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THE STATUS OF GEOHYDROLOGY IN INDIA
Author(s) -
Chaterji G. C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1969.tb00422.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , hydrogeology , water resource management , scale (ratio) , independence (probability theory) , environmental planning , plan (archaeology) , geology , regional science , geography , environmental science , cartography , mathematics , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , statistics
Geohydrological studies in India commenced as early as 1804, but were restricted to specific local problems. Groundwater investigations have formed a part of the regular activities of the Geological Survey of India since its inception in 1851. Until 1930, such studies were restricted mostly to problems of rural and urban water‐supply, and yielded valuable geohydrological information which formed the nucleus of the knowledge that exists today. Major expansion in this field occurred after independence; and systematic regional geohydrological studies began in the year 1953 with the inception of the All‐India Groundwater Exploration Project. Since then, during the three plan periods, groundwater exploration activities have spread all over the country, and the scale of investigation has increased manifold.