Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water

The most difficult water resources management challenge in the Ganges Basin is the imbalance between water demand and seasonal availability. More than 80 % of the annual flow in the Ganges River occurs during the 4-month monsoon, resulting in widespread flooding. During the rest of the year, irrigat...

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Main Authors:	Khan, Mahfuzur R., Voss, Clifford I., Yu, Winston, Michael, Holly A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Springer 2016
Subjects:	FLOODING DEEP WELLS RIVER ECOSYSTEMS GROUNDWATER STORAGE CALIBRATION HYDROGEOLOGY FLOW CANAL WATER DAMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PUMPS WATER CRISIS BANK FILTRATION RIVER FLOW AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AQUIFER WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE RIVER BASINS DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS LEAKAGE RATE SURFACE WATER GLOBAL WATER CRISIS FLOOD MANAGEMENT CHANNELS DAM CONSTRUCTION WATER TOWERS WATER TABLE GROUNDWATER PUMPING WATER RESOURCES WATER PUMPING WATER STORAGE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER MANAGEMENT SEEPAGE CONDUCTIVITY FLOODS BASINS SEDIMENTS CONSTRUCTION WATER USE WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RAINFALL SCIENCES POLLUTION WATER USE PATTERNS WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION AQUIFERS IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS CHEMISTRY ANNUAL RAINFALL RUNOFF SUBSURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PERMEABILITY INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL PUMPING RATES BASIN WATER TABLES LEAKAGE SPECIFIC YIELD ECOSYSTEM UNSATURATED ZONE SUB-BASIN SUBSIDENCE GROUNDWATER USE WATER RESERVOIRS CLIMATE CHANGE CANAL SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM USERS DIVERSION RIVER BASIN LOWER WATER TABLE CONJUNCTIVE USE WATER DEMAND WATER TABLE DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER POLICY SURFACE SEDIMENTS CANALS PUMPING RATE CATCHMENT DRY SEASON RIVERS INTENSIVE GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION RECHARGE STRATIFICATION RIVER CONDITIONS GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION WELLS DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY WATER AVAILABILITY ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PUMPING SALINITY WATER NEEDS ENGINEERING MANGROVE IRRIGATION NITROGEN GROUNDWATER RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION WATER USERS WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM CONSERVATION IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY WATER LOSS WATER CHEMISTRY WATERS PUMPING WELLS TUBE WELLS AVAILABLE WATER
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spelling	okr-10986-240932021-04-23T14:04:19Z Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water Khan, Mahfuzur R. Voss, Clifford I. Yu, Winston Michael, Holly A. FLOODING DEEP WELLS RIVER ECOSYSTEMS GROUNDWATER STORAGE CALIBRATION HYDROGEOLOGY FLOW CANAL WATER DAMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PUMPS WATER CRISIS BANK FILTRATION RIVER FLOW AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AQUIFER WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE RIVER BASINS DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS LEAKAGE RATE SURFACE WATER GLOBAL WATER CRISIS FLOOD MANAGEMENT CHANNELS DAM CONSTRUCTION WATER TOWERS WATER TABLE GROUNDWATER PUMPING WATER RESOURCES WATER PUMPING WATER STORAGE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER MANAGEMENT SEEPAGE CONDUCTIVITY FLOODS BASINS SEDIMENTS CONSTRUCTION WATER USE WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RAINFALL SCIENCES POLLUTION WATER USE PATTERNS WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION AQUIFERS IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS CHEMISTRY ANNUAL RAINFALL RUNOFF SUBSURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PERMEABILITY INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL PUMPING RATES BASIN WATER TABLES LEAKAGE SPECIFIC YIELD ECOSYSTEM UNSATURATED ZONE SUB-BASIN SUBSIDENCE GROUNDWATER USE WATER RESERVOIRS CLIMATE CHANGE CANAL SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM USERS DIVERSION RIVER BASIN LOWER WATER TABLE CONJUNCTIVE USE WATER DEMAND WATER TABLE DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER POLICY SURFACE SEDIMENTS CANALS PUMPING RATE CATCHMENT DRY SEASON RIVERS INTENSIVE GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION RECHARGE STRATIFICATION RIVER CONDITIONS GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION WELLS DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY WATER AVAILABILITY ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PUMPING SALINITY WATER NEEDS ENGINEERING MANGROVE IRRIGATION NITROGEN GROUNDWATER RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION WATER USERS WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM CONSERVATION IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY WATER LOSS WATER CHEMISTRY WATERS PUMPING WELLS TUBE WELLS AVAILABLE WATER The most difficult water resources management challenge in the Ganges Basin is the imbalance between water demand and seasonal availability. More than 80 % of the annual flow in the Ganges River occurs during the 4-month monsoon, resulting in widespread flooding. During the rest of the year, irrigation, navigation, and ecosystems suffer because of water scarcity. Storage of monsoonal flow for utilization during the dry season is one approach to mitigating these problems. Three conjunctive use management strategies involving subsurface water storage are evaluated in this study: Ganges Water Machine (GWM), Pumping Along Canals (PAC), and Distributed Pumping and Recharge (DPR). Numerical models are used to determine the efficacy of these strategies. Results for the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) indicate that these strategies create seasonal subsurface storage from 6 to 37 % of the yearly average monsoonal flow in the Ganges exiting UP over the considered range of conditions. This has clear implications for flood reduction, and each strategy has the potential to provide irrigation water and to reduce soil waterlogging. However, GWM and PAC require significant public investment in infrastructure and management, as well as major shifts in existing water use practices; these also involve spatially-concentrated pumping, which may induce land subsidence. DPR also requires investment and management, but the distributed pumping is less costly and can be more easily implemented via adaptation of existing water use practices in the basin. 2016-04-19T20:57:05Z 2016-04-19T20:57:05Z 2014-03 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26044370/water-resources-management-ganges-basin-comparison-three-strategies-conjunctive-use-groundwater-surface-water Water Resources Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24093 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Springer Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article South Asia India
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topic	FLOODING DEEP WELLS RIVER ECOSYSTEMS GROUNDWATER STORAGE CALIBRATION HYDROGEOLOGY FLOW CANAL WATER DAMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PUMPS WATER CRISIS BANK FILTRATION RIVER FLOW AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AQUIFER WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE RIVER BASINS DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS LEAKAGE RATE SURFACE WATER GLOBAL WATER CRISIS FLOOD MANAGEMENT CHANNELS DAM CONSTRUCTION WATER TOWERS WATER TABLE GROUNDWATER PUMPING WATER RESOURCES WATER PUMPING WATER STORAGE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER MANAGEMENT SEEPAGE CONDUCTIVITY FLOODS BASINS SEDIMENTS CONSTRUCTION WATER USE WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RAINFALL SCIENCES POLLUTION WATER USE PATTERNS WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION AQUIFERS IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS CHEMISTRY ANNUAL RAINFALL RUNOFF SUBSURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PERMEABILITY INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL PUMPING RATES BASIN WATER TABLES LEAKAGE SPECIFIC YIELD ECOSYSTEM UNSATURATED ZONE SUB-BASIN SUBSIDENCE GROUNDWATER USE WATER RESERVOIRS CLIMATE CHANGE CANAL SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM USERS DIVERSION RIVER BASIN LOWER WATER TABLE CONJUNCTIVE USE WATER DEMAND WATER TABLE DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER POLICY SURFACE SEDIMENTS CANALS PUMPING RATE CATCHMENT DRY SEASON RIVERS INTENSIVE GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION RECHARGE STRATIFICATION RIVER CONDITIONS GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION WELLS DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY WATER AVAILABILITY ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PUMPING SALINITY WATER NEEDS ENGINEERING MANGROVE IRRIGATION NITROGEN GROUNDWATER RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION WATER USERS WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM CONSERVATION IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY WATER LOSS WATER CHEMISTRY WATERS PUMPING WELLS TUBE WELLS AVAILABLE WATER
spellingShingle	FLOODING DEEP WELLS RIVER ECOSYSTEMS GROUNDWATER STORAGE CALIBRATION HYDROGEOLOGY FLOW CANAL WATER DAMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PUMPS WATER CRISIS BANK FILTRATION RIVER FLOW AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AQUIFER WATER SUPPLY WATER RESOURCE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE RIVER BASINS DOMESTIC WATER RESERVOIRS LEAKAGE RATE SURFACE WATER GLOBAL WATER CRISIS FLOOD MANAGEMENT CHANNELS DAM CONSTRUCTION WATER TOWERS WATER TABLE GROUNDWATER PUMPING WATER RESOURCES WATER PUMPING WATER STORAGE ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER MANAGEMENT SEEPAGE CONDUCTIVITY FLOODS BASINS SEDIMENTS CONSTRUCTION WATER USE WATER MANAGING WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RAINFALL SCIENCES POLLUTION WATER USE PATTERNS WATER SCARCITY RESEARCH GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION AQUIFERS IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS CHEMISTRY ANNUAL RAINFALL RUNOFF SUBSURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PERMEABILITY INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL PUMPING RATES BASIN WATER TABLES LEAKAGE SPECIFIC YIELD ECOSYSTEM UNSATURATED ZONE SUB-BASIN SUBSIDENCE GROUNDWATER USE WATER RESERVOIRS CLIMATE CHANGE CANAL SYSTEMS DOWNSTREAM USERS DIVERSION RIVER BASIN LOWER WATER TABLE CONJUNCTIVE USE WATER DEMAND WATER TABLE DEPTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WATER POLICY SURFACE SEDIMENTS CANALS PUMPING RATE CATCHMENT DRY SEASON RIVERS INTENSIVE GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION RECHARGE STRATIFICATION RIVER CONDITIONS GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION WELLS DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY WATER AVAILABILITY ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE PUMPING SALINITY WATER NEEDS ENGINEERING MANGROVE IRRIGATION NITROGEN GROUNDWATER RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION WATER USERS WATER-SUPPLY SYSTEM CONSERVATION IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY WATER LOSS WATER CHEMISTRY WATERS PUMPING WELLS TUBE WELLS AVAILABLE WATER Khan, Mahfuzur R. Voss, Clifford I. Yu, Winston Michael, Holly A. Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
geographic_facet	South Asia India
description	The most difficult water resources management challenge in the Ganges Basin is the imbalance between water demand and seasonal availability. More than 80 % of the annual flow in the Ganges River occurs during the 4-month monsoon, resulting in widespread flooding. During the rest of the year, irrigation, navigation, and ecosystems suffer because of water scarcity. Storage of monsoonal flow for utilization during the dry season is one approach to mitigating these problems. Three conjunctive use management strategies involving subsurface water storage are evaluated in this study: Ganges Water Machine (GWM), Pumping Along Canals (PAC), and Distributed Pumping and Recharge (DPR). Numerical models are used to determine the efficacy of these strategies. Results for the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) indicate that these strategies create seasonal subsurface storage from 6 to 37 % of the yearly average monsoonal flow in the Ganges exiting UP over the considered range of conditions. This has clear implications for flood reduction, and each strategy has the potential to provide irrigation water and to reduce soil waterlogging. However, GWM and PAC require significant public investment in infrastructure and management, as well as major shifts in existing water use practices; these also involve spatially-concentrated pumping, which may induce land subsidence. DPR also requires investment and management, but the distributed pumping is less costly and can be more easily implemented via adaptation of existing water use practices in the basin.
format	Journal Article
author	Khan, Mahfuzur R. Voss, Clifford I. Yu, Winston Michael, Holly A.
author_facet	Khan, Mahfuzur R. Voss, Clifford I. Yu, Winston Michael, Holly A.
author_sort	Khan, Mahfuzur R.
title	Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
title_short	Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
title_full	Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
title_fullStr	Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
title_full_unstemmed	Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
title_sort	water resources management in the ganges basin : a comparison of three strategies for conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water
publisher	Springer
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26044370/water-resources-management-ganges-basin-comparison-three-strategies-conjunctive-use-groundwater-surface-water http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24093
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Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin : A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water

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