Aquifer Type and Annual Current Major Use of Major Issues code Name Description Recharge Utilization Water from the (million m3) (million m3) Aquifer 736 14 Principal Groundwater is Annual Annual draft Agriculture use Over Exploration in Non – Groundwater Aquifers available in water recharge is for all uses is followed by Command areas leading to Basins of 100 stating from table to semi 20,789 MCM 7,007 MCM domestic and depletion of groundwater to 250 older rocks confined and and the (2168 MCM industrial use levels and underutilization Sq.Km. area of Archaens confined conditions dynamic in Command in Command area leading to the in hard rock groundwater area and to water logging and other Recent (crystalline rocks) availability 4839 MCM quality problems. Alluvium and Semi-confined is 18882 in a State with 940 kms. with highly to confined MCM ( 9582 of Coast length (2nd in the potential conditions in MCM in area) country) is facing Gondwanas Sedimentary rocks. Command groundwater quality period and Bore / Tube well basins and problems. Not only saline Tertiary yields ranging from 9300 MCM problems in Coastal areas period 50 lpm to 600 lpm in Non but also having Geo-genic Sandstones quality problems like and lime basins) fluoride and other problems stone formations
code Aquifer Name Type and Description Annual Recharge (million m3) Current Utilization (million m3) Major Use of Water from the Aquifer Major Issues 736 Groundwater Basins of 100 to 250 Sq.Km. area 14 Principal Aquifers stating from older rocks of Archaens to the Recent Alluvium with highly potential Gondwanas period and Tertiary period Sandstones and lime stone formations Groundwater is available in water table to semi confined and confined conditions in hard rock (crystalline rocks) and Semi-confined to confined conditions in Sedimentary rocks. Bore / Tube well yields ranging from 50 lpm to 600 lpm Annual recharge is 20,789 MCM and the dynamic groundwater availability is 18882 MCM ( 9582 MCM in Command basins and 9300 MCM in Non basins) Annual draft for all uses is 7,007 MCM (2168 MCM in Command area and 4839 MCM in area) Agriculture use followed by domestic and industrial use Over Exploration in Non – Command areas leading to depletion of groundwater levels and underutilization in Command area leading to water logging and other quality problems. a State with 940 kms. of Coast length (2nd in the country) is facing groundwater quality problems. Not only saline problems in Coastal areas but also having Geo-genic quality problems like fluoride and other problems
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