Groundwater Management and Assessment in Deccan Basaltic Terrain Geohydrological Case Studies of the Village Pachod, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India *Prof. Ashok Tejankar 1 , Irshad Kureshi 2 1 Prof. and Head Dept. of Geology Deogiri College Aurangabad India. 2 Reshearch student. Dept. of Geology Deogiri Collage Aurangabad India. *Correspondence Mail. Abstract About 82% of the area of Maharashtra state is covered by the piles of heterogeneous basaltic flows formed due to outpouring of lava from Upper Cretaceous to lower Eocene period. These flows, which constitute the Deccan basaltic terrain, have varied geohydrological characters. The study area Aurangabad dist. lies in the central part of Maharashtra and is located in the survey of India toposheet No. 47M lying in between 19 o to 20 o north latitudes and 74 o to 76 o east longitudes. Groundwater is the primary source of fresh water in the study area. There has been a growing demand for fresh water in domestic & agriculture sectors. Over exploitation and rainfall failure has been created an irrecoverable stress on groundwater in the area. In an effort to maintain the water table condition in balance, artificial recharge is being implemented. The selection of site for artificial recharge is a very important task to meet out the scarcity of water. The present study aims to study step of artificial recharge structures at village Pachod in basaltic terrain of the Godavari-Purna river basin in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. In this regime the average annual rainfall is 650mm. During investigation, integrated remote sensing and GIS techniques were used and various parameters like lithology, drainage landforms and other parameters were extracted from visual interpretation of IRS P6 Satellite data and Survey of India (SIO) topographical sheets, aided by field checks by carrying well inventory survey. The depth of weathered material, water table conditions, and rainfall data were been considered. All the thematic information layers were digitized and analyzed in Arc-GIS environment and the composite maps produced show suitable site, depth of bed rock flows for successful artificial recharge in village pachod to increase groundwater potential of low laying area. Key words: Hard rock, artificial recharge, Remote sensing and GIS. Introduction Water is essential for all dimensions of life. Water resources of country constitute of its vital assets. Over the past few decades use of water has increased and in many places water availability is falling to crisis level. More than 80 countries with 40 % of population are already facing the shortage of water. India is the largest user of groundwater resources in the world. The state of Maharashtra now again reels under the scarcity of water and frequent drought can be traced way back to historical times from 1801 years. State had faced as many as 44 episodes of droughts in the span of last 192 years. Geologically major part of state is covered by Deccan basaltic flow. Water and land are the basis things for the development of Agriculture, industries and drinking water. Water table is decrease due to increase in population and industries. Scarcity of water is due to highly yielding of water from earth. ISBN : 978-93-83587-16-2 Page 145