Assessment of groundwater recharge in a small ravine watershed in Semi-arid region of India

The water availability is limited, however demand of water is increasing many fold due to expansion of agriculture, growing population, rapid industrialization and economic development in India. Available water resources need to be managed properly to meet increasing demands of water. In this study, different hydrological processes as surface runoff, evapotranspiration and soil moisture were modeled to assess the groundwater recharge in a small watershed located in semi-arid region of Rajasthan, India.