Abstract:
In December 1985 the governments of The Netherlands and India agreed on an Inclo-Dutch Training Programme on Water Management.
(WAMATRA). Phase I was concluded in 1986-87. Phase IT of
WAMATRA started in August 1990. National Institute of Hydrology
was associated along with other institutions in this project in a
few areas. One of the items was Mathematical Groundwater
Modelling. The International Institute for Land Reclammatio► and
Improvement, Wageningen, From The Netherlands side was to
provide training under this item.
Although the total amount of water on earth is generally assumed to have remained virtually constant, the. rapid growth of population, together with the extension of irrigated agriculture and industrial development, is stressing the quantity and quality aspects of the natural system. Because of the increasing problems, man has begun to realize that he can no longer follow a "use and discard" philosophy. - either with water resources or any
other natural resource. Utilization of ground water has become a
tenet in every nation's water resources development policy.
The rational limit of the rate of ground water exploitation
should be such that protection from depletion is provided,
protection from pollution is provided, negative ecological
effects are reduced to a minimum, and economic efficiency of
exploitation is attained. Determination of exploitable resources
should be based upon hydrological investigations. These
investigations logically necessitate use of a mathematical model
of ground water system for analyzing and solving the problems.
This report on "Numerical Modelling of Ground Water Basin" has been prepared by Shri Avinash Agarwal, Scientist 'C' as a part of training under INDO-DUTCH TRAINING PROGRAMME ON WATER MANAGEMENT,
(WAMATRA), PHASE II at International Institute of Land
Reclammation & Improvement.
