Groundwater in a coral island |
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Authors: | V S Singh C P Gupta |
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Institution: | (1) National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad – 500 007, India, IN |
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Abstract: | Freshwater aquifers in small coral islands usually occur as thin lenses which are significantly influenced by stresses such
as groundwater pumping, sea tides, etc. Kavaratti, a coral island, is one of the 36 such islands in the Arabian Sea off the
western coast of India. Detailed hydrogeological investigations were carried out to determine the quantity of freshwater that
could be pumped in addition to the present usage. Salinity of groundwater must remain within permissible limits and a 2-D
solute mass transport model with a vertical section of the island was constructed by the computer code SUTRA. The model was
calibrated by obtaining a match of computed and observed values of the water table, tidal efficiency, and salinity of groundwater
at the water table. The model analysis showed that the salinity of groundwater continues to increase unless groundwater pumping
is kept below a certain rate. Groundwater potential can be augmented by reducing the subsurface outflow to the sea and by
raising the water table by a subsurface dam.
Received: 8 September 1997 · Accepted: 27 April 1998 |
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Keywords: | Island Water table Tidal effect Abstraction Seawater intrusion |
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