Premonsoon Groundwater Trend Analysis for Hunsur taluk of Karnataka, India using GIS

M C Manjunatha  lowast; M C Prabhavathi

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ge.v14.i1.25.6

Year: 2025, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-9

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Premonsoon Groundwater Trend Analysis for Hunsur taluk of Karnataka, India using GIS

M C Manjunatha^1∗, M C Prabhavathi²

¹Assistant Professor, DBT-BUILDER, Department of Community Medicine, JSS AHER, Mysuru, 570015, Karnataka, India
²Associate Professor & Co-ordinator, PG Department of Economics, Sri. D.D. Urs GFGC, Hunsur, 571105, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:19 March 2025, Accepted Date:10 October 2025

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Groundwater plays an important part in the hydrologic cycle, providing sources for industrial, household, and agriculture applications throughout the country. The study focuses on groundwater trend mapping and its variance over several recorded years using a GIS platform. 6 observations well points data were collected for the pre-monsoon season (Jan-May) throughout a 16 year period (2003 - 2019). Pre-monsoon groundwater level measurements were collected to avoid the seasonal recharges caused by rainfall in the present investigation. ArcGIS’s Inverse Distance Weighted (IDW) tool was used to delineate groundwater levels with their various depths, and contours of identical values were then produced. The study’s findings underline the importance of appropriate groundwater monitoring during extreme summer conditions and effective planning of future demands and supply, particularly for rural farmers.

Keywords: Premonsoon, Groundwater trends, Hunsur taluk, GIS, IDW

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