Keywords:
Sustainability.
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Water.
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Hydrology.
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Bioclimatology.
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Sustainability.
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Water.
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Climate Change Ecology.
Description / Table of Contents:
Rural Domestic Water Supply in India: Progress and Issues -- Factors Influencing Groundwater Behaviour During Monsoon: Analysis from Maharashtra -- Factors Influencing the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes: Analysis from Maharashtra -- Studying the Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Different Geological Settings -- Locating Water for Augmenting Rural Water Supply Schemes -- Strategies for Improving Rural Domestic Water Supply in Maharashtra -- Managing Groundwater Quality for Drinking Water Security in India: Emerging Challenge -- Improving Institutional Responses to Groundwater Pollution: Use of a Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Index -- Managing Rural Drinking Water Supply across Hydro-Climatic Zones of India -- Rural Drinking Water Security in India: The Challenge of Piping Water to Every Household by 2024.
Abstract:
This book highlights the multi-pronged strategy for achieving sustainable rural domestic water supply in India. It deepens the understanding of groundwater (predominant source of water supply) behaviour in response to natural processes in different geological settings, analyses the factors influencing the performance of water supply schemes; identifies the conditions under which groundwater-based drinking water sources become sustainable, suggests measures for improving the sustainability of drinking water wells in hard rock regions (cover 2/3rd of India’s geographical area), presents a decision-making framework for planning rural water supply schemes in the country for ensuring long-term sustainability, and suggests physical strategies and policy measures for achieving them. The analyses for development and validation of various models that explain groundwater system behaviour and performance of rural water supply schemes are undertaken for different geological settings in Maharashtra, as the state represents a microcosm of the various hydrological, topographical, and geohydrological conditions encountered in the country. The final analysis for proposing nation-wide strategies considers the various hydrological, geological, geohydrological, and topographical and climatic settings in the country.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
XXII, 192 p. 51 illus., 50 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
ISBN:
9789811691980
Series Statement:
Water Resources Development and Management,
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9198-0
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-16-9198-0
DDC:
304.2
Language:
English
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