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Ground Water Resources In Maharashtra
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Maharashtra State has a geographical area of 3,07,713 sq. km and is
bounded by North latitude 15°40’ and 22°00’ and East Longitudes 72°30’
and 80°30’. Administratively, the State has six divisions with
Headquarters at Konkan (New Bombay), Pune, Nasik, Aurangabad, Amravati
and Nagpur. The State has further been divided into four
socio-economic regions namely Konkan comprising of Konkan
sub-division, Madhya Maharashtra comprising of Nasik and Pune
sub-divisions, Marathwada comprising of Aurangabad sub-division and
Vidarbha comprising of Amravati and Nagpur sub-divisions. The State
has 35 districts and 353 talukas. The State has two urban districts
i.e. Mumbai and Mumbai Sub-Urban whereas the remaining 33 districts
are rural. There are 336 cities and towns in the State, out of which
40 have population more than one lakh. There are 40,785 villages and
45,528 hamlets.
The State has been divided into 1531 watersheds, which have been again
sub-divided into 2405 sub-units, which form the assessment unit for
the estimation of ground water resources.
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| Physiography & Drainage |
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| Physiography:-
Physiographically,
the State can be divided into three units viz; a) The Sahyadri Range
(Western Ghats), b) The Western Coastal Tract (Konkan), c) The Eastern
Plateau (Deccan Plateau).
The Western Ghats is mountainous tract with western escarpment face
and the eastern denudational slopes. The Sahyadris extends north to
south and form the main drainage divide and have elevations ranging
between 600 m. and 1600 m. above mean sea level. The Konkan coastal
tract runs almost 500 km north to south with a width varying between
30 and 100 km and the elevation ranging up to 350 m above mean sea
level. The Deccan Plateau occupies the rest of the State. The
plateau can be subdivided into a number of well-marked
elevations/ridges (interfluves) and broader lower elevation valley
portions.
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DRAINAGE: - About 75% area of Maharashtra is drained by eastward
flowing rivers, viz. the Godavari and Krishna, to the Bay of Bengal
and the remaining 25% area is drained by westward flowing rivers like
the Narmada, Tapi and Konkan coastal rivers to the Arabian Sea. The
broad physiographic features of the major basins of Maharashtra are
described in Table-1.
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Table – 1: Physiographic Features in Major Basins
of Maharashtra State |
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BASIN NAME
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GEOGRAPH-ICAL AREA (Sq. Km)
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% OF TOTAL AREA
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PROMINENT DRAINAGE & HILLS
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AREAS DRAINED
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1
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GODAVARI
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1,51,094
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49.55
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Easterly flowing Godavari with Penganga, Wainganga
Wardha and Indravati as major tributaries Ajanta hill range and Plateau
with Elevation 450-900 m amsl
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Nasik and northern part of Ahmednagar districts
and all districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha.
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2
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KRISHNA
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69,420
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22.76
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Easterly flowing Krishna river with Bhima, Sina,Man,
Nira, Koyna, Warna, Panchganga and Ghatprabha prominent tributaries.
Western Ghat i.e East phase of Sahyadri 600-1600 m amsl
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Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli, Solapur Pune and Sourthern
part of Ahmednagar districts.
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3
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TAPI-PURNA
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51,250
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16.80
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Tapi west flowing river with Purna, Chandrabhaga,
Girna, Murna Aner and Vaghur prominent tributaries. Satpura hill
range 450-1000 mamsl
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Parts of Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Jalgaon and
Dhule districts.
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4
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COASTAL BASIN
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31,650
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10.38
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Pinjal, Vaitarna, Bhatsai, Ulhas, Amba, Kundalika,
Savitri, Vashishti, Shashtri and Keijvi etc. are prominent drainage.
Draining to west coast Sahyadri hill range, Elevation 300-1600 m
amsl
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Bombay, Thane, Raigarh, Ratnagiri & Sindhdurg
districts.
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5
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NARMADA
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1540
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0.51
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West Narmada
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Part of Dhule district.
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| Climate:-The climate of the
State is tropical. The Western Ghats hill ranges run north to south separating
the coastal districts of Thane, Mumbai, Raigarh, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg
from rest of the State. The average height of these ranges is about
1000 m amsl form an important climatic divide. The coastal areas receive
very high monsoon rains while to the east of the Ghats rainfall drops
drastically within short distance from the Ghats. Towards further
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| The State experiences four seasons during a year.
March to May is the summer season followed by rainy season from June
to September. The post monsoon season is October and November. December
to February is the winter season. The State comprises of four meteorological
sub-divisions namely Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha. |
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| Rainfall:-The State experiences extremes
of rainfall ranging from 6000 mm over the Ghats to less than 500 mm
in Madhya Maharashtra. The Konkan sub-division comprising of coastal
districts and Western Ghats receive the heaviest rains, the Ghats
receive more than 6000 mm and the plains 2500 mm. |
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| Rainfall decreases rapidly towards eastern slopes
and plateau areas where it is minimum (less than 500 mm). It again
increases towards east i.e in the direction of Marathwada and Vidarbha
and attains a second maximum of 1500 mm in the eastern parts of Vidarbha.
Thus, the Madhya Maharashtra sub-division is the region of the lowest
rainfall in the State. |
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| The State receives its rainfall chiefly during
the south west monsoon season (June to September) while Konkan receives
almost 94% of the annual rainfall during the monsoon season, The other
sub-divisions namely Mahdya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha receive
83%, 83% and 87% respectively during this season. |
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| The number of rainy days have great
significance in artificial recharge to ground water. These vary from
75 to 85 in Konkan and 30 to 40 days in Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada.
The number of rainy days in Vidarbha is around 40 to 50 days during
south west monsoon season (Table 2). |
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| The intensity of rainfall plays a vital role
in artificial recharge to ground water. Though as such, not much data
is available, the maximum rainfall recorded in 24 hrs in some selected
stations have been presented in Table 2. In general, the intensity
of rainfall is high in coastal and Ghat areas as compared to the other
parts of the state. The intensity of rainfall varies from storm to
storm and with occurrence of depression and low-pressure areas during
monsoon season. |
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| The variability of annual rainfall over the state
in general, is high. Only in the coastal areas, the variability is
less than 20% otherwise the variability ranges between 20% and 35%
over the state. On sub-divisional basis, the variability of annual
rainfall in Konkan is the least (23%) while it is the maximum in Marathwada
(31%). In Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha the variability is 30% and
26% respectively. |
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| The study of droughts shows that Konkan experiences
one drought in every eight years while Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra,
the frequency is one drought in every five years. In Vidarbha, it
is one drought in every six years. Some important hydrometeorological
parameters are presented in Table 2. |
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Table 2 : Hydrometeorological parameters |
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STATION
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AVERAGE MONSOON RAIN FALL (mm)
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NO. OF RAINY DAYS
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MAX. RAINFALL IN 24 hrs.
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COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION OF RAIN FALL(%)
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AVERAGE EVAPORATION (mm)
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(Oct. to Feb)
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March to May
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Dahanu
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1808
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65
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481
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30
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2
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Bombay (clh)
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1393
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67
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548
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27
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3.7
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5.4
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3
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Alibag
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1804
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73
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408
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25
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4.6
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6.3
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4
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Ratnagiri
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2436
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73
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356
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22
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5
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Harnai
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2315
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84
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212
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23
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6
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Dhule
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516
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30
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152
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32
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5.9
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14.3
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7
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Jalgaon
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691
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41
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183
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24
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6.7
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14.0
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Nasik
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660
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41
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175
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30
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5.9
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12.7
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Malegaon
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441
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27
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159
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28
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10
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Ahmednagar
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475
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27
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177
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33
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11
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Pune
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503
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36
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178
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25
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5.2
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10.3
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12
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Solapur
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516
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31
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191
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30
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7.0
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12.8
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13
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Satara
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827
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53
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184
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26
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14
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Sangli
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359
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32
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300
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31
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15
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Kolhapur
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759
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55
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198
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24
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16
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Aurangabad
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601
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37
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245
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27
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17
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Beed
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553
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31
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192
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32
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18
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Nanded
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779
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42
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254
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31
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19
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Osmanabad
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669
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41
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247
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25
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20
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Parbhani
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705
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40
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401
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38
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5.3
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11.8
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21
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Chandrapur
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1111
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52
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254
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24
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22
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Bhandara
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1224
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53
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307
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23
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23
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Wardha
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975
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47
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241
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23
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24
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Nagpur
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1069
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50
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315
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23
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4.4
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10.0
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25
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Akola
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685
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37
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365
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25
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6.0
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15.4
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26
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Amravati
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742
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40
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235
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28
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27
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Buldhana
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437
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42
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338
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23
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28
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Yavatmal
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925
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45
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338
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23
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DROUGHTS:- Maharashtra frequently experiences drought conditions
like other parts of the country, which affects agricultural production
and economy. Long-term rainfall data between 1901 and 1990 from 90
rain gauge stations of the State were used to compute normal rainfall
and the negative departures of the yearly rainfall from the normal to
study the recurrence of drought and to demarcate drought-prone area of
the State.
A drought year is defined as a year in which the total rainfall
received is less than 75 % of the normal. The severity of drought is
accordingly classified as follows: -
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Range
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Moderate |
Rainfall departure between 25 % and 49
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Severe |
Rainfall departure between 50 % and 74
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Rainfall departure beyond 74 % |
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If in an area, drought conditions are experienced for 20 % or more
years, then the area is classified as “drought area” and if the
frequency is 40% or above, the area is termed chronically
“drought-prone”.
Drought studies show that some of the areas of the State, where
drought has occurred for more than 20% of the years, can be demarcated
as "drought area'. It is observed that there are three distinct
areas, which can be classified as drought areas. The first covers
extreme north-western part of the State comprising parts of Nandurbar,
Dhule, Nasik and Thane districts. The second one is in the northern
part of the State covering parts of Akola, Amravati, Wardha and
Yavatmal districts. The third and the largest area, covers almost
entire central part of the State comprising major portion of
Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra covering parts of Ahmednagar, Pune,
Solapur, Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts of Madhya Maharashtra
and parts of Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Parbhani, Hingloi, Nanded and
Osmanabad districts of Marathwada.
The study of droughts shows that
Konkan experiences one drought in every eight years while in
Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra, the frequency is one drought in
every five years. In Vidarbha, it is one drought in every six years. |
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EVAPORATION:- The evaporation losses during the post monsoon
period, i.e., October to February and during summer, i.e., March to
May are important factor to design artificial recharge structures and
for assessing recharge to ground water. The average evaporation rate
has been presented in Table 2 for these stations where a class 'A' pan
evaporimeter exist.
The evaporation rate is lowest in
coastal belt both during October to February (3.7 to 4.6 mm/day) and
March to May (5.4 to 6.3 mm/day). It is highest in Vidarbha and
Khandesh (i.e., Jalgaon, Dhule Districts) regions with an average
evaporation rate up to 15.4 mm/day during March to May. It is also
observed that the evaporation during summer (March -May) shoots up to
by more than 200% as compared to post-monsoon and winter period
average. |
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both during October to February (3.7 to 4.6 mm/day) and March to May
(5.4 to 6.3 mm/day). It is highest in Vidarbha and Khandesh (i.e.
Jalgaon, Dhule Districts) regions with an average evaporation rate
up to 15.4 mm/day during March to May. It is also observed that the
evaporation during summer (March -May) shoots up to by more than 200%
as compared to post-monsoon and winter period average. |
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geological formation in the State ranges in age from Archean to
Recent, and the major part of the State is underlain by the Deccan
basalts of Eocene to Cretaceous age that occur over an area of
2,49,934 km2
(81.2 % of the geographical
area of State). It is found in all the districts of the State except
Bhandara and Gadchiroli. Other major geological formations are
Archaeans occurring over 32,235 km2 (10.5 %), Precambrian (Purana)
formations occurring over 6217 km2 (2 %), Gondwanas over
4800 km2 (1.6 %) and Alluvium over 14,526 km2
(4.7 %). The various formations are grouped under three major
hydrogeological groups, such as (1) unconsolidated, (2) semi-consolodated,
and (3) consolidated, and nine different types of hydrogeological
sub-groups, which are described as under. The distribution in of
hydrogeological unit in Maharashtra and their hydrogeological charcter
are given in Table-3. Fig. 1. depicts the hydrogeology of
Maharashtra. |
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Table 3: Distribution of Hydrogeological Units in Maharashtra
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Ground Water Potential |
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GEOLOGICAL AGE
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STRATIGRAPHIC UNIT
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ROCK FORMATION
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DISTRICTS & HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERS
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CONSOLIDATED FORMATIONS
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UPPER CRETACEOUS TO EOCENE
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DECCAN TRAPS
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Basalt, Dolerite and other acidic derivatives
of Basaltic Magma.
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Occurs in all the districts except in Gadchiroli
and Bhandara. Fractured and Vesicular layers are productive. Yield
of dug wells varies from 5 to even 725 m3/day.
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PRECAMBRIAN SEDIMENTARIES
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VINDHYANS
CUDDAPAHS
KALADGHIS
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Sandstone, Limestone, Shale,and Conglomerates
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Occurs in Ratnagiri, Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Gadchiroli,
Sindhudurg, Wardha districts. Aquifer becomes productive by fractures
and solution cavities. Yield of dug-wells ranges from 27 to 240
m3/day during winter and from 13 to 27 m3/day during summer.
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ARCHAEANS
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DHARWAD,
IRON ORE SERIES,
SAUSER SERIES,
ARCHAEAN COMPLEX
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Quartzite, Banded Hematite quartzite, Schist,
Phyllite, Marble, Gneisse, Gondites, Intrusive Granites and Dolerite.
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Occurs in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Bhandara, Gadchiroli,
Chandrapur, Nagpur and Nanded districts. Ground water in these aquifers
are controlled by degree of weathering, fracturing and jointing.
Yield of dug-wells tapping these aquifer ranges from 70 to 80 m3/day
during winter and in between 10 and 33 m3/day during summer.
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SEMI-CONSOLIDATED FORMATIONS
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TERTIARY
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COASTAL SEDIMENTARIES, LATERITE
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Sandstone, Lignite bearing Shale and Laterite.
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Occurs in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Kolhapur districts. This
forms a distinct hydrogeological unit and yields good discharge
to dug-wells.
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CRETACEOUS
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INFRA-TRAPPEAN
BAGH BEDS
LAMETAS
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Sandstone, Limestone and Clays.
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Occurs in Dhule, Nagpur, Amravati districts. The
occurrence is less in nature and hence the hydrogeological characters
have not been recorded.
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UPPER CARBONIFEROUS TO JURASSIC
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GONDWANAS
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Sandstone, Conglomerates, Grits, Clays, Shale,
Coal beds, pebble boulder beds.
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Occurs in Gadchiroli, Amravati, Chandrapur, Nagpur,
Yavatmal districts. These formations have good primary porosity
and form moderate to good aquifers. The yield varies from 150-300m3/day.
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PLEISTOCENE
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BEACH DEPOSITS (COASTAL BEACH SANDS)
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Sands, Sand rock and Conglomerate.
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Occurs in Thane, Raigarh, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg
all along the konkan coast. The yield of the wells during summer
ranges from 20 to 230m3/day.
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RIVER ALLUVIUM (OTHER RIVERS)
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Silts, Clays, Sands, Gravel and occasionally cobble
beds.
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Occurs in Thane, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Jalgaon,
Dhule, Nasik, Ahmadnagar, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Jalna, Parbhani,
Beed, Latur, Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, Nagpur, Chandrapur,
Gadchiroli. The yield of the dug-wells ranges from 13 to 56 m3/day.
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TERTIARY TO RECENT
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RIVER ALLUVIUM (PURNA -TAPI)
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Clays and Silts with lenses of sand, gravel and
boulders.
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Occurs in Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Jalgaon and
Dhule districts. The older Alluvium i.e. below 80m is not productive.
The yield of dug-wells tapping younger Alluvium ranges from 100
to 500m3/day.
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| The estimation of dynamic
ground water resources of Maharashtra
has been done for the year 2007-2008 by Ground Water Surveys and Development Agency (GSDA)
in collaboration with CGWB as per the recommendations of GEC 1997
Methodology. As per the norms, watershed has been considered as the
unit for the assessment of ground water resources. Each watershed has again been sub-divided
into three sub-units viz; command, non-command and poor quality sub
units. The total number of watersheds in the State is 1531, which have
been sub-divided into 2405 assessment sub units (command-855,
non-command - 1497 and poor quality - 53 ). |
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been estimated that the Annual replenishable ground water resource in the
State of Maharashtra is 3.5792 million hectare metre (m ha m) and the Net annual ground
water availability is 3.3913 m ham. The total annual gross ground
water draft
is estimated to be 1.6997 m ha m and the estimated Net annual ground water availability
for future irrigation development is 1.5393 m ham. The district-wise
details of ground water resources are presented below. |
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District-wise Dynamic Ground Water
Resources (2007-2008) |
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DISTRICT
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ANNUAL
REPLENISHABLE GROUND WATER
RESOURCE
(Ha m)
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NATURAL
DISCHARGE DURING NON-MONSOON SEASON
(Ha m)
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NET
ANNUAL GROUND WATER
AVAILABILITY
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ANNUAL
GROUND WATER DRAFT |
PROJECTED
DEMAND FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL USES
FOR NEXT 25 YEARS
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GROUND
WATER AVAILABILITY FOR FUTURE IRRIGATION
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IRRIGATION
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DOMESTIC
AND INDUSTRIAL USES
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TOTAL
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1
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Ahmednagar
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192293
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9641
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182652
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140938
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4623
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145561
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9246
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39635
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2
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Akola
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47829
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2391
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45437
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13236
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1236
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14472
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2472
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28494
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3
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Amravati
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104727
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5288
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99440
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76406
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2971
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79377
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5942
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24822
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4
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Aurangabad
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127630
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6807
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120824
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70131
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3763
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73893
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7525
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39860
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5
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Beed
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141061
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7294
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133767
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63778
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4760
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68538
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9520
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55742
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6
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Bhandara
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54029
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3117
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50913
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12150
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1967
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14117
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3935
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32861
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7
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Buldhana
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95409
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4891
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90518
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61120
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3184
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64304
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6367
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21960
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8
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chandrapur
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109155
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5632
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103523
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8754
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6292
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15046
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12584
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75917
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9
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Dhule
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126147
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7546
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118601
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56032
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1790
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57822
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3575
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57204
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10
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Gadchiroli
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137473
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9251
|
128222
|
17064
|
2174
|
19238
|
4347
|
104645
|
|
11
|
Gondia
|
61880
|
3708
|
58171
|
4821
|
6118
|
10939
|
12236
|
36234
|
|
12
|
Hingoli
|
106428
|
5321
|
101106
|
36245
|
1763
|
38008
|
3526
|
59572
|
|
13
|
Jalgaon
|
140716
|
7138
|
133578
|
90219
|
4713
|
94932
|
9426
|
35084
|
|
14
|
Jalna
|
96845
|
4878
|
91967
|
44265
|
894
|
45159
|
1787
|
45021
|
|
15
|
Kolhapur
|
82709
|
4135
|
78574
|
44540
|
1326
|
45867
|
2653
|
30054
|
|
16
|
Latur
|
126059
|
6734
|
119326
|
91637
|
2065
|
93702
|
4130
|
24825
|
|
17
|
Nagpur
|
111697
|
5652
|
106046
|
34360
|
6421
|
40780
|
12842
|
53838
|
|
18
|
Nanded
|
146706
|
7342
|
139363
|
39181
|
2655
|
41836
|
5310
|
92217
|
|
19
|
Nandurbar
|
78116
|
5127
|
72989
|
25755
|
2385
|
28140
|
4770
|
40079
|
|
20
|
Nashik
|
221047
|
11062
|
209985
|
99298
|
3519
|
102816
|
7037
|
103098
|
|
21
|
Osmanabad
|
121077
|
6110
|
114967
|
71853
|
1973
|
73825
|
3945
|
37245
|
|
22
|
Parbhani
|
92307
|
4736
|
87571
|
28044
|
1346
|
29390
|
2673
|
55508
|
|
23
|
Pune
|
173096
|
9185
|
163911
|
111650
|
7067
|
118717
|
14113
|
38765
|
|
24
|
Raigad
|
59361
|
2998
|
56363
|
5438
|
2094
|
7532
|
4188
|
44685
|
|
25
|
Ratnagiri
|
48909
|
2450
|
46459
|
4031
|
1219
|
5249
|
2438
|
38772
|
|
26
|
Sangli
|
97278
|
4978
|
92300
|
65553
|
2803
|
68356
|
5605
|
21100
|
|
27
|
Satara
|
112224
|
5686
|
106538
|
68650
|
4855
|
73505
|
9709
|
23550
|
|
28
|
Sindhudurg
|
27628
|
1393
|
26235
|
5602
|
1826
|
7428
|
3651
|
15156
|
|
29
|
Solapur
|
159591
|
8081
|
151510
|
113026
|
4937
|
117962
|
9873
|
30978
|
|
30
|
Thane
|
69648
|
3509
|
66139
|
6341
|
1255
|
7596
|
2510
|
56033
|
|
31
|
Wardha
|
106964
|
5680
|
101264
|
29810
|
3574
|
33383
|
7147
|
60764
|
|
32
|
Washim
|
59146
|
2959
|
56187
|
18169
|
1854
|
20023
|
3709
|
32455
|
|
33
|
Yeotmal
|
144011
|
7210
|
136801
|
36446
|
5739
|
42186
|
11478
|
83137
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
3579196
|
187930
|
3391266
|
1594543
|
105158
|
1699701
|
210270
|
1539310
|
|
|
|
|
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| Stage Of Ground Water Development |
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| As the estimation of ground water potential was
made separately for each sub-areas in a watershed, the overall stage
of development for the district/state as a whole cannot be specified
owing to the fact that the stage of ground water development for each
watershed has also been obtained separately for command and non-command
areas. These units form separate entity and cannot be merged for a
watershed to assign the stage of ground water development to it. This
is the one of the major changes made in the GEC 1997 Methodology.
However, sub-unit wise stage of development is available. |
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| The units of
assessment are categorised into four based on two
criteria – (a.) stage of groundwater development, and (b.) long-term
trend of pre and post monsoon water levels. Long term ground water
levels are considered for a period of recent 10 years. The
significant rate of water level decline is considered as 10 to 20 cm
per year depending on local hydrogeological conditions. Four categories are:
(i) Safe
areas which have groundwater potential for development; (ii)
Semi-Critical
areas where cautious groundwater development is recommended; (iii)
Critical areas; and (iv) Over-exploited areas where there
should be intensive monitoring and evaluation. Future ground water
development is to be discouraged and the needy cases are to be linked with water conservation measures. The
modified criteria
for categorisation of assessment units, as per the R & D Advisory
Committee, are as follows: |
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Categorisation of
Watersheds based on Stage of Development and
Water Level Trends.
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| |
|
SR. No.
|
STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
|
SIGNIFICANT WATER LEVEL DECLINE
|
CATEGORY
|
|
PRE- MONSOON
|
POST- MONSOON
|
|
1
|
<= 70 %
|
NO
|
NO
|
SAFE
|
|
YES / NO
|
NO / YES
|
To be reassessed
|
|
YES
|
YES
|
To be reassessed
|
|
2
|
> 70 to <= 90 %
|
NO
|
NO
|
SAFE
|
|
YES / NO
|
NO / YES
|
SEMI CRITICAL
|
|
YES
|
YES
|
To be reassessed
|
|
3
|
> 90 to <= 100 %
|
NO
|
NO
|
To be reassessed
|
|
YES / NO
|
NO / YES
|
SEMI - CRITICAL
|
|
YES
|
YES
|
CRITICAL
|
|
4
|
> 100%
|
NO
|
NO
|
To be reassessed
|
|
YES / NO
|
NO / YES
|
OVER EXPLOITED
|
|
YES
|
YES
|
OVER EXPLOITED
|
|
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Table 5: District-wise details
of Categorisation of Watersheds in Maharashtra (2007-2008)
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|
SR.
NO.
|
DISTRICT
|
TOTAL NO. OF
WATER-SHEDS
|
CATEGORISATION OF ASSESSMENT SUB UNITS
|
|
SAFE
|
SEMI CRITICAL
|
CRITICAL
|
|
OTHERS
|
|
1
|
Ahmednagar
|
|
53
|
15
|
|
12
|
|
|
2
|
Akola
|
38
|
36
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
3
|
Amravati
|
63
|
45
|
8
|
|
7
|
3
|
|
4
|
Aurangabad
|
52
|
47
|
4
|
1
|
|
|
|
5
|
Beed
|
48
|
48
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
6
|
Bhandara
|
25
|
24
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
7
|
Buldhana
|
57
|
43
|
11
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
8
|
chandrapur
|
58
|
58
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
9
|
Dhule
|
45
|
45
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Gadchiroli
|
83
|
83
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
11
|
Gondia
|
33
|
33
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Hingoli
|
23
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Jalgaon
|
66
|
40
|
17
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
|
14
|
Jalna
|
52
|
47
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Kolhapur
|
40
|
38
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
16
|
Latur
|
39
|
28
|
4
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
|
17
|
Nagpur
|
54
|
51
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
Nanded
|
|
49
|
|
|
|
|
|
19
|
Nandurbar
|
29
|
29
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
20
|
Nashik
|
80
|
54
|
17
|
1
|
8
|
|
|
21
|
Osmanabad
|
41
|
36
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
22
|
Parbhani
|
33
|
33
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
23
|
Pune
|
71
|
47
|
16
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
|
24
|
Raigad
|
17
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
25
|
Ratnagiri
|
20
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
26
|
Sangli
|
38
|
29
|
4
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
27
|
Satara
|
50
|
41
|
8
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
28
|
Sindhudurg
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
29
|
Solapur
|
64
|
51
|
6
|
0
|
7
|
|
|
30
|
Thane
|
34
|
34
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
31
|
Wardha
|
39
|
39
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
32
|
Washim
|
35
|
35
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
33
|
Yeotmal
|
64
|
64
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
1531
|
1331
|
127
|
3
|
66
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C : Command
area; NC : Non-Command; PQ : Poor Quality
|
|