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Pigs browsing in river in central Hubli, the city sewers sustain flows in this river all year round and is used by farmers for irrigation and watering dairy cattle
Pudakalkati villagers by one of their hand pumps |
Water Resources Assessment for Hubli Dharwad, Karnataka India.This research was was conducted in April 2001 as part of the NRSP livelihoods and the peri urban interface project. The relevant departments dealing with water and sewage were interviewed, visits were made to surrounding villages and the water quality surveyed. The water quality analysis was done by S.G.Joshi. Since 1956 Hubli-Dharwad
has relied on piped reservoir sources, while the rural areas have increasingly
relied on boreholes. Increasing amounts of water are now being abstracted
for irrigation in rural areas and many boreholes are now dry or have hard
mineral waters which are bad for human health and damages some crops.
In the Hubli – Dharwad urban area in 2001:-
The main conclusion of this study was that leakage from the water mains and sewers under Hubli Dharwad were recharging diluting the over exploited and saline groundwaters. As a result villages relying on boreholes nearer the urban areas had access to less saline waters.
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