@article{fdi:010064504,
  title = {{M}anaged aquifer recharge in {S}outh {I}ndia : what to expect from small percolation tanks in hard rock ?},
  author = {{M}assuel, {S}ylvain and {P}errin, {J}. and {M}ascre, {C}. and {M}ohamed, {W}. and {B}oisson, {A}. and {A}hmed, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}any states in {I}ndia are currently facing general overuse of their groundwater resources mainly due to growing demand for irrigated agriculture. {G}roundwater levels are declining despite water harvesting measures to enhance aquifer recharge which are supported on a massive scale by watershed development programmes. {N}ew programmes are being implemented to improve artificial percolation (i.e., managed aquifer recharge, {MAR}) although the impact of former measures on aquifer recharge has not yet been assessed. {I}t is therefore crucial to increase our understanding of {MAR} to successfully overcome the threat of groundwater scarcity in the near future. {T}his paper scrutinizes the ability of a typical percolation tank to recharge the aquifer using a comprehensive approach combining water accounting, geochemistry and hydrodynamic modelling. {O}ver 2 years of observation, the percolation efficiency (percolated fraction of stored water) of the tank ranged from 57% to 63%, the rest being evaporated. {M}odelling showed that the percolated water was mostly (80%) pumped straight back by the neighbouring boreholes, limiting the area of {MAR} influence but increasing percolation efficiency.},
  keywords = {{RESSOURCES} {EN} {EAU} ; {EAU} {SOUTERRAINE} ; {PENURIE} ; {SUREXPLOITATION} ; {BESOIN} {EN} {EAU} ; {AGRICULTURE} ; {ALIMENTATION} {EN} {EAU} ; {NIVEAU} {DE} {L}'{EAU} ; {AQUIFERE} ; {ROCHE} {CRISTALLINE} ; {RESERVOIR} ; {PERCOLATION} ; {INFILTRATION} ; {EVALUATION} ; {MODELISATION} ; {HYDROGEOLOGIE} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{EAU} ; {RECHARGE} ; {INDE} ; {INDE} {DU} {SUD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}ydrology},
  volume = {512},
  numero = {},
  pages = {157--167},
  ISSN = {0022-1694},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jhydro1.2014.02.062},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064504},
}