AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES ANAND DISTRICT GUJARAT
| Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
| State |
Gujarat
|
| District |
Anand |
| Block |
Anand Anklav Borsad Khambhat Petlad Sojitra Tarapur Umreth |
| Year of Issue |
2022 |
| Number of Authors |
1 |
| Name of Authors |
Himesh Pandya |
| Keywords |
NAQUIM REPORT, GROUND WATER RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT, ANAND DISTRICT, GUJARAT |
| File |
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The Anand district has eight talukas namely, the Anand, Anklav, Borsad, Cambay, Petlad, Sojitra, Tarapur and Umreth. The total geographical area of Anand district is 2,94,100 hectares out of which 1,13,000 hectares (or 38.4%) of area is under cultivable wastes and permanent pastures. Based on NAQUIM studies the Unconfined Aquifer (Aquifer IA) occurs within the depth range of 18 to 68m bgl. Semi confined Aquifer (Aquifer IB) Confined Aquifer (Aquifer II) occur within the depth range of 54 to 185 m bgl, and 160-271 m bgl respectively. The thickness of the Unconfined aquifer ranges from 16 to 40 m. Semi confined Aquifer ranges in thickness from 15 to 75 m whereas the thickness of the Confined aquifer ranges within 21 to 50m. In Unconfined Aquifer EC ranges in between 350 to 20,570 µS/cm whereas in Semi Confined Confined Aquifer EC ranges in between 330 to 7820 µS/cm and 700 to 5100 µS/cm respectively.
