Quantification of potential groundwater recharge from recharge pond in small watershed

SHAKIR ALI; N C GHOSH; RANVIR SINGH

doi:10.56093/ijas.v82i10.24162

Authors

SHAKIR ALI Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002
N C GHOSH Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002
RANVIR SINGH Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v82i10.24162

Keywords:

Model, Pond, Potential recharge, Semi-arid, Watershed

Abstract

A study was conducted during 2006–08 to estimate the potential groundwater recharge from the recharge ponds in a small watershed of the semi-arid region of Rajasthan. A recharge pond having storage capacity of 0.65 ha m was constructed to harvest the surface runoffs otherwise going the waste from the watershed. The analysis has revealed that the potential recharge rates from the selected recharge pond varied between 0.019 and 0.051 m/day with a mean of 0.024 m/day during the study period. The components of water balance of the pond have been estimated to be, 77% of the stored water as the groundwater recharge to the aquifer underneath the pond, 9% as loss due to water surface evaporation, 13% as the surplus flow from the pond, and 1% as the dead storage in the pond. An exponential recharge regression model depicting relation between daily recharge rate and recharge period has also derived for the study area. This area specific derived relationship will help for determining potential recharge rate for any recharge period

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Author Biographies

SHAKIR ALI, Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002
N C GHOSH, Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002
RANVIR SINGH, Research Centre, Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Kota, Rajasthan 324 002

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