Groundwater Prospecting and Management, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Springer Hydrogeology Series

The book provides an elaborate treatment of groundwater prospecting and management covering remote sensing, geological?geophysical cum hydrogeological studies, exploration (geological and geophysical), development (well logging techniques, pump test, its analysis and applications in well design), contamination (pollution of groundwater) and regulatory legislations regarding groundwater utilization under one cover. The book presents an elucidation of fundamental and theoretical background of each technique supported by necessary illustrative examples and exclusive case studies. It is a text-cum-reference book not only for students, research scholars and practicing earth scientists but also for practicing civil and agricultural engineers working in the application of groundwater resources, engaged in its exploration, development, contamination, legislation and management. The general readers can also refer the book for understanding the groundwater domain for adequate knowledge, as groundwater resources are essential life support commodity which is replenishable but not inexhaustible.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.Remote sensing in groundwater studies.- Chapter 3. Ground water geology and geological prospecting.- Chapter 4. Geophysical Prospecting for Groundwater.- Chapter 5. Borehole Geology and Well Logging.- Chapter 6. Aquifer Parameter, Pump Test and the Yield.- Chapter 7. Groundwater quality and contamination.- Chapter 8. Groundwater Legislation and Management.- References.

Prof. H. P. Patra, graduated with Honours and Distinction in Physics from Bihar University in 1958, completed Master of Technology degree in Exploration Geophysics in 1961 and Ph.D. degree in Geophysics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in the year 1968. He had been directly engaged in teaching, research and field surveys in electrical and electromagnetic methods of prospecting applied to groundwater from 1961 – 1997. He is the author of several international books from Elsevier, Amsterdam and Balkema, Amsterdam. These are (i) Direct Current Geo-electric Sounding: Principles and Interpretation, 1968 (ii) Geo-electric Sounding-2: Time–varying Geo-electric sounding, 1980 and (iii) Schlumberger Geo-electric Sounding in Ground Water: Principles, Interpretation and Application, 1999. Dr. Patra retired as Professor of Geophysics and as Head of the Department of Geology & Geophysics, IIT, Kharagpur in June 1997. 

Dr. Shyamal Kumar Adhikari completed Masters in exploration Geophysics from IIT Kharagpur during 1985 and Ph.D. in 2001 from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.  He is serving Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) as Geophysicist for more than 28 years having colossal experience in the field of surface and borehole geophysical data acquisition, processing and interpretation by using latest state-of-art equipment and software in the field of groundwater geophysics in hard rock terrain, alluvium plain, costal area. Apart from field investigation, Dr. Adhikari has published several scientific papers in national journals, volumes and presented in different workshops on various topics. He has contributed innumerable number of scientific reports on groundwater exploration in different terrains throughout his career.

Details geological-geophysical aspects of groundwater treatment

Discusses regulatory legislations regarding groundwater utilization

Serves as a reference material for scientists in geology, geophysics and environmental studies

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras