A comprehensive approach of hydrological issues related to ground water using GIS in the Hindu holy city of Gaya, India
ISSN: 1708-5284
Article publication date: 6 September 2021
Issue publication date: 8 March 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Gaya, the holy city of Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, is facing an acute shortage of potable water. Although the city is blessed with some static and dynamic water bodies all around the region, they do not fulfill the requirement of millions of public either inhabitants of the area or tourists or pilgrims flocking every day. Countless crowds, congested roads, swarming pedestrians, innumerable vehicles moving throughout the day and night have made the city into a non-livable one. The present status of surface water is a mere nightmare to the requirements of the people. Due to which, massive ground water pumping mostly illegally has added a grid in addition to the other socio-economic issues.
Design/methodology/approach
To focus on such problem, the ground water of the region was studied thoroughly by calculating the depth of water level, discharge, pre-and post-monsoon water table and specifically the storativity in ten different locations. Some data were acquired, others were assessed, and few are calculated to provide an overall view of the ground water scenario.
Findings
After a long and tedious field study, it was finally established from that static water level ranges from 2.45 to 26.59 m, below ground level (bgl), discharge varies from 3.21 m3/day to 109.32 m3/day. Post pumping drawdown falls between 0.93 m and 16.59 m, whereas the specific capacity lies in between 0.96 and 7.78 m3/hr/m. Transmissivity, which is a key objective to assess ground water potential ranges from 109.8 to 168.86 m2/day.
Originality/value
This research work is original.
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Citation
Lohani, T.K., Ayana, M.T., Mohammed, A.K., Shabaz, M., Dhiman, G. and Jagota, V. (2023), "A comprehensive approach of hydrological issues related to ground water using GIS in the Hindu holy city of Gaya, India", World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 20 No. 2, pp. 283-288. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-04-2021-0223
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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