Groundwater Level Forecast for Muktsar District of Punjab: A Matlab Based Approach

Groundwater is one of the most important natural resources in to sustain the human habitat on earth. It serves us as the major source of drinking water as well as the fresh water resource to be utilized in agriculture and industries. Over the decades the groundwater pumping has been increased few fold and that is raising serious concern about the depth of groundwater level at different parts of earth. The south western Punjab is facing the problem of fluctuating groundwater table due to the heavy agricultural practices in this state. Our study focuses on the observation of change and prediction of groundwater table the in the Muktsar district of south west Punjab, based on the village wise collected well data. Curve fitting technique though MATLAB software has been taken into account for this purpose and it showed a increase in depth to groundwater table for all the four blocks of Muktsar district by 2025. The study highlights the need of raising awareness and establish new laws to ensure sustainable groundwater management in the study area to avoid the scarcity of groundwater in the near future.