摘要：The natural recharging of groundwater in any watershed is a key parameter on which many other componentsof the watersheds are depended on. Finding out of natural recharging zones of groundwater and theirpreservation is a prime requirement for maintaining the socio-ecological equilibrium, but such attempts werenot been dealt seriously till now owing to the intricacy involved in it. Here, a simple technique is developed tofind out the natural recharging zones of groundwater in a watershed. The depths to water table (belowground level) measured in a systematic network of observation wells just before the starting of the monsoonrainfall and just after the initiation of the monsoon spell (after the heavy downpour of the initial 2-3 weeks) areused to delineate the natural recharging zones. The zones, which act as the areas of natural recharge ofgroundwater should be conserved and no landscape alterations should be allowed in such zones. Thepresent simple methodology, which is cost effective can be applied to any river basins/watersheds to delineatethe natural recharging zones of groundwater.
