IIIrd World Aqua Congress, 02–04 Dec 2009 · Stein Auditorium, IHC New Delhi

1, 2,5Mining Institute (Deptt. of Science and Technology, Govt. of Jharkhand), Dhanbad, P.O –B. Polytechnic, Dhanbad- 828130, Jharkhand, India 3 Mining Institute, Koderma -825410, Jharkhand, India 4 Deptt. of Science and Technology (Govt. of Jharkhand), Nepal house, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India ABSTRACT Urban residential areas are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to rapid growth of population. The gap between recharge and exploitation of groundwater are rapidly becoming wide in this area. Housing complexes and road network in settlement areas is the major barrier of natural recharge of groundwater.