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#### **Table 4.** *Groundwater resource assessment of aquifer – II (deeper aquifer).*

*Management of Hard Rock Basaltic Aquifer through Aquifer Mapping: A Case Study of Nashik… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.111644*

As per the estimation, the resources in confining layer are 369.47 MCM, whereas resources above confining layer are assessed as 13.30 MCM and the total groundwater resources come to the tune of 382.77 MCM. The net groundwater resources of Aquifer – I are 1849.90 MCM, whereas that of Aquifer-II are only 382.77 MCM, which is about 21% of dynamic resource availability indicating that the deeper groundwater resources are scarce and more vulnerable to overextraction.
