Runoff generated in the monsoon months in the upstream parts of the Ganges River basin (GRB) contributes substantially to downstream floods, while water shortages in the dry months affect agricultural production in the basin. This paper examines the potential for subsurface storage (SSS) in the G...
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Sood, Aditya
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Lagudu, S.
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[Reviving the “Ganges Water Machine”: where and how much?]
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Reviving the “Ganges Water Machine”: where and how much?
Responding to rainfall variability has always been one of the most critical risks facing farmers. It is also an integral part of the job of water managers, whether it be designing interventions for flood management, improving the reliability of water supply for irrigation or advising on prioritie...
Bird, Jeremy
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Roy, Srabani
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Shah, Tushaar
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Pavelic, Paul
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McCornick, Peter G.
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[Adapting to climate variability and change in India]
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Adapting to climate variability and change in India
Although the Ganges River Basin (GRB) has abundant water resources, the seasonal monsoon causes a mismatch in water supply and demand, which creates severe water-related challenges for the people living in the basin, the rapidly growing economy and the environment. Addressing these increasing cha...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Surinaidu, Lagudu
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Natarajan, R.
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Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy
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Prathapar, Sanmugam A.
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Jain, S.K.
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Ghosh, N.C.
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Singh, S.
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Sharma, A.
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Jain, S.K.
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Kumar, S.
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Goel, M.K.
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[Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin]
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Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin
The Ganges River Basin may have a major pending water crisis. Although the basin has abundant surface water and groundwater resources, the seasonal monsoon causes a mismatch between supply and demand as well as flooding. Water availability and flood potential is high during the 3–4 months of the ...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Surinaidu, L.
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Anand, Sumit
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Jain, S.K.
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[Reviving the Ganges water machine: why?]
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Reviving the Ganges water machine: why?
On-farm water storage (OFWS) is a farmers' response to mitigating inadequate and variable water supply in canal commands in the Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana project in Rajasthan, India. This paper assesses the impact of OFWS on on-farm performance, based on a sample of farms with and without st...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Singh, O.P.
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[Improving canal irrigation performance with on-farm water storage: evidence from the Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana Project in India.]
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Improving canal irrigation performance with on-farm water storage: evidence from the Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana Project in India.
Reviving the Ganges Water Machine (GWM), coined 40 years ago, is the most opportune solution for mitigating the impacts of recurrent droughts and floods in the Ganges River Basin in South Asia. GWM create subsurface storage (SSS) by pumping more groundwater from the aquifers before the monsoon fo...
Surinaidu, L.
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Jain, S.K.
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Kumar, S.
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Singh, S.
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[Reviving the Ganges water machine: accelerating surface water and groundwater interactions in the Ramganga sub-basin]
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Reviving the Ganges water machine: accelerating surface water and groundwater interactions in the Ramganga sub-basin
Shah, Tushaar
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?]
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River linking project: a solution or problem to India's water woes?
The Ganges River basin faces severe water challenges related to a mismatch between supply and demand. Although the basin has abundant surface water and groundwater resources, the seasonal monsoon causes a mismatch between supply and demand as well as flooding. Water availability and flood potenti...