Intense sand mining has two vital influences on groundwater: First, it inhibits the riverbeds ability to hold groundwater and secondly it reduces the recharge of water to open wells, ponds and tanks within proximity. Thus sand mining reduces the availability of groundwater. Next, the industrial effluents in such areas exacerbate the predicament as they affect the groundwater quality. This has affected agriculture, health and environment resulting in inefficiency and welfare loss to the rural communities. This book provides a theoretical and an empirical analysis of sand mining and ...
Intense sand mining has two vital influences on groundwater: First, it inhibits the riverbeds ability to hold groundwater and secondly it reduces t...