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082 _aP TH-2202
_bPAT
100 _aPatel, Shipra
245 0 _aImpact of Sabarmati riverfront on the groundwater levels in its vicinity (Also available on CD)
260 _c2017
300 _av,xxviii,116p.,CD-ROM
505 _aContents : 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
700 _aIyer, Mona (Guide)
891 _a2015 Batch
891 _aFP-PG
999 _c52290
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