Assessment of Groundwater Level in Southwest Punjab, India

Abstract

In the process of development, quality and quantity of the resources are generally depleted day by day unless they are replenished by natural or artificial process. Water resource which is an important resource to sustain the life on earth is under tremendous pressure all over the world due to climate change, population growth and socioeconomic development. Hence effective management of water resources with use of latest available technologies and scientific research have become very crucial for water resources planners and engineers. Aiming with this HYDRO 2104 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Coastal and Environmental Engineering jointly organized by MANIT Bhopal and ISH in association with NIH Roorkee, IIT Bombay, VNIT Nagpur, SVNIT Surat, People’s University Bhopal during December 18-20,2014. HYDRO conference is organized every year by ISH in association with Institutions/organizations. We have received overwhelming response from researchers, academicians, scholars, water resource managers across the globe and received two hundred ninety papers for the conference. One hundred twenty papers have selected for the publication of the book. This book contains one hundred twenty chapters covering in twenty five themes which includes Advance in Fluid Mechanics, Application of Geospatial Techniques, Costal, Harbour and Ocean Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Decision Support System, Drought Assessment and Mitigation, Effect of Climate Change on Water Resources, Environmental Hydraulics, Environmental Impact Assessment, Flood Forecasting and Protection Measures, Fluvial Hydraulics, Ground Water Modelling and Management, Hydel Energy, Hydrological Modelling and forecasting, Hydraulics of Spillway and Energy Dissipaters, Hydraulic Structures, Integrated Watershed Management, Rehabilitation of Dam, Reservoir Operation and Irrigation Management, Reservoir Sedimentation, Risk ReliabilityAnalysis and Design, Soft Computing Techniques, Water and Wastewater Management, Water Quality Assessment and Modelling, Water Resource and Hydrology.