1. AQUIFER MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES IN HARYANA STATE Contributors: Dr. S. K. Jain, Regional Director Iti Gupta, Scientist ‘B’ S. K. Saigal, Scientist ‘D’ Sanjay Pandey, Astt. Hydrogeologist Anantha Rao D., S.TA( HG) Central Ground Water Board, North Western Region, Chandigarh, IndiaSESSION BRAIN STORMING: GROUND WATER AQUIFER MAPPING–LESSONS LEARNT

2. Aquifer Mapping Plan - Haryana State Principal Aquifers Code Principal Aquifers Major Aquifer CodeMajor Aquifer ALAlluvium AL01Younger Alluvium AL02Boulder /Gravels AL03Older Alluvium STSandstone ST01Sandstone/ Conglomerates ST02Sandstone/ Clay

4. Ground Water Quality In shallow aquifer, ground water is alkaline. The electrical conductivity (EC) values are less than 1000 µS/cm, except in Kalayat Block and in part of Kaithal and Rajound Block (Kaithal District). Generally the ground water is suitable for drinking purposes as per BIS standard. Type of water: Na-HCO3 type and Mixed cation-HCO3 type. Electrical Conductivity Map Phase-I, Haryana EC values are in uS/cm

5. Aquifer Geometry and Aquifer Characterization SourceNo. of wellsDepth <200m>200m CGWB17314 Private11 0 PHED33 0 Data availability of Tube Wells in Kurukshetra District ( 61 wells), Selected 18 wells

8. Aquifer Map of Kurukshetra District Aquifer Group Range (m bgl) Thickness (m) FromToMinMax Aquifer I 41464295 Aquifer II 1722312765 Aquifer III 2362742837 Aquifer Grouping in Kurukshetra District

9. AQUIFER RESOURCE ESTIMATION

10. BLOCKWISE AQUIFER RESOURCES TOTAL AVAILABLE GROUND WATER RESOURCES (UPTO 300m) IN NAQUIM PHASE-I AREA Block Geograp hical Area (ha) Groundwa ter Resources (Aquifer I) Ground Water Resources (Aquifer II) Ground Water Resources (Aquifer III) Total Availability of Ground Water Resources upto 300m Total Ground Water Resources upto 300m (in bcm) Babain167848408247213332321645281.645 Ladwa162308022147031420681693201.693 Pehowa50700254241238677-4929184.929 Shahbad37712121427861141004653080063.080 Thanesw ar 46827330682268514-5991965.992 Total (ham) 168253870653687549175765173396717.340 Total (bcm) 8.7076.8751.75817.340

11. Marginal (0-1 ha) Small (1-2 ha) Semi-Medium (2-4 ha) Medium (4-10ha) Public Group of Farmers Total 911851587514756302261832540 No. by the depth of shallow Tube well (20-40 mts) (40-60 mts) (60-70 mts) (>70 mts)Total 2609228520359632540 Distribution of tubewells according to depth Distribution of Tubewells According to Owner’s Holding Size Which Aquifer is stressed??? Ownership of the tubewells is mostly by group of farmers in the district Majority of the tubewells are of shallow depth(<60m) and present water level ranges from 20-40mbgl. Assessment Unit/ DistrictStage of Ground Water Development Category Babain230Over-Exploited Ladwa361Over-Exploited Pehowa201Over-Exploited Shahbad208Over-Exploited Thaneswar205Over-Exploited Total220 Aquifer I is under Stressed

12. Artificial Recharge in Over-exploited blocks Construction of Recharge Pits in Agricultural Fields 10% of village agricultural field area One recharge pit in one hectare area Roof top Rain Water Harvesting in urban and rural habitations Construction of roof top rain water harvesting structures 10% of the households in each habitation. Conservation of water through better conveyance channel of tube well command Ground water distribution is through unlined open water channels ~Huge quantity of the water delivered through unlined channels goes waste due to unwanted seepage and evaporation losses This can be reduced by converting them into Piped channels to save precious amount of water,land and energy. Management Strategies

13. Recharge Pit in Agriculture farm “Khet ka Pani Khet Mein”

14. Conclusion Replace the unlined channels in agricultural lands by Under Ground Pipelines ◦ Reduction in OVERDRAFT upto 9.3% i.e. from 220% reduce to 210.7%. Adopting Roof Top Rainwater Harvesting & Artificial Recharge Method ◦ Reduction in Overdraft upto 5.5% i.e. from 220% reduce to 214.5% Massive public mobilization is required to Abolish distribution of ground water through unlined/kutcha channel as a priority programme.

15. Stop Wasting Water from >One Cr (10 Billion) such wells in India