Surat is first to conduct the aquifer mapping study in India

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SURAT IS FIRST TO CONDUCT THE AQUIFER MAPPING STUDY IN INDIA
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Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started aquifer
mapping study in India for in river Tapi. It is the first
urban local body (ULB) in the India to undertake
aquifer mapping study. The aquifer mapping study
requires for the aquifer-based groundwater
management. They have also started setting up the
French wells to supply water to the city.
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A heliborne survey based on electro resistivity technology (ERT) has been launched by the
civic body in association of National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI). This heliborne
survey is carried out over river Tapi stretch from Magdalla in the downstream to Kamrej in
the upstream for aquifer mapping.
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock from which groundwater can be
extracted using water well. The aquifer mapping used to estimate the quality and quantity
of the groundwater in an aquifer. The total 268 square kilometer area will be surveyed
through heliborne survey. Around 500 metre beneath the riverbed scanned to identify and
locate the confined and saturated aquifer using this survey. The Official said that, it is a
seven-day survey and after completing this survey, the civic body will locate French wells
inside river or along the bank, land reservations for future water supply projects.
SUMMARY:
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started aquifer mapping study in India for in river
Tapi. It is the first urban local body (ULB) in the India to undertake aquifer mapping study.
The aquifer mapping study requires for the aquifer-based groundwater management.

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The additional city engineer KH Khatwani said that, the aquifer mapping study will help to
find out the exact location of aquifer, its size, quantum of water it can store, recharge points
and French Wells. And it also provides information necessary to replenish the declining
groundwater resources. The central government conducting study based on aquifer
mapping in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra with the help by NGRI.
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