Modeling Water Resources and Demand in Bundelkhand Region Using Geospatial Technology A Case Study of Chhatarpur District MP

Abstract

newline Modeling Water Resources and Demand in Bundelkhand Region using Geospatial newlineTechnology : A case study of Chhatarpur district , M. P. newlineChhatarpur district is a part of Bundelkhand region, largely being a rainfall deficient area newlinecoupled with limited perennial surface water supply and ever increasing demand for fresh newlinepotable water, the groundwater is under constant stress leading to its depletion year after year. newlineMost period of the year, resident of Bundelkhand experience acute scarcity of water for newlinedomestic, agricultural and industrial use. The increase in both human and livestock newlinepopulations and the tendency of people to concentrate in town and villages will lead in the newlinenear future to problem of water supply. Another problem may occur if the spatial distribution newlineof available water differs from the spatial distribution of water demand. newlineThe spatio-temporal variations in rainfall and regional/local differences in geology and newlinegeomorphology have led to uneven distribution of groundwater in different region across the newlinestudy area. Systematic estimation and budgeting of groundwater resources based on its newlinespatio-temporal distribution and its allocation are required for meeting the competing demands newlinefor irrigation, industrial and domestic usage. newlineModeling gives a manner, perhaps the predominant way, of predicting the behaviour or newlineoverall performance of proposed machine infrastructure designs or management regulations. newlineStudy area precipitation is 967 mm. Aquifer conditions of the study area are unconfined newlineweathered and fractured zones. The fractured zones are again upper moderately fractures and newlinelower highly fractured zones. The upper fractured zone is about 7-9 m deep whereas highly newlinefractured zone extend down to 20 m in general and in some places to the depth of 40 m with newlinevariable degree of weathering.