Groundwater recharge methods by Central Ground Water Board

This site by the Central Groundwater Board (Northern Region, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India provides information on the techniques for artificial recharge to groundwater and includes:

Direct methods

Surface spreading

• Flooding

• Basins or percolation tank

• Stream augmentation

• Ditch and furrow system

Subsurface

• Recharge well

• Recharge pit/shaft

• Dugwell

Indirect methods

Induced recharge