TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patel, Shipra
AU  - Iyer, Mona (Guide)
TI  - Impact of Sabarmati riverfront on the groundwater levels in its vicinity (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-2202 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - Contents : 1 Research Proposal  2 1.1 Background: Groundwater as a Resource  2 1.2 Significance of the Study  4 1.3 Aim and Objective  4 1.4 Research Methodology  5 1.5 Scope and Limitations  8 2 Importance of Sabarmati River and Groundwater Recharge  10 2.1 Sabarmati River Basin  10 2.2 Sabarmati River and City of Ahmedabad  12 2.3 Shaping the River: Sabarmati Riverfront Development  14  2.3.1 Sabarmati Riverfront: A Project 16 2.3.2 Where the water comes from? 18 3 Ahmedabad city and its Groundwater  25 3.1 Ahmedabad: General Introduction  25 3.2 Groundwater Scenario in Ahmedabad 26 3.3 Groundwater Monitoring in the city  28 4 The study Area  36 4.1 Delineation and profiling: the boundary and the study area 36 4.2 Where the groundwater is visible?  40  4.2.1 Monitoring Wells  41 4.2.2 Public Wells  42 4.2.3 Private Wells  44 4.2.4 Aquifer Profiling  48 5 Assessing the Impact of Sabarmati Riverfront Project  53 5.1 Assessing the Level Changes: Monitoring Wells  54 5.2 Measuring the level of Dug Wells  56 5.3 People’s Perception  57  5.3.1 Longitudinal Sections  57 5.3.2 Lateral Sections  62 5.3.3 What do people perceive?  66 5.4 The Influence zone of Recharge: Isotopic Study  70  5.4.1 Understanding the basics of Isotopic Study  70 5.4.2 Isotopic Study and Groundwater  71 5.4.3 Isotopic testing methodology  72 5.4.4 Analyzing the Influence zone of Recharge  74 5.5 Tracing the quality changes in the particular well  77  5.5.1 Tracing the TDS  78 5.5.2 Analysis for TDS  80 5.5.3 Tracing the DO, Alkalinity and Total Hardness  81 6 Conclusion, Way Forward and Recommendations 85 6.1 Why the Level Changes?  85 6.2 Conclusive Remarks  89 6.3 Way Forward  89 6.4 Recommendations  90 APPENDIX  93 APPENDIX A  94 APENDIX B  105 APPENDIX C  112  BIBLIOGRAPHY  114
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