• Ashutosh Kumar
• Dr. Sharat Chaandra

The management of groundwater resource is concerned with the sustained yield of wells and aquifers, maintaining the balance between discharge and recharge and its quality for optimum utilization in different sectors of economy. The groundwater is more widely utilized and is easily available than surface water in study area due to better aquifer’s characteristics. But rapid growth of population, modernization of agricultural activities, use of chemical fertilizers and HYVs altogether has encouraged the over-exploitation of groundwater resources. The Net Groundwater availability of the district is 12684.77 ham. The Gross groundwater draft for all uses of the district is 1713.56 ham. The Net groundwater availability for future irrigation development for the district is 10520.82 ham. Domestic water demand is 0.267 ham, Livestock demand is 0.009815 ham., Net water demand for industries in the current year is 0.1260 BCM and total current water requirement is 0.450 BCM. Therefore, some blocks of the study area have come into the critical category of stage of groundwater development. The main objective of the present study is to assess the groundwater resources of Pakur district which includes the occurrence of groundwater in reference to hydro-geologic conditions, water table characteristics, utilization pattern in different sectors, groundwater quality, estimation of future requirements and management of groundwater resources through conjunctive use of surface and groundwater.

Management, Groundwater, Aquifers, Utilization, Livestock, Hydro-geologic.

"EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES & INITIATION IN PAKUR DISTRICT, JHARKHAND", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.551-559, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C71.pdf

"EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES & INITIATION IN PAKUR DISTRICT, JHARKHAND", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp551-559, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908C71.pdf