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NEW TRENDS IN GROUNDWATER RESEARCH
BY
Dr. SAUMITRA MUKHERJEE
© SAUMITRA MUKHERJEE 2007
Water problems that are now present in various parts of the world are becoming serious enough to threaten the continued existence of the human species and planet earth in the future. Water…The Elixir of Life is the best of all things that have happened to the human being. In the International Year of Fresh Water 2003 the author as an International convener of "Groundwater" in the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto (Japan) has realized to compile his contribution to the new trends in "Groundwater Research". In last two decades he has witnessed phenomenal growth in the groundwater science. In this book case study in qualitative and quantitative assessment, exploration and exploitation of groundwater is discussed with examples of various parts of India. The work includes hard rocks, alluvial terrain as well as groundwater controversies of Islands. Besides conventional techniques cases of use of satellite remote sensing and advanced geophysical methodologies were discussed. A trendsetter work was attempted to develop GIS based modelling of groundwater. This book deals with the work done by the author from 1983 to 2006, based on which he has been awarded the theme to write book on "New Trends in Groundwater research" from Society of Environment Education, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India as " Water…The Elixir of Life"
Dr. Saumitra Mukherjee, born at Varanasi (U.P.), obtained his B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc. (Geology) and PhD (Geology) degrees from Banaras Hindu University. He joined School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1992. Dr. Mukherjee developed interest in Groundwater Research in 1980's when he joined in Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Dr. Mukherjee has served Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India and Remote Sensing Applications Centre, U.P. as Groundwater Scientist. While working in these organisations he has explored Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sikkim Himalayas, parts of West Bengal, Bihar and Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. He has used satellite images of Visual, Near infrared and Microwave regions and was instrumental in ground water exploration and management of these areas. Besides remote sensing studies he has conducted pumping tests and has developed Eco-hydromorphological tools to address various environmental problems. He was the Principal Investigator of three projects namely "Artificial Recharge of ground water in J.N.U. by Remote Sensing" funded by C.G.W.B., ‘Re-evaluation of Seismogenic potential of Delhi Rohtak area by Remote sensing and Seismological data’ funded by Department of Science & Technology and "Socio-economic Development of West Bengal Coast by Satellite Remote sensing" funded by Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal. Dr. Mukherjee is one of the principal investigators of ISRO funded IRS-P-4 (Oceansat-1) project, which is awarded to him in May 2000 for Maharashtra Coast. A new hypothesis on Sun-Earth connection in collaboration with NASA and Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, Germany has been started. Earthquake prediction, weather forecasting, draught forewarning and other environmental change are being tried to correlate with change in space weather due to Coronal Mass ejection from Sun. He has developed a new trend in space sciences by correlating changes in magnetic indices, proton flux and electron flux during Solar maximum. He has published several papers in international journals on Sun-Earth Environment and its influence on Water resources. In collaboration with UNDP and NRDMS DST, he has conducted a course on "Ground Water Modelling” using GWW and Visual Modflow softwares in a GIS environment in 1999 in collaboration with Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Environment and Forest, University Grants Commission, IIT, Delhi and AICTE, he has organised several seminar and workshops in ground water development. Dr. Mukherjee is collaborating with NASA, USA, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam Germany and other organisations of repute. He has written more than 60 international and national papers on the applications of remote sensing in geology. He is the author of "A text book of Environmental Remote sensing", "Remote sensing applications in Geosciences he has contributed chapters in several books. He has guided Nine (9) Ph.D. and Ten (10) M.Phil. students who are serving in Indian Space Research Organisation and State Remote sensing Applications Centres G.S.I.., KAMPSAX as Scientists . He has been successfully discharged his duties as International co-ordinator in two themes of 3rd World Water Forum. These themes are "Rainwater Harvesting" and ‘Seismotectonics, Groundwater Quality and Artificial Recharge by Remote sensing’ at Kyoto-Osaka and Shiga, Japan (2003). Recently European Geosciences Association has selected him convener and Chairman of two important sessions of Hydrological Sciences held at Nice, France in April 2004. These sessions are "Environmental flow requirements" and water quality management and rainwater harvesting in urban areas. In 2004 he has been awarded Academic Staff Fellowship of Commonwealth Commission to do collaborative research in Water Resource Management with Earth and Ocean Sciences Department of University of Liverpool, UK.
