Groundwater investigation of the artesian wells on the palaeochannels in parts of the Great Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat, India, using remote sensing and geophysical techniques

Bhadra, B. K.; Gor, Naresh; Meena, Hansraj; Rao, S. Srinivasa

doi:10.1007/s10040-021-02394-0

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“…Previous studies have reported the issue of acute groundwater salinity in Rajasthan. , The western areas of the state are part of the Thar Desert and host several salt extents that contribute to the highly saline groundwater apart from the very high evaporation rates . The northern part of Gujarat hosts the world’s largest saltmarsh “the Great Rann of Kutch,” which corroborates the predicted high of salinity in the area. Other areas in the Indus-Ganges river basin ,, and the peninsular parts ,− have been reported to suffer high inland salinity, which also confirms our predictions.…”

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Groundwater Salinity Across India: Predicting Occurrences and Controls by Field-Observations and Machine Learning Modeling

Sarkar,

Das,

Mukherjee

2024

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Elevated groundwater salinity is unsuitable for drinking and harmful to crop production. Thus, it is crucial to determine groundwater salinity distribution, especially where drinking and agricultural water requirements are largely supported by groundwater. This study used field observation (n = 20,994)based machine learning models to determine the probabilistic distribution of elevated groundwater salinity (electrical conductivity as a proxy, >2000 μS/cm) at 1 km 2 across parts of India for near groundwater-table conditions. The final predictions were made by using the best-performing random forest model. The validation performance also demonstrated the robustness of the model (with 77% accuracy). About 29% of the study area (including 25% of entire cropland areas) was estimated to have elevated salinity, dominantly in northwestern and peninsular India. Also, parts of the northwestern and southeastern coasts, adjoining the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, were assessed with elevated salinity. The climate was delineated as the dominant factor influencing groundwater salinity occurrence, followed by distance from the coast, geology (lithology), and depth of groundwater. Consequently, ∼330 million people, including ∼109 million coastal populations, were estimated to be potentially exposed to elevated groundwater salinity through groundwater-sourced drinking water, thus substantially limiting clean water access.

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