Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50615#.VEcpfFfHRK1 Author(s) Lalit Mohan Sharma Affiliation(s) S M Sehgal Foundation, Gurgaon, India . ABSTRACT Groundwater salinity is a widespread problem around the world with adverse consequences on health, soil quality and overall eco-systems. With the rapidly growing demands of groundwater, its exploitation is also accelerating. It is also changing the flow of the groundwater, which in turn causes ingress of sea water or intrusion of other saline groundwater or polluted water from the surrounding areas. The major consequences are scarcity of water even for domestic use and rise in the level and spread of groundwater salinity. An innovative technique of creating a pool of fresh groundwater within a saline aquifer is developed, which can address the issue. Technique is about recharging the saline aquifer with harvested rain ...
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