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Evaluating sustainability of Bhuj aquifer system, Western India using nuclear dating techniques

  • Annadasankar Roy , Uday Kumar Sinha , Bharatkumar Hathi , Sitangshu Chatterjee , Diksha Pant , Hemant Mohokar , Ajay Jaryal , Harish Jagat Pant , Dipankar Saha , Ratan Jain and Tirumalesh Keesari ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: February 14, 2024
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 112 Issue 7-8

Abstract

Increasing population, food demands and climatic stressors pose an imminent threat to groundwater sustainability in regional aquifer systems globally. Limited availability of surface water and erratic/uncertain rainfall necessitates preservation of groundwater resources, which form reliable fresh water reserves in most of the arid regions. Bhuj Sandstone aquifer is one such fresh groundwater systems in Western India catering the domestic/irrigational needs for over 2 million population. Rapid groundwater depletion in this area warranted a mandatory conservation of groundwater resources for future sustainability. Nuclear techniques using 3H and 14C provide estimates of groundwater age that help in planning sustainable groundwater management. In this study, sustainability of deep groundwater was assessed using environmental radioactive isotopes (3H, 14C). Results indicate that 14C activity of the groundwater samples varies from 26 to 73.6 pMC (percent modern carbon). Considering the various biases and uncertainties present, multiple correction models were applied to obtain representative groundwater ages by incorporating stable (13C) isotope and hydrogeochemical data. The corrected and representative ages are found to range from 5.8 to 8.6 ka BP (thousand years before present). From the study it can be inferred that central Bhuj aquifer hosts paleo-groundwater while the western part is recently recharged. Therefore, over-exploitation of deep groundwater in central Bhuj aquifer may further lower the water levels and this would have long-term impact on the socio-economic development of Kutch region.

Keywords: arid climate; sandstone aquifer; sustainability; nuclear technique; radiocarbon dating
Corresponding author: Tirumalesh Keesari, Isotope Hydrology Section, Isotope and Radiation Application Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, 400 085, Mumbai, India; and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400 094, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Dr. S. Kannan, former Director, Radiochemistry and Isotope Group (RC&IG), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai for his invaluable support. The authors would also like to extend their appreciation to Mr. S. N. Kamble for his assistance during field sampling.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

  5. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2023-07-21
Accepted: 2023-12-23
Published Online: 2024-02-14
Published in Print: 2024-08-27

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Keywords for this article
arid climate; sandstone aquifer; sustainability; nuclear technique; radiocarbon dating

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