Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Ground water management strategy for the sustainability of quality water resources in coimbatore-a case study

  • Author:
  • (Smt.) V. Vimala
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 115 to 128

*Assistant Professor (SS), Department of Commerce, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India. Email id: vim2achar@gmail.com, vim_2achar@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 9 February, 2018.

Abstract

Today, the Ground Water Management (GWM), Water Management strategy and its issues has become the major part of the Coimbatore district. Due to the value tribulations of geogenic and anthropogenic factors it is now very crucial to put into effect vigilance and while setting up additional progress of available ground water resources in the district. The improvement of ground water for irrigation in the district is mainly through dug wells tapping the weathered residuum. The yield of dug wells is improved at favorable locations by construction of extension bores, which are 25 to 100 m deep. In recent years, the bore wells have started replacing dug wells for irrigation purposes. The concept of Strategic Management (SM) techniques and implementation methodology to improve the ground Water level, quality of water resources in a new dimension for sustainability in Coimbatore District. In this background, the study primarily focuses on the issues, development and implementation of new strategies to improve the quality of Ground Water Management and its implementation methodology in Coimbatore District. The usage of groundwater for agricultural, domestic and industrial purposes is indomitable based on the ground water quality. Hence a study has been made to assess the overall ground water quality by adopting effective strategy in Coimbatore. The present case study is carried out with the help of both primary and secondary statistics available from the authorized government web portable for the analysis is made thereafter, which is followed by findings of the study with few suggestions.

Keywords

Strategic Management (SM), Ground Water Management (GWM), Management Strategy (MS), Water Resource Management (WRM), Water Development Board (WDB)