Environmental Tracer Techniques in Groundwater Investigations

Abstract

Groundwater is an important source of water supply for the various uses and its increasing demands in agricultural, industrial and domestic sectors necessitates proper water resources assessment and management strategies. Improper management of groundwater resources can lead to various troubles such as higher pumping cost, reduction in yield, failure of wells, sea water intrusion to fresh water aquifers in coastal regions, sub marine groundwater discharge (SGD) and land subsidence. For proper assessment of groundwater resources and groundwater budgeting we need to investigate hydro-geological parameters and aquifer characteristics more precisely.