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Indian Journal of
Agricultural Research
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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 46 issue 3 (september 2012) : 217-225

MODELING GROUNDWATER RECHARGE FROM THE LINED FARM CANAL UNDER SHALLOW WATER TABLE CONDITION

V. Goyal*, R.S. Malik, , B.S. Jhorar
1Department of Soil Sciences, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar- 125 004, India

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Cite article:- Goyal* V., Malik R.S., Jhorar B.S. (2025). MODELING GROUNDWATER RECHARGE FROM THE LINED FARM CANAL UNDER SHALLOW WATER TABLE CONDITION. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 46(3): 217-225. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Field study was conducted to quantify the groundwater recharge dynamics. Experiment was conducted on a 7-year-old cement lined rectangular watercourse (width 2W = 0.6 m; constant water head ho = 0.37 m; design discharge = 0.023 m3 h-1) situated at an outlet number – RD 5500 L of farm canal and 25-year-old brick lined trapezoidal farm minor (surface width 2W = 4.95 m; side slope = 1:1; constant water head ho = 0.79 m; design discharge = 0.840 m3 s-1) passing through soil research farm Chaudhary Charan Singh, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The initial water table was at 2.54 m depths from soil surface. The height of the bottom of the watercourse (Ho) from the water table was 2.43 m. A finite element flow model, HYDRUS 2D was used to simulate the drawup in observation well pressure heads during recharge from lined watercourses and farm canal under shallow water table condition (2.54 m). The physical flow region involved a soil profile 200 m wide and 25 m deep with a canal placed at the top of soil profile. Constant pressure head of 0.37 m and 0.79 m was given on the bottom of the canal for calibration and validation experiments. Saturated hydraulic conductivity was estimated through inverse modeling technique using the experimental pressure heads h time pairs during recharge from the lined watercourses and farm canal. Low root mean square error RMSE (0.1-0.35) and high modeling efficiency ME (97.9-99.8 %) for pressure head during recharge from the lined watercourses calibrated the model successfully. High mean modeling efficiency (99.0 – 99.9 %) and low root mean square error RMSE (0.05-0.36) of predicted and experimental pressure head value validate the HYDRUS 2D model for groundwater recharge from the lined farm canal. The model was used to project the increase in radial influencing zone with increase in hydraulic conductivity and anisotropy of the surface soil layer. Critical water logging zone increased with increasing hydraulic conductivity and anisotropy of the surface soil layer. The study suggests that HYDRUS 2D may be adopted for simulations in ground water recharge studies.

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