Sponsored By

Department of Rural Development &

TWAD Board,Govt of TamilNadu.

Conceptualized By
Institute of Remote Sensing,Anna University,Chennai.
 NEED FOR THE STUDY

16

14
No. of Wells Energised in Lakhs

12

10

0
1950- 1960- 1968- 1973- 1977- 1979- 1984- 1989- 1991- 1992- 1993- 1994- 1995- 1996- 31.08
51 61 69 74 78 80 85 90 92 93 94 95 96 97 .97
Series1 0.144 1.177 4.100 6.812 8.096 8.872 10.33 12.43 13.41 14.28 14.45 14.88 15.29 15.67 15.82

Year
 HYDROGRAPH SHOWING THE DECLINING TREND IN
GROUNDWATER LEVELS IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT

71

73

75

77

79

81

83

85

87

89

91

93

95

97
19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19
0

10
Water level In Mt

15

20

25

30

35

40
Year

1972 1974 1976 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1992 1994 1996
Series1 0 17.39 21.40 32.15 24.88 25.52 25.86 27.71 35.84 35.99 37.21 33.98 33.32

water level Trend line

 OBJECTIVES
4 To delineate favourable zones for recharge by integration .
. of various thematic maps using GIS techniques.

4 To recommend suitable recharge structures.

4 To suggest suitable recharge measures near the existing .

Power pump sources for sustainable development of
groundwater.

4 To create a Digital database for all the Blocks of

Tamil Nadu for different user departments.
 RECHARGE PROJECT METHODOLOGY
BASE MAP
GEOLOGY INTEGRATION
THEMATIC MAPS
1:50,000 SCALE
GEOMORPHOLOGY
SOIL &
LANDUSE ANALYSIS
SLOPE
DRAINAGE

ZONATION MAP
DIGITIZATION

FIELD CHECK
DERIVED MAPS &
1:50,000 SCALE UPDATION
RUNOFF
DRAINAGE DENSITY
LINEAMENT DENSITY
DEPTH TO WEATHERED ZONE MAP REPORT

DEPTH TO BASEMENT RECHARGEZONATION

WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION AREASREPORT

WATER QUALITY
 FIELD CHECK PROGRAMME

VALIDATION
OF ZONES

VISITING SUGGESTING
SUITABLE UPDATED MAP
FIELD VISIT THE POWERPUMP
RECHARGE
SCHEMES
STRUCTURES

r ati on
I nteg

FINAL INTEGRATION
SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
 Rank1 Rank2 Rank3 Rank4
Theme Weightage
4 x Weightage 3 x Weightage 2 x Weightage 1 x Weightage
Buried Pediment
(Deep), Flood Pediment,
Structural Hills,
Plain, Bazada, Buried Pediment Pediment
Geomorphology Denutational
Valley Fills, Buried (Shallow),Medium Inselberg,Highly 25
Hills,Deflection
Channel, Paleo Desected Plateau. Desected
Slope,Ridges.
Channel, Less Plateau.
Desected Plateau.
Hydrogeological
A B C D 18
Soil Group
Slope 0-3% 3-5% 5-10% >10% 15
Run Off Moderate Less Moderate Low High 12
Lineament Density High Moderate Less Moderate Low 9
Charnockite,
Alluvium,Schisto Pegmatite, Dolerite,Granite,
Geology Kankar, 8
Gneiss Laterite Quartzite
Limestone
Wet Crop, Dry crop,Fallow, Rock out Crops,
Landuse Scrub, Barren 7
Plantation Harvested Forest & Others
Drainage Density Low Less Moderate Moderate High 6
Total 100
 Rank1 Rank2 Rank3 Rank4
Theme Weightage
4 x Weightage 3 x Weightage 2 x Weightage 1 x Weightage
Alluvium, Laterite,Cuddalore Shale with silt and
Beach Sands, Sandstone, Limestone Limestone,Sandstone & Clay,
Marine with Marl, Sandstone Shell Limestone & Calcareous
Sediments, with Clay, Sandstone, Gypseous clay with
Fluvio-Marine Fossilferous sandy clay and Sandstone, Clay
Sediments. Limestone, with Limestone, Calcareous Grity
Geology Sandstone, --- 25
sandstone,Conglomerate,
Sandstone with Sandstone with Shale,Basal
Clacareous Gritstone. Conglomerate with Shale and
Sandstone, Boulder beds with
Conglomerate Sandstone and
Shale.
Flood Plain,
Coastal Plain,
Sedimentary Sedimentary Low
Sedimentary High Ground - Badland
Geomorphology Plain,Beach Land, Coastal High 15
Level I & Level II Topography
and Beach Ground.
Ridges,Paleo
Channel.
Hydrogeological
A B C D 20
Soil Group
Slope 0-1% 1-2% 2-3% >3% 10
Rock out
Wet Crop,
Landuse Dry crop Scrub, Barren Crops, Forest 10
Plantation
& Others
Run Off High Moderate Less Moderate Low 13
Drainage Density Low Less Moderate Moderate High 7
Total 100
F IDENTIFICATION OF RECHARGE ZONES USING R.S AND GIS
F SALEM DISTRICT - GANGAVELI BLOCK
• PERCOLATION POND
• CHECK DAM
• SUBSURFACE DYKE
• NALLAH BUND
• RECHARGE PIT
• CONTOUR TRENCH
• RECHARGE TUBE WELLS
 RECOMMENDATION OF RECHARGE STRUCTURES
FOR EXISTING POWERPUMP SCHEMES

4 PERCOLATION PONDS IN DINDIGUL BLOCK

LEGEND
HIGHLY FAVOURABLE

MODERATELY FAVOURABLE

LESS FAVOURABLE

POOR FOR RECHARGE

OPEN WELL

BORE WELL
LINEAMENT
PERCOLATION PONDS

SIRUMALAI HILLS
 RECOMMENDATION OF RECHARGE STRUCTURES
FOR EXISTING POWERPUMP SCHEMES

3 CHECKDAMS IN CHINNAMANUR BLOCK

LEGEND
HIGHLY FAVOURABLE

MODERATELY FAVOURABLE

LESS FAVOURABLE

POOR FOR RECHARGE

OPEN WELL

BORE WELL
LINEAMENT
CHECKDAM
 RECOMMENDATION OF RECHARGE STRUCTURES
FOR EXISTING POWERPUMP SCHEMES

2 SUBSURFACE DYKE IN BHAVANI BLOCK

LEGEND

HIGHLY FAVOURABLE

MODERATELY FAVOURABLE

LESS FAVOURABLE

POOR FOR RECHARGE

OPEN WELL

BORE WELL
LINEAMENT
SUBSURFACE DYKE
 RECOMMENDATION OF RECHARGE STRUCTURES
FOR EXISTING POWERPUMP SCHEMES

1 RECHARGE PITS IN KOVILPATTI BLOCK

LEGEND

HIGHLY FAVOURABLE

MODERATELY FAVOURABLE

LESS FAVOURABLE

POOR FOR RECHARGE

OPEN WELL

BORE WELL
LINEAMENT

KOVILPATTI R RECHARGE PIT

 RECOMMENDATIONS SHOWING POWERPUMP SCHEMES
WITH RECHARGE STRUCTURES

Recharge Areas

RECHARGE AREAS FOR NALLAH BUND IN

THIRUVADANAI AQUIFER MELNEELITHANALLUR BLOCK

OORANI IN PARAMATHY BLOCK

 RECHARGE STRUCTURES

 CHECK DAM

PERCOLATION POND 4