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14. Understanding Declining Storage Capacity of Tank Cascade System of Madurai: Potential for Better Water Management for Rural, Peri-Urban, and Urban Catchments

Authors : Aman Srivastava, Pennan Chinnasamy

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Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Historically, the surface water holding structures have been a primary water source for the people of Madurai, a South-Indian city in Tamil Nadu, India. Since the 1990s, the city has been experiencing rapid urbanization. The encroachment issues have started degrading the river Vaigai and system of water holding tanks called the Vandiyur tank cascade system (VTCS). Due to limited holistic hydrological understanding of the region, conservation efforts at VTCS have limited efficiency. To increase understanding of the regional hydrology, this study analyzed normal and actual annual rainfall for the district based on the 50 years of IMD data (1969–2018). The LULC change was studied using remote sensing images from 2002 to 2018. Results indicated that rainfall, with an average percentage departure of 22%, recorded an overall reduction of 11.2% during N–E monsoon and 10.6% during S–W monsoon. Using aerial imagery, a rapid increase in the urban catchments, up to 330%, and the curve number, up to 86%, was recorded in peri-urban and urban catchments. As a result of this, water availability in VTCS was observed to be highly fluctuating (5 to 100%). Field investigation further revealed that about 30 to 70% of the total volume of the tanks was occupied by the silt and muck deposited either from the upstream tanks or due to sewage discharge. Subsequently, the practice of tank-fed agriculture became limited to one season from previously two or three seasons. Reviving VTCS was the most pressing recommendation discussed that would possibly provide scope for holistic ground-surface water management.

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Title: Understanding Declining Storage Capacity of Tank Cascade System of Madurai: Potential for Better Water Management for Rural, Peri-Urban, and Urban Catchments
Authors: Aman Srivastava
Pennan Chinnasamy
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Rural Technology Development and Delivery
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-2311-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-2312-8

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2312-8_14

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