Innovation for Making Potable Water Available in Saline Groundwater Areas

Groundwater salinity is a widespread problem around the world, with adverse consequences on health, soil quality and overall eco-systems. With the rapidly growing demands of groundwater, its exploitation is also accelerating. It is also changing the flow of the groundwater, which in turn causes ingr...

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Published in:Journal of water resource and protection 2014-01, Vol.6 (14), p.1284-1284
Main Author: Sharma, Lalit Mohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquifers
Groundwater
Pools
Rain water
Saline
Saline groundwater
Salinity
Spreads
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Summary:Groundwater salinity is a widespread problem around the world, with adverse consequences on health, soil quality and overall eco-systems. With the rapidly growing demands of groundwater, its exploitation is also accelerating. It is also changing the flow of the groundwater, which in turn causes ingress of sea water or intrusion of other saline groundwater or polluted water from the surrounding areas. The major consequences are scarcity of water even for domestic use and rise in the level and spread of groundwater salinity. An innovative technique of creating a pool of fresh groundwater within a saline aquifer is developed, which can address the issue. Technique is about recharging the saline aquifer with harvested rain water in such a way that recharged rain water does not get mixed with the existing saline groundwater rather it forms pool of fresh water in the saline aquifer.
ISSN:1945-3094
1945-3108
DOI:10.4236/jwarp.2014.614118