Investigation of issues and Corresponding Sustainable Solutions for Water Resource Management across Ken sub-basin of India

Abstract

This Paper reviews various issues in the Surface and Ground Water Resources across Ken Sub-basin of India. The spatio-temporal variation of water balance parameters across the Ken sub-basin have been analysed and presented. The estimates about the availability of Surface and Ground Water Resources of Ken sub-basin have been compared with that of Ganga and all India Basins. The decreasing trend of Per Capita water availability across the Ken sub-basin have been graphically presented. The Capacity of Ken sub-basin to provide water, required for diversion towards Betwa sub-basin based on the proposed Ken-Betwa Link Project as a Peninsular Component of NRLP of India, have been examined. The existence of various Sustainable Water Resource Management Practices that can be applied to solve the Water related issues of Ken sub-basin have been explored to achieve SDGs proposed by UN. Applicability of ASR Technology and Ganges Water Machine Concepts to Ken sub-basin has been reviewed. Based on UN agenda 2030, the achievement of SDGs across Ken sub basin have been analysed using the index score parameters defined and monitored by the Government of India.

Keywords:Water Balance Analysis, Ken Sub-Basin of India, Sustainable Water Resource Management, Ganges Water Machine, Aquifer Storage and Recovery Technology