Impact of Crop Residue Burning on Groundwater Storage and Air-Quality

Depleting water resources are the serious concern these days in many parts of the world due to limited availability of fresh water. Industrialization and urbanization has lead into growing water demand however the water availability is constant and under stress due to over-exploitation. Climate change affects the occurrence of water for the sustainability of natural resources. Further, the continuous cultivation of water guzzling crops like paddy due to frequent flood irrigation has resulted into depletion of ground water (GW). Several simulation and optimization approaches have been used to resolve Ground water management issues. GRACE data can be used to estimate the variation in GW storage with respect to the change in cropping pattern i.e cultivation of more water consuming crops which can be driven through MODFLOW Modelling. Understating the fundamental trade-off and synergy among food, water & air quality analysis is the first step to enable more coherent policy- making. This will also require multi-level policy thinking. This review paper will try to cover the trade-off arising from the interactions of food security and GW sustainability through satellite information.