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This paper provides an overview of policy responses to arsenic in groundwater in rural Bangladesh to assess their role and potential effectiveness in reducing exposure. With 97% of the country consuming groundwater for drinking, there is a continuing crisis of tens of millions of people exposed t...


Balasubramanya, SoumyaHorbulyk, Theodore M.[Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?]Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?
Shah, ManishaVerma, ShilpBharti[Reviving minor irrigation in Telangana: midterm assessment of Mission Kakatiya]Reviving minor irrigation in Telangana: midterm assessment of Mission Kakatiya

Storage of surface water is widely regarded as a form of insurance against rainfall variability. However, creation of surface storage often endanger the functions of natural ecosystems, and, in turn, ecosystem services that bene t humans. The issues of optimal size, placement and the number of re...


Eriyagama, NishadiSmakhtin, V.Udamulla, L.[Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management]Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management

Groundwater resources are vital for the well-being and livelihoods of most of the ten million people living in the Dry Zone of central Myanmar. Despite this importance, there is remarkably little known or documented on the nature, extent and use of these resources. This contribution has attempted...


Pavelic, PaulJohnston, Robyn M.McCartney, Matthew P.Lacombe, GuillaumeSenaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali[Groundwater resources in the dry zone of Myanmar: a review of current knowledge]Groundwater resources in the dry zone of Myanmar: a review of current knowledge
Gebregziabher, GebrehaweriaHaileslassie, AmareBiazin, B.Schmitter, PetraChali, A.Otoo, MiriamLefore, NicoleBarron, JennieTegegne, DesalegnDubale, T.[Solar-powered water pumping can boost smallholder income: a business model based on action research from LIVES [Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders] and Africa RISING [Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation] sites]Solar-powered water pumping can boost smallholder income: a business model based on action research from LIVES [Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders] and Africa RISING [Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation] sites

This report builds on prior work to provide a new, comprehensive, and balanced view of water security in Pakistan, stressing the importance of the diverse social, environmental, and economic outcomes from water. The report highlights the complex water issues that Pakistan must tackle to improve w...


Young, W.J.Anwar, ArifBhatti, TousifBorgomeo, EdoardoDavies, S.Garthwaite, W.R.Gilmont, M.Leb, C.Lytton, L.Makin, IanSaeed, B.[Pakistan: getting more from water]Pakistan: getting more from water
Anarbekov, OytureGaypnazarov, NorboyAkramov, IsomiddinGafurov, ZafarDjumaboev, KakhramonSolieva, UmidaKhodjaev, ShovkatYuldashev, TulkinAkramov, BekzodMurzaeva, Makhliyo[Assessment of the current situation of the Aksu River Basin in Kashkadarya Region: analytical report [in Russian]]Assessment of the current situation of the Aksu River Basin in Kashkadarya Region: analytical report [in Russian]
Seager, J.Bechtel, J.Bock, S.Dankelman, I.Fordham, M.Gabizon, S.Thuy Trang, N.Perch, L.Qayum, S.Roehr, U.Schoolmeester, T.Steinbach, R.Watts, M.Wendland, C.Aguilar, L.Álvarez, I.Araújo, K.Basnett, B.S.Bauer, J.Bowser, G.Caterbow, A.Corendea, C.Donners, A.Dutta, S.Halle, S.halainen, M.Ismawati, Y.Joshi, D.Kiwala, L.Kolbeinsdottir, L.Koppen, Barbara C.M. van[Global gender and environment outlook]Global gender and environment outlook

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.Muthuwatta, Lal P.Smakhtin, Vladimir U.Surinaidu, LaguduNatarajan, R.Chinnasamy, PennanKakumanu, Krishna ReddyPrathapar, Sanmugam A.Jain, S.K.Ghosh, N.C.Singh, S.Sharma, A.Jain, S.K.Kumar, S.Goel, M.K.[Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin]Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin

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