Groundwater provides nearly 100 % of the water supplies in some districts of Sri Lanka and is a major source of domestic water in all other districts. However, the resource remains largely neglected and invisible to society and policymakers. Groundwater offers the advantage of being a more reliab...
Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Pathmarajah, S.
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Makin, Ian W.
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[Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka]
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Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka
Irrigation development is a policy priority for the Laka Tana basin. However available baseflow can irrigate less than 3% of area. The irrigated area can be increased from water stored in constructed reservoirs, pumping water from Lake Tana and by using groundwater. While groundwater has the grea...
Yiak, D. L.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Nakawuka, Prossie
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Groundwater recharge of Robit - Bata Experimental Watershed, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only]]
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Groundwater recharge of Robit - Bata Experimental Watershed, Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia [Abstract only]
Gully erosion in the humid Ethiopian highlands intensified in recent decades. The study was conducted in the Birr watershed located south west of Bahir Dar the capital of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. We studied 14 gullies having similar morphology at three sub watersheds. The watershed covers...
Addisie, Meseret B.
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Ayele, Getaneh K.
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Gessesse, A. A.
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Tilahun, Seifu A.
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Zegeye, Assefa D.
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Moges, M.
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Schmitter, Petra S.
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Langendoen, E. J.
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Steenhuis, Tammo S.
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[Reducing surface and subsurface water flow effect on gullies through low cost measures [Abstract only]]
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Reducing surface and subsurface water flow effect on gullies through low cost measures [Abstract only]
Groundwater pumping for irrigation has exploded across India since the 1970’s largely due to a proliferation of cheap pump sets and highly subsidized energy. In much of Western and peninsular India, aquifers have been overexploited with substantial decreases in water tables leading to even higher...
West Bengal is currently implementing new policies facilitating the access to electrified irrigation for farmers and expects to initiate a second Green Revolution. Based on primary data, this paper aims to estimate the potential impact of these electrification policies. Using a discontinuity desi...
Buisson, Marie-Charlotte
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[What does pump sets electrification change? impacts on cropping patterns, productivity and incomes in West Bengal]
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What does pump sets electrification change? impacts on cropping patterns, productivity and incomes in West Bengal
Because of the logics of both colonization or de-colonization, the need to counter the anarchy of groundwater use, or the dissemination of global 'best practices' of IWRM, states have often assumed full ownership or custody of groundwater. Regulating groundwater use includes giving drilling and a...
Molle, Francois
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Closas, Alvar
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[State regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?]
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State regulations in groundwater management: they bark but do they bite?
Energy efficient wastewater treatment systems are the current environmental concerns which prompted for the applications of natural wetlands as efficient systems at urban areas. However, a detailed investigation is highly desired to determine the efficiency determining factors relevant to structu...
Sonkamble, S.
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Wajihuddin, M.
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Ahmed, S.
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Jampani, M.
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.
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[Natural wetlands as energy efficient wastewater treatment systems: a pilot study from Hyderabad, India]
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Natural wetlands as energy efficient wastewater treatment systems: a pilot study from Hyderabad, India
This study was conducted in two Indian states of Punjab (in the north) and Karnataka (in the south). An analysis of long term trends in groundwater development and agricultural growth in Karnataka shows two things. First, the growth in irrigation was largely contributed by expansion of groundwate...
Mukherji, Aditi
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[Innovations in managing the agriculture, energy and groundwater nexus: evidence from two states in India.]
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Innovations in managing the agriculture, energy and groundwater nexus: evidence from two states in India.
Reddy, V. R.
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Rout, S. K.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Underground taming of floods in the Ganges basin: technologies, institutions and policies]
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Underground taming of floods in the Ganges basin: technologies, institutions and policies
Since the 1980s, along with many other countries, Sri Lanka rapidly embraced groundwater irrigation. At the same time, the government, externally funded projects and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) made bold efforts to promote water-saving technologies, such as drip and sprinkler irrigation ...
Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Pathmarajah, S.
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[Drivers of the adoption of farmer-innovated sprinkler irrigation systems: evidence from Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka]
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Drivers of the adoption of farmer-innovated sprinkler irrigation systems: evidence from Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka