Artificial Recharge to the Groundwater Resources Using Rainfall Water Collection

Abstract

Afghanistan has a very dry climate with most of the land area suffering from the adverse effects of hydroclimatic extremes. The vast amounts of snow and ice in mountain regions might have greater economic, environmental, and community implications due to such extreme hydrometeorological events. Overflow due to snowmelt from mountain regions is also of great significance for continued water supply. The presence of snow in any basin strongly affects the moisture that is deposited at the surface and is accessible for future runoff. The groundwater research presented here is used to quantify artificial recharge due to rainfall water that is falling from the rooftop of the Faculty of Geoscience building, Kabul University, Af+ghanistan. The main objective of this research is to study the effects of rainfall on groundwater fluctuations, as per collected data from the study site, especially in the spring and rainy seasons (January to April). In addition, we have studied harvesting methods, borehole lithography, and the tectonic setting of the Kabul basin to supplement our research objectives.