GROUND WATER
ACTIVITIESOF THE GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT: NAGARKURNOOL DIST
The Ground Water Department is a multi-disciplinary department engaged mainly in
- monitoring of water levels, generation and dissemination of data, periodic estimation of groundwater resources as per GEC methodology,
- investigations for selection of well sites, artificial recharge structures etc, construction of bore wells/tube wells under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Special Development Fund,
- feasibility of groundwater resources under Land Purchase Scheme (Bhoopampini) to SC and ST landless families, registration of Rigs etc.
- Carries out groundwater quality monitoring from all principle aquifers of state during pre as well as post monsoon season and assess its suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes.
The Government regularly monitors the performance of department through 4 major indicators, namely Investigations, Monitoring, Quality and Drilling which covers the main activities of the Department:
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FIELDS |
ACTIVITIES |
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1. Ground Water Monitoring |
Monitoring of Piezometers / Observation wells to study Ground water levels, impact of programmes on ground water regime (i) Mission Kakatiya (ii) Artificial Recharge Shafts (iii) JalSakthiAbhiyan etc. |
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2.Water Quality |
Collection of Groundwater samples from network of Piezometer/ observation wells for quality analysis for assessing the suitability of groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes (twice a year i.e., Pre and post monsoons period). |
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3.Ground Water Assessment(Ground Water Resource Estimation) |
Estimation of Ground Water Resource at village level bi-annually by collecting the data from the Line Departments.
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3.Investigations |
1.Selection of Wells Sites: Number of sites investigated for selection of well sites, recharge structures etc., under various programmes like BhoopampiniProgramme, ARS, WALTA, Environmental Hydrogeological clearance etc., 2. Artificial Recharge Structures – A.R.S: In order to augment the depleting ground water resources, it is essential that the surplus monsoon runoff is conserved and recharged to augment ground water resources. The basic purpose of artificial recharge of ground water is to restore supplies from aquifers depleted due to excessive ground water development. The Ground Water Department is carrying out feasibility studies of various artificial recharge structure like Percolation tanks, Check dams etc. referred by concerned executing agencies like Irrigation Department, Rural Development Department etc. |
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4.Drilling of Exploratory |
Drilling of bore wellsunder SCSDF and STSDF to create assured irrigation potential through ground water to the identified beneficiaries. |
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5.Environmental Clearances |
Environmental Clearance (a) Industries (Ground Water) (b) Impact of Sand mining on groundwater regime. |
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6.National Hydrology Project – N.H.P |
World Bank Aided project NATIONAL HYDROLOGY PROJECT– Establishment of additional piezometers / Maintenance of existingpiezometers/Erectionof Digital Water Level Recorders/GW Awareness programs |
ON GOING ACTIVITIES
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S. No. |
Name of the indicator |
Unit |
Annual Target 2020-21 |
Achievement up to Sep 2020 |
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I |
Investigations: Selection of well sites |
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1 |
SCSDF |
No. |
8 |
4 |
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2 |
STSDF |
No. |
8 |
0 |
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3 |
Artificial Recharge structures (Urban + Rural) |
No. |
120 |
280 |
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4 |
Others (Environmental Clearance, WALTA, Sand Mining, Drinking water, TS i-PASS, infiltration tests inspections, check dam impact, hot water bw, NHP O&M etc) |
No. |
50 |
12 |
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TOTAL |
No. |
186 |
296 |
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II |
Monitoring and Evaluation (Ground Water Levels) |
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1 |
Piezometers (31 no.x 12 times) (26 (P) + new observation bore wells fixed in 4 new mandals |
No. |
372 |
186 |
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2 |
General Observation Wells (3 no.x 6 times) |
No. |
18 |
9 |
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3 |
Mission Kakatiya Observation Wells (15 no.* 12 times) |
No. |
180 |
90 |
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4 |
Artificial Recharge Structures (Recharge Shafts) Observation Wells (98 no.* 12 times) |
No. |
1176 |
588 |
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5 |
JSA Observation wells (38 no.* 6 times) |
No. |
228 |
114 |
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6 |
Stream flow check points (1 no.x 6 times ) |
No. |
6 |
3 |
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7 |
Others (Specify-Basin Key OB wells-8 & Hot water BW- 4) |
No. |
0 |
49 |
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TOTAL |
No. |
1980 |
1039 |
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III |
Monitoring of Ground Water Quality (Twice in a year) |
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1 |
Piezometers (31 no.* 2times) |
No. |
62 |
31 |
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2 |
Gen.OB Wells (3 no * 2 times) |
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6 |
3 |
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3 |
Mission Kakatiya OB wells (15 no.* 2times) |
No. |
30 |
15 |
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4 |
Artificial Recharge Structures (Recharge Shafts) Observation Wells (98 no.* 2 times) |
No. |
196 |
98 |
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5 |
Others (Specify – Basin Key OB wells, Bore well Hot water) |
No. |
0 |
20 |
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TOTAL |
No. |
294 |
167 |
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S. No. |
Name of the indicator |
Unit |
Annual Target 2020-21 |
Achievement up to Sep 2020 |
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IV |
Drilling of Bore Wells |
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1 |
SCSDF |
No. |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
STSDF |
No. |
2 |
0 |
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3 |
Others (Proposed Recharge Shafts) |
No. |
0 |
0 |
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TOTAL |
No. |
4 |
0 |
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V |
Scientific Studies |
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1 |
GEC (Basin Studies) * |
No. |
4 |
0 |
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Basin studies – well inventory (July – 60 wells + August – 90 wells + Sep -90 wells) |
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|
240 |
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2 |
Impact Studies ** |
No. |
2 |
0 |
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Ongoing check dams (NABARD) (Impact studies – Pre project data – well inventory – monitoring of wells) |
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|
64 |
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3 |
District Broucher |
No. |
1 |
0 |
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VI |
Mandatory Reports |
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1 |
Annual General Report (Year -Book) |
No. |
1 |
0 |
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2 |
Monthly WL analysis reports (PZ& MK) |
No. |
24 |
12 |
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3 |
Seasonal Quality Analysis reports |
No. |
2 |
0 |
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Grand Total |
No. |
2464 |
1502 |
KEY CONTACT DETAILS
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Sl.No |
Employee Name |
Designation |
Mobile Number |
email ID |
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1 |
S. Rama Devi |
District Ground Water Officer |
7032982016 |
gwdngkl@gmail.com (Office) ramadevisaraf@gmail.com (Personal) |
| 2 |
T. Mathews |
Assistant Geophysicist |
9989443621 |
thangiralamathews@gmail.com |
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3 |
M. Lingaswamy |
Assistant Hydrogeologist |
9010449541 |
maheshwaramlm@gmail.com |
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4 |
B. Satyanarayana |
Senior Assistant |
9059019582 |
satyanarayanab55@gmail.com |
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5 |
K. Raghavendra Rao |
Data Entry Operator Out Sourcing |
9393595459 |
krao2460@gmail.com |
STATUS OF GROUND WATER LEVEL SCENARIO NAGARKURNOOL DISTRICT(PDF 792 KB)