Water Resource Monitoring and Assessment for Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

The surface water bodies and ground water resources of Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India were monitored for the last 45 years. The surface waterbodies were derived from toposheet and satellite images for 1970,1990, 2001, 2010 & 2014 years. The changes in surface waterbodies were discussed in this paper. Most of the surface waterbodies were silted and dumped by the wastages in recent years. Many water bodies were transformed as other land use. Few water bodies were still serving to the environment in terms of storage and supply.