Managed Groundwater Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting

This book, through its 19 chapters, highlights success stories, research outputs and various government schemes and actions taken on groundwater recharge and rainwater harvesting in developing countries. The interventions are focused on resolving water crises through supply side interventions, improving water quality and addressing climate change impacts. The contributions from across the globe shows how these approaches have been successful in supplementing potable water supply, reducing the intensity of overexploitation of groundwater resources, better storm water management, intensifying treated grey water reuse, and improving groundwater quality and environmental flows. The chapters deal with a wide array of issues, from local-scale experimentation and management to government schemes adopted, community involvement, private sector engagement, addressing socio-economic issues and policy interventions. The book includes contributions made by researchers, government departments, civil societies, policymakers and practitioners from 15 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and other developing countries, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Qatar, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. The book places before the readers, the strives being undertaken in the Global South to address the sustainability of water resources and climate change adaptation through traditional and innovative methods to groundwater recharge, water harvesting and storage. 

1. Managed Groundwater Recharge and Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Development: Research, Practices, and Policies from Developing Countries

   • Dipankar Saha, Karen G. Villholth, Mohamed Shamrukh

   Pages 1-14

2. The Role of Artificial Recharge of Aquifers in Water Resources Management in Egypt

   • Mohamed A. Dawoud

   Pages 15-38

3. Water Conservation and Artificial Recharge Efforts in India

   • S. Suresh, M. Senthilkumar, S. N. Dwivedi

   Pages 39-58

4. Groundwater Recharge, Rainwater Harvesting and Regulations for Sustainable Water Resources Development in Nigeria

   • Martin Obada Eduvie, Idris Musilim

   Pages 59-73

5. Farm Ponds in Semi-arid Hard Rock Terrain of India. Are They Increasing Dependency on Groundwater?

   • Ankita Yadav, Taufique Warsi, Eshwer Kale, Sarita Chemburkar, Marcella D’Souza, Dipankar Saha

   Pages 75-92

6. Rainfall Recharge Wells for Groundwater Sustainability in Qatar

   • Mohamed Shamrukh, Abdulaziz A. Al-Muraikhi

   Pages 93-127

7. Managed Aquifer Recharge in a Semi-arid Basin: A Case Study from the Souss Aquifer, Morocco

   • Soumia Gouahi, Mohammed Hssaisoune, Mohamed Qurtobi, Mohamed Nehmadou, Brahim Bouaakaz, Hicham Boudhair et al.

   Pages 129-150

8. Managed Aquifer Recharge in Chile: A Promising Alternative to Enhance Water Security

   • Gabriella Bennison, Edmundo Claro

   Pages 151-178

9. From Managed Aquifer Recharge to Managing Aquifer Recharge: Developing a Strategic Approach to Artificial Recharge in India

   • Himanshu Kulkarni, Uma Aslekar, Siddharth Patil, Neha Bhave, Jayesh Desai, Imran Siddique

   Pages 179-205

10. Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects in the Western Karoo, South Africa: Progress and Challenges

    • D. Hohne, F. Fourie, S. Esterhuyse, H. Gericke, M. Butler

    Pages 207-245

11. Artificial Recharge of Groundwater in Tunisia: A Long and Fruitful Experience

    • Faten Jarraya-Horriche, Habib Chaieb

    Pages 247-266

12. Artificial Groundwater Recharge in Santa Marta and Bogotá, Colombia

    • C. Carlos E. Molano

    Pages 267-277

13. Groundwater Artificial Recharge in Jordan—Case Studies and Potential Areas

    • Elias Salameh, Ghaida Abdallat

    Pages 279-311

14. Groundwater Artificial Recharge in the Marj Sanour Watershed-Palestine

    • Sayel Wishahi

    Pages 313-321

15. Rainwater Harvesting for Groundwater Recharge: Experience From Sri Lanka

    • Tanuja Ariyananda, C. Shanthi de Silva

    Pages 323-337

16. Groundwater Recharge in the Kabul Plain (Afghanistan) Through Rainwater Harvesting

    • Abdulhalim Zaryab, Mohammad Zia Jamal, Hamid Zaki, Zamen Jafari, Asadullah Farahmand, Mohammad Salem Hussaini

    Pages 339-355

17. Combating Urban Waterlogging with Support from Underlaying Over Exploited Aquifer: A Case Study from India

    • Arunangshu Mukherjee, Nidhi Didwania, Sneha Rai, Sandeep Kumar, Priya Pahil, N. C. Wadhwa et al.

    Pages 357-374

18. Water Harvesting and Managed Aquifer Recharge to Combat Water Scarcity in a Country of Water Abundance

    • Maria Jose Iturbide-Chang, Héctor Francisco Espinoza García, Angela María Méndez Mora

    Pages 375-399

19. Scope of Induced Recharge to River Bank Aquifers in Bangladesh

    • Khairul Bashar

    Pages 401-423