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
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
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
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.