Water is an essential natural resource for sustaining life and environment. The largest available source of fresh water lies underground.   Inadequate, erratic rain fall, absence of perennial rivers in major parts of the country, non-availability of adequate surface water resources to meet the increased demands of domestic, industrial and irrigational requirements, failure of monsoons have resulted in over-exploitation of ground water leading to drastic fall of water levels, drying of wells/borewells, deterioration of ground water quality and ingress of sea water in coastal areas.  

Department of Civil Engineering,
Malnad College of Engineering,
Hassan – 573201, Karnataka, India
Phone: 0817 - 245538