Scope for Augmentation of Spring Discharge in the Buggavanka Watershed, Kadapa, India

Water is the premise of Life and one of the five fundamental components of life out of pancha bhuta i.e air, water, earth, fire and sky. The distribution of water is not ubiquitous in quality and quantity across the globe. Its accessibility is a fundamental part in socioeconomic development and poverty reduction (UNESCO-WWAP 2006). Water on Earth goes through an immense Hydrological Cycle of transformation from one form to the other, liquid to gaseous vapour and solid ice from the earth to atmosphere and back in various forms of precipitation. The demand for water is increasing in geometric progression all along the population growth (Gupta and Deshpande, 2004). Maintainable improvement is the best technique for development and advancement of which watershed shapes the fundamental unit in water asset arranging especially in Semi Arid Tropics. Numerous seepages in semiarid and parched regions are vaporous, containing running water occasionally, in light of precipitation, and not really consistently. “Buggavanka” is one such seasonal tributary to Pennar river basin of southern India. “Bugga” stands for “Spring” and “Vanka” for “Stream” in vernacular language Telugu. Watershed is defined as a Geohydrological unit where all of its water gets collected at one point called as outlet. Springs are one of the most fascinating and classic sources of water to the wild as well as nearby villagers within the Watershed. The Classic definition of spring according to Meinzer (1923- 48) is “A spring is a place where, without the agency of man, water flows from a rock or soil upon the land or into a body of surface water”. In Buggavanka watershed all of the water both runoff and spring water joins with “Buggavanka” stream. In the present paper an attempt is made to identify the methodologies for augmenting life of the springs and their discharge within the watershed of the Buggavanka stream, in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India. Geospatial Technology assumed significant part in handling the vast majority of the voluminous geospatial information with a work to carry the review with environmental, segment and comprehensive methodologies. The field visits and review accentuated for the definite Geohydrological study and participatory way to deal with bring back the magnificence of water stream according to individuals living inside the Buggavanka watershed.