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The global awareness regarding the over exploitation of the limited resources, at the expense of causingsevere damages to the ecological system and environmental degradation resulted in evolving methodology for optimumland and water utilization. These necessitate an integrated approach for the optimal development of available resourcesminimizing hazards to environment. Nategaon is a developing village in Tal-kopargaon, Dist.-Ahmednagar,Maharastra,in India. Groundwater is a major source of water supply for the area which is reflected by regular extraction ofgroundwater through ever increasing number of municipal, industrial and private bore wells. Monitoring ofGroundwater levels and quality is useful to understand the impact of uncontrolled drilling of bore wells, point and Nonpoint sources of pollutants. Such studies provide early indicators of changes in groundwater resource and help tounderstand how to protect it. Interrelated nature of land and water resources invariably call for the integrateddevelopment of total resources available in a sustainable manner with watershed as a basis hydrological unit fordevelopment planning. GIS map showing groundwater depth and level are developed and compared with surface reliefmap. These maps are very useful for urban planning and sustainable groundwater usage.

Mungase Avinash M, Naik Suraj S, More Sandip S, Nimbalkar Sagar H, Patil Anant M, “MONITORING AND GIS MAPPING OF GROUND WATER LEVEL, NATEGAON AREA, KOPARGAON.”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 5, pp. 729-734, May 2018.