**4. Benefits of groundwater recharge**

There are following advantages of artificial recharging of groundwater aquifers:


## **5. Artificial groundwater recharge technology**

The artificial groundwater recharge technology can be broadly categorized as follows [6].


Except above, water conservation structures like dams, sub-surface dykes (or locally termed as Bandharas) are entirely prevalent to capture sub-surface flows. Similarly, in hard surface areas rock fracturing strategies such as sectional blasting of boreholes with suitable techniques has been operated to inter-connect the fractures and gear up the groundwater recharge. Cement sealing of fractures, through specially built borewell has been utilized in the state of Maharashtra to preserve sub-surface flow and increase borewell yield [7].
