Experimental Investigation on Hard Rock Strata for the purpose of Ground Water Improvement with the inclusion of Bore Blasting Technique

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1 Department of Civil Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India

2 Manab Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, India

Abstract

Due to yearly uneven rainfall distribution, exsiccation of water availability, specifically during the summer in the agricultural field in Saurashtra, is a usual scenario. Saurashtra region's land formation contains Basalt rock. The area is categorized under the semi-arid region. Hence, the Groundwater condition was observed to be poor as the self-characteristic of land for water-storage capacity for the Basalt is negligible within its strata. Mining Engineering and Groundwater Improvement Techniques were incorporated to find a way out of water stress conditions. An experimental study was carried out for mass blasting with the permission of the Government body and an expert team of mining explosions at the study area within the catchment of check dams and river beds. A group containing five borewells was blasted at a 27, 18, and 9 m depth, respectively. In each borehole, 15 blasts of 2.76 unit explosion were exploded together by sealing a cover of sand over it. The impact assessment of 30 wells was monitored Post-blast within the range of 400m of the Bore Blasting Technique (BBT) performed. As a result, a rise in water level up to 19m has been recorded near the streamline of BBT performed. In addition, the movement of the water was diverted from its parental aquifer to the observed dug wells. Hence, it is concluded that channelizing the groundwater can be possible by incorporating BBT in the basalt region, and identical improvement can also possible interms of fractured basalt rock and availability of water in the basalt region.

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Experimental Investigation on Hard Rock Strata for the purpose of Ground Water Improvement with the inclusion of Bore Blasting Technique

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International Journal of Engineering
Volume 37, Issue 9
TRANSACTIONS C: Aspects
September 2024
Pages 1707-1715

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