The concept of ‘Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation’ (UTFI) is introduced as an approach for co-managing floods and droughts at the river basin scale. UTFI involves strategic recharge of aquifers upstream during periods of high flow, thereby preventing local and downstream flooding, and s...
Pavelic, Paul
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Brindha, Karthikeyan
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Gangopadhyay, Prasun K.
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Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
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Mishra, Atmaram
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Hanjra, Munir A.
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Reddy, R.V.
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Mishra, V.K.
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Verma, C.L.
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Kant, L.
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[Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin]
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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin
The concept of ‘Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation’ (UTFI) is introduced as an approach for co-managing floods and droughts at the river basin scale. UTFI involves strategic recharge of aquifers upstream during periods of high flow, thereby preventing local and downstream flooding, and s...
Pavelic, Paul
,
Brindha, Karthikeyan
,
Amarnath, Giriraj
,
Eriyagama, Nishadi
,
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
,
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
,
Gangopadhyay, Prasun K.
,
Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh
,
Mishra, Atmaram
,
Sharma, Bharat R.
,
Hanjra, Munir A.
,
Reddy, R.V.
,
Mishra, V.K.
,
Verma, C.L.
,
Kant, L.
,
[Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin]
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Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin
The Ganges basin faces considerable spatial and temporal imbalance between water demand and availability. Lack of water storage infrastructure has led to this mismatch, wherein there are limited options to store flood water during the wet season and limited groundwater and surface water resources...
Chinnasamy, Pennan
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Pavelic, Paul
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Lagudu, S.
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[Modeling the potential for floodwater recharge to offset groundwater depletion: a case study from the Ramganga basin, India]
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Modeling the potential for floodwater recharge to offset groundwater depletion: a case study from the Ramganga basin, India
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?
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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[Ganges water machine: one solution to basin water problems?]
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Ganges water machine: one solution to basin water problems?
Gunawardena, J.
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Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Fernando, M. J. J.
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Rathnayake, S.
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Rodrigo, T. M. A. S. K.
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Gunawardena, A.
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[Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015]
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Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Environment Management and Planning, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, 23-24 February 2015
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
In the Tana River Basin in Kenya, six Regional Circulation Models (RCMs) simulating two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) (i.e., 4.5 and 8.5) were used as input to the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to determine the possible implications for the hydrology and water resourc...
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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[Understanding the impacts of climate change in the Tana River Basin, Kenya]
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Understanding the impacts of climate change in the Tana River Basin, Kenya
Selected rainfall characteristics derived by analyzing observed rainfall data in two Sri Lankan river basins (Malwathu Oya and Kalu Ganga) were compared with the perceptions of farmers. The rainfall characteristics used for this analysis are trends, onset and cessation dates, length of the growin...
Muthuwatta, Lal P.
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Perera, H.P.T.W.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Surangika, Upamali K.B.N.
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Premachandra, W.W.
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[Trend and variability of rainfall in two river basins in Sri Lanka: an analysis of meteorological data and farmers’ perceptions]
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Trend and variability of rainfall in two river basins in Sri Lanka: an analysis of meteorological data and farmers’ perceptions