"With an average annual rainfall of 1,170 mm, India is one of the wettest countries in the world. Still, even with its rich natural water resources, with more than 300,000 square meters of bodies of water, the country is plagued by environmental issues such as water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides (Sharma, 2005). Another major problem is that tap water is not potable throughout the country. This implies that people, especially those from the lower income bracket, cannot avail of clean drinking water, since these have to be bought. Repugnant as it may sound, it is a reality that millions of Indians queue up everyday at public taps for one of life's most precious commodity — water." -ADB

Friday, 10 December 2010

Understanding Conventional and DWLR Assisted Water Level Monitoring

  1. CWC Document on "Understanding Conventional and DWLR Assisted Water Level Monitoring"-68 Pages
  2. CGWB Site

The Hydrology Project has enabled construction of a large number of scientifically designed
piezometers tapping unconfined and the deeper aquifers. These piezometers have the
necessary hydraulic connection with the targeted aquifers and are suitably isolated from
overlying/underlying aquifers. Further, digital automatic water level recorders (DWLRs) are
installed in these piezometers. This ensures measurement of undistorted piezometric head
at the desired frequency, which may be much larger than the present frequency. In fact, the
frequency may be so high that the resulting piezometric hydrograph may almost be
continuous.
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