Jayashri Dutta

• Master of Science
• PhD Student at Gauhati University

Groundwater is a natural renewable resource vital for any life on Earth. Groundwater management is of emerging concern for the conservation and protection of this resource. With the advent of innovative technologies, managing such resources become easier to some extent. This chapter illustrates some of the advanced technologies , their contribution...

The interaction between groundwater and urban environments is a growing concern for many rapidly urbanizing cities around the world, affecting both recharge and flow, since impervious surfaces reduce infiltration by increasing runoff, whereas over-abstraction leads to groundwater depletion and land subsidence. Additionally, industrial pollution and...

Remote sensing (RS) and geographical information system (GIS) have been extensively used for their ability to provide better scope for decision making in terms of monitoring and managing various natural resources: water, land, forest, agriculture, natural hazards, climate change, etc. In this chapter, the authors precisely discuss in detail about t...

Biosorption is the method to remove heavy metals from the ecosystem, and it has replaced the use of other physical and chemical methods that are used for removal of heavy metals. The main cause of heavy metal pollution is industrialization. The industrial waste that contains heavy metal leads to pollution in aquatic life systems. It is also poisono...