STUDY & ANALYSIS OF THE GROUNDWATER LEVEL SCENARIO (2013-2017) IN THE HOOGHLY DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Periodical monitoring of ground water regime covering different hydrogeomorphic, hydrogeological units is an effort to acquire information on behavior of ground water levels, chemical quality and temperature of formation water through representative sampling. The process is essential in both spatial and temporal domain, to consolidate a detailed knowledge about ground water scenario of an area with respect to its behavior, availability and quality. Thus, data so collected during monitoring becomes one of the most important inputs for a holistic ground water management. This paper attempts to compile the data collected by the CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD, Ministry Of Water Resources (Govt. of India), during the period 2013-2017 for some selected Ground Water Monitoring Wells established by the Board in the Hooghly District of West Bengal and present its detailed analysis in a comprehensive manner in the form of charts and statistical analysis. The statistical data incorporates the ranges of water levels and water level fluctuations, minimum and maximum values of water level, number of wells measured, and percentage of monitoring stations falling in different ranges with the block-wise breakup in different categories. The declining trend of static groundwater level (SGWL) is more conspicuous particularly for the Hooghly district since it falls under the intensive agricultural practice zone of West Bengal, which depends on its cultivation of the various crops and paddy to a large extent.

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