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A model-based estimate of the groundwater budget and associated uncertainties in Bengaluru, India

Tomer, SK and Sekhar, M and Balakrishnan, K and Malghan, D and Thiyaku, S and Gautam, M and Mehta, VK (2021) A model-based estimate of the groundwater budget and associated uncertainties in Bengaluru, India. In: Urban Water Journal, 18 (1). pp. 1-11.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2020.1836237

Abstract

Understanding the water metabolism of developing country cities is challenging because of insufficient knowledge of how social, infrastructural and hydrological dimensions are coupled. Using Bengaluru City in India, we demonstrate how fine-resolution data can inform model-based estimates of urban groundwater budgets. Groundwater levels were measured at 154 locations in 2016 and used to estimate model parameters and uncertainty. Total water use was estimated at 1470 million litres per day (MLD). Groundwater pumping meets the majority of this use (827 MLD), followed by utility water supply (643 MLD). Total recharge was estimated at 973 MLD. Natural recharge is a much smaller portion (183 MLD) compared to anthropogenic recharge from leaking water supply and wastewater systems (791 MLD). The city experienced a net negative groundwater balance (40 MLD). Natural recharge and total water use estimates showed lower uncertainty. Spatial variation in these fluxes is described and related to secondary information.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Urban Water Journal
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Additional Information: The copyright for this article belongs to the Taylor and Francis Ltd..
Keywords: anthropogenic; Bengaluru; Groundwater; metabolism; modelling; urban
Department/Centre: Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited: 25 Oct 2023 12:50
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2023 12:50
URI: https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/82785

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