Groundwater has been noted as a major resource for irrigation water in Nepal Terai. The development of different methods of groundwater withdrawal has been promoted in Rupandehi District. Open dug wells were a major source for domestic water use in the 1980s due to cost and ease of construction. ...
Okwany, Romulus O.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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[Renovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai]
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Renovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai
To minimize and counter decline of groundwater levels and improve the availability of water for cropproduction, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) interventions are widely adopted across India, often ini-tiated or supported by, local communities, state and central governments to improve the availabil...
Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Dhar, S.
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Rao, G.T.
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Maheshwari, B.
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[Performance and impacts of managed aquifer recharge interventions for agricultural water security: A framework for evaluation]
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Performance and impacts of managed aquifer recharge interventions for agricultural water security: A framework for evaluation
Participatory groundwater management is increasingly being recognised for its ability to address the challenges of equity, efficiency and sustainability. It can particularly help with effective engagement at the grassroots level for monitoring, recharging and managing the groundwater as a common ...
Jadeja, J
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Maheshwari, B.
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Packham, R.
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Bohra, H.
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Purohit, R.
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Thaker, B.
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Dillon, P.
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Oza, S.
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Dave, S.
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Soni, P.
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Dashora, Y.
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Dashora, R.
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Shah, Tushaar
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Gorsiya, J.
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Katara, P.
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Ward, J.
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Kookana, R.
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Singh, P.K.
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Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Goradiya, V.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Varua, M.
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Chew, M.
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[Managing aquifer recharge and sustaining groundwater use: developing a capacity building program for creating local groundwater champions]
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Managing aquifer recharge and sustaining groundwater use: developing a capacity building program for creating local groundwater champions
Groundwater quality is gaining more importance in groundwater management due to rapid growth in population, agriculture and industrial sectors worldwide. The goal of the present study is to evaluate the groundwater chemistry and to identify the geochemical processes governing the water chemistry ...
Natarajan, Rajmohan
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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[Assessment of geochemical processes in the uncon ned and con ned aquifers in the Eastern Ganges Basin: a geochemical approach]
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Assessment of geochemical processes in the uncon ned and con ned aquifers in the Eastern Ganges Basin: a geochemical approach
The impact of shallow subsurface drainage was investigated as a pilot study on a 0.13 ha plot of a farmer's field located in Batiaghata, Khulna District, Bangladesh, in the floodplain of the Bay of Bengal. The drainage design differed from traditional subsurface tile drains in two respects: (i) t...
Okwany, Romulus O.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Mondal, Manoranjan K
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[Shallow Subsurface Drainage for Managing Seasonal Flooding in Ganges Floodplain, Bangladesh]
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Shallow Subsurface Drainage for Managing Seasonal Flooding in Ganges Floodplain, Bangladesh
This report presents a discussion among IWMI?s Asian researchers on the strategy for policy research on canal irrigation in India. Poor service delivery, persistence of head-tail inequity, growing gap between irrigation potential created and utilized, shrinking of command area despite growing inv...
Shah, Tushaar
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Anwar, Arif A.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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Reddy, Junna Mohan
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Molle, Francois
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MMukherji, Aditi
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Wegerich, Kai
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[Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.]
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Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.
Groundwater management practices need to take hydrogeology, the agro-climate and demand for groundwater into account. Since agroclimatic zones have already been demarcated by the Government of India, it would aid policy makers to understand the status of groundwater recharge and discharge in each...
Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Maheshwari, B.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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[Understanding groundwater storage changes and recharge in Rajasthan, India through remote sensing]
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Understanding groundwater storage changes and recharge in Rajasthan, India through remote sensing
Groundwater irrigation over the past few decades has improved stability in cropping but resulted in aquifer depletion in semi-arid regions of India. To minimize decline of groundwater levels, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) interventions are widely adopted, supported by local communities, state an...
Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Hydro, hydrogeological constraints to managed aquifer recharge in the Indo Gangetic Plains.]
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Hydro, hydrogeological constraints to managed aquifer recharge in the Indo Gangetic Plains.
A large number of small- to medium-sized community ponds exist in most parts of the Terai region in Nepal. Such ponds could be a viable alternative for other forms of surface irrigation. But, with the lack of efficient management, many of these ponds remain underutilized. An effort was made to fa...
Bastakoti, Ram C.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Okwany, Romulus O.
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[Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai]
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Community pond rehabilitation to deal with climate variability: a case study in Nepal Terai
Irrigated agriculture in Oman relies solely on groundwater and Aflaj (Falaj is a canal system, which provides water for a community of farmers for domestic and agricultural use). With the increasing scarcity of freshwater available to agriculture, the need to use of reclaimed water (RW) from Sewa...
Al Khamisi, S. A.
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Ahmed, M.
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[Conjunctive use of reclaimed water and groundwater in crop rotations.]
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Conjunctive use of reclaimed water and groundwater in crop rotations.