhir, Maninder Singh, Ashwani K Kansal, "Assessment of the Artificial Ground Water Recharging Potential with Innovative Artificial Ground Water Recharging Techniques using Canal Water in Moga and Fatehgarh Districts of Punjab State (India)," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 4,  no. 9, pp. 23-32, 2017. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V4I9P104

Abstract:

 In Punjab state, due to over-exploitation of ground water, there is a decline in ground water levels resulting in shortage of supply of ground water and thereby necessitating the need for artificial recharge of ground water using available canal water which is primarily available during lean periods/monsoons. Artificial recharge of Ground water using canal water through Injection wells has been studied for over a period of more than three years. The capacity of the injection wells for various aquifer conditions is practically calculated after study of 9 such schemes installed as pilot project for the purpose in Moga and Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab State. It has been found that the capacity of the injection wells to recharge the ground water through canal water depends upon several factors which include the aquifer class, the time for which the scheme is running without any maintenance/restoration of injection wells and the head of water available at the entry.

Keywords:

 Artificial Ground Water recharging, Distributary, Minor, Injection Wells, Aquifer, Distribution chamber, Filtration Chamber, Development of Injection wells.

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