We carried out an Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) survey across the campus to map the subsurface and identify where a viable aquifer lay beneath it.
The survey located the aquifer and told us how deep it sat, which decided both the siting and the depth of the structures that followed.
Five Permeable Reactive Barrier-cum-Recharge structures were then built at the identified points, so runoff from the campus is filtered as it goes down rather than lost to the drain.
As at Sanskardham, we began with an ERT survey of the Bal Vanam campus to establish the subsurface profile before committing to any construction.
The survey confirmed a workable aquifer and fixed the positions where recharge would actually reach it.
Five PRB-cum-Recharge structures were installed on that basis, giving the campus a route to put its own rainfall back into the ground.
Five Permeable Reactive Barrier-cum-Recharge structures were designed and installed across the site.
Each structure filters incoming runoff through a reactive medium before it enters the ground, so water quality is treated on the way down rather than after abstraction.
We assessed the cantonment catchment to establish where runoff collects and where the ground could accept it, which decided the type and placement of structure used at each location.
Across the area we constructed 5,000 recharge trenches, 1,100 recharge pits and two Permeable Reactive Barrier structures, each sized to the catchment feeding it rather than to a standard drawing.
Existing ponds were desilted and rejuvenated so they hold water through the season again and recharge the ground beneath them.
Conducted hydrogeological investigations to understand local groundwater conditions in Bhuj, Gujarat.
Assessed suitable locations for managed aquifer recharge in the semi-arid coastal region.
Worked on one Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) recharge structure to support groundwater recharge and treatment.
Integrated electrokinetic treatment as part of the groundwater management approach.
The project involved studying local groundwater conditions and developing one Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) recharge structure with electrokinetic treatment to support groundwater recharge and improve subsurface water management.