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, Soumya
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Horbulyk, Theodore M.
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[Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?]
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Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?
Groundwater recharge remains almost totally unknown across the Mekong River Basin, hindering the evaluation of groundwater potential for irrigation. A regional regression model was developed to map groundwater recharge across the Lower Mekong Basin where agricultural water demand is increasing, e...
Lacombe, Guillaume
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Vongphachanh, S.
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Pavelic, Paul
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[Regional assessment of groundwater recharge in the lower Mekong Basin]
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Regional assessment of groundwater recharge in the lower Mekong Basin
Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Kumar, D.S.
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[Drought proofing strategies by farmers in southern India]
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Drought proofing strategies by farmers in southern India
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 article explores the creation of new groundwater-based irrigation communities as a result of the internal colonisation projects of Franco’s government in the 1950s in La Mancha, Central Spain. The literature on Spain’s hydraulic mission has mainly focused on the use and mobilisation of large...
Closas, Alvar
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[Groundwater, the state, and the creation of irrigation communities in Llanos del Caudillo, Spain]
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Groundwater, the state, and the creation of irrigation communities in Llanos del Caudillo, Spain
The Nile Delta and its 2.27 million ha of irrigated land makes up two thirds of Egypt’s agricultural land. It is also the terminal part of a river basin that spans and feeds 11 countries. Increases in dam and irrigation development in upstream parts of the basin is poised to conflict with agricul...
Molle, Francois
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Gaafar, I.
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El-Agha, Doaa E.
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Rap, Edwin
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[The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management]
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The Nile Delta’s water and salt balances and implications for management
Laos has vast surface water resources. However, in areas located far away from surface water sources or those that are prone to surface water scarcity, groundwater is gaining recognition as a valuable source of water for agricultural development. Households in Ekxang village on the Vientiane Plai...
Clement, C.
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Vinckevleugel, J.
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Pavelic, Paul
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Xiong, K.
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Valee, L.
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Sotoukee, T.
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Shivakoti, B. R.
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Vongsathien, K.
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[Community-managed groundwater irrigation on the Vientiane Plain of Lao PDR: planning, implementation and findings from a pilot trial]
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Community-managed groundwater irrigation on the Vientiane Plain of Lao PDR: planning, implementation and findings from a pilot trial
Using groundwater for agricultural production has the potential to build resilience in food insecure regions of the world. Use of groundwater can boost agricultural production, improve rural incomes and strengthen farmers’ ability to withstand climate shocks and water variability. However, for gr...
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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[Building resilience through sustainable groundwater use]
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Building resilience through sustainable groundwater use
Bharati, Luna
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods]
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The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods