This manual by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India provides the background on the global and Indian water scenario and the emerging challenges related to groundwater depletion and pollution in the country and provides the details on the concept, prerequisites and mechanism of artificial recharge of groundwater.
The manual is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Water resources development scenario
Chapter 3: Artificial recharge of groundwater
Chapter 4: Source water
Chapter 5: Planning of artificial recharge schemes
Chapter 6: Artificail recharge techniques and designs
Chapter 7: Rooftop rainwater harvesting
Chapter 8: Impact assessment
Chapter 9: Economic evaluation of recharge schemes
Chapter 10: Operation and maintenance
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