This chapter discusses a few case studies of projects completed by Tamilnadu Water Investment Company (TWIC) to ameliorate water stress in the neighbourhood by implementing water reuse and seawater desalination system. This chapter also discusses how the public–private partnership helped to address the...
Ground Water Control Techniques for Safe Exploitation of the Neyveli Lignite Deposit, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India Dewatering in deep opencast mines generally focuses on extraction of seepage water from the phreatic zones above the ore/mineral deposits and storm water t... KS Anandan,SN...
Attempts to review and update knowledge on irrigation and groundwater supply in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, India. Presents a brief history of Sri Lankan irrigation, including a short case study of Vavuniya District, and uses present trends to forecast future irrigation development...
QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN AND AROUND THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU Water has pivotal role for the survivality of the making in the biosphere. For evolving policies to the best use of water resources, it is important to make an assessment of their magnitude, distribution and scope of util...
The study area Sarabanga, forms an important Minor river basin of river Cauvery, situated in Salem district. The study area being a hard rock terrain with minimal rainfall and large extraction of groundwater for domestic, irrigational and industrial purposes have threatened the groundwater environme...
To evaluate the groundwater quality for irrigational purposes in Cumbum Valley, Theni District, Tamil Nadu covering a total area of about 1485.62 km2 55 groundwater samples was collected from dug and bore wells in the various locations of study area. The samples were analyzed for physico-...
This study investigates the pollution vulnerability of bore water in the coastal region of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi in the state of Tamilnadu, India. There are no industries in the Tirunelveli Coastal area whereas there are many industries in SIPCOT (State Industries Promotion Corporation of...
343, whereas during POM NaCl>CaMgCl>mixed CaNaHCO, and CaHCO. However, NaCl and CaMgCl are major water types in the study area. The quality of groundwater in the study area is mainly impaired by surface contamination sources, mineral dissolution, ion exchange and evaporation. Groundwater chem...
Consumption of contaminated groundwater leads to serious health problems and may restrain the socio-economic development of society. The study aims to estimate the groundwater contamination and human health risks induced by fluoride and nitrate along the east coast of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, south...
Kanagaraj, G.; Suganthi, S.; Elango, L.; Magesh, N. Assessment of groundwater potential zones in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India using geospatial techniques.Earth Sci. Inform.2019,12, 211–223. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Gupta, M.; Srivastava, P.K. Integrating GIS and remote sens...