**4.11 Water level trend (2012-2021)**

The behavior of water level with time gives information on whether water levels are rising or falling with time and the rate of rise and fall. The water level trend is

#### **Figure 18.**

obtained by time series analysis by plotting time on the X-axis and water level on the Y-axis, the trend line is added to the resultant plot, which gives the water level trend for that particular well. Time series analysis helps understand the underlying causes of trends or systemic patterns over time.

During pre-monsoon, a rise in water level trend has been recorded at 105 monitoring wells and it ranges from 0.003 m/year (Padalde, Malegaon block) to 0.99 m/year (Sakore, Kalwan block), while the falling trend was observed in 80 monitoring wells varying from 0.003 (Hatrundi, Surgana block) to 1.49 m/year
