Published Paper Details:

Groundwater is the most essential resource on the planet Earth because water in other sources is not available everywhere and the groundwater is the only source of water that is present almost everywhere. Groundwater is very much affected by the land use land cover as wherever there is buildings or built-up land the groundwater level is declining very fast because in the built-up area there is very little or no space left for the groundwater recharge. Open space or the arable land provide spaces for groundwater recharge. The reason behind this declining water level is that the groundwater is not recharging at the rate it should be recharged to maintain the water table of an area. The study is made in the Kanpur city and it was found that the land use land cover pattern affects the groundwater level. So, groundwater level is greatly affected by the change in land use / land cover pattern. Near River Ganga where there is build-up area there is decline in water level whereas there is arable land that is cropland the groundwater level is more than 20 meters even when the rock type and soil type is same.