Sustainable Groundwater Irrigation : Approaches to Reconciling Demand with Resources

The aim of this paper is to provide a strategic overview of a decade of experience in supporting public administrations in their efforts to confront excessive groundwater resource exploitation for agricultural irrigation. Special emphasis is put on...

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Main Authors:	Garduño, Héctor, Foster, Stephen
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS ALTERNATIVE APPROACH ANNUAL RAINFALL AQUIFER DEPLETION AQUIFER MANAGEMENT AQUIFER RECHARGE AQUIFERS ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE BARREN LAND BASINS BORES BRACKISH WATER BUNDS CANAL IRRIGATION CATCHMENT CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACTION CONJUNCTIVE GROUNDWATER CONJUNCTIVE USE CONJUNCTIVE USE OF GROUNDWATER CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTIVE USE CROP CULTIVATION CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP IRRIGATION CROP PRODUCTION CROP YIELDS CULTIVATED AREA DEMAND FOR WATER DEPLETION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES DEWATERING DOMESTIC USE DOMESTIC WATER DRAINAGE DRAWDOWN DRINKING WATER DRIP IRRIGATION ELECTRICITY ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EVAPORATION FLOOD IRRIGATION FLUORIDE FRESHWATER GLACIERS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT GROUNDWATER EXPLOITATION GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION GROUNDWATER LEVEL GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER QUALITY GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SOURCES GROUNDWATER STOCKS GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS GROUNDWATER TABLE GROUNDWATER USE GROUNDWATER USERS GROUNDWATER¥TABLE HIGH LEVELS HYDRAULIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPERMEABLE BASE IMPOUNDMENT INFILTRATION IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION CANALS IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION USE IRRIGATION USER IRRIGATION USERS IRRIGATION WATER LAND DEGRADATION LAND SURFACE LEAKAGE LIFT PUMPS LIVESTOCK GRAZING LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION METERING MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL WATER NATURAL RECHARGE NUTRIENTS OVERPUMPING PESTICIDES POLLUTION PONDS PRECIPITATION PRESSURE PUBLIC WATER PUMPING PUMPS RAIN RAINFALL AREA REMOTE SENSING RESERVOIRS RESIDUES RICE PRODUCTION RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES SALINE WATER SAND AQUIFER SCREENS SEDIMENTATION SEDIMENTS SEEPAGE SOIL MOISTURE SOILS STABILIZATION SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS SUCTION PUMPS SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER RUNOFF THERMAL ENERGY VADOSE ZONE VEGETATION COVER VITICULTURE WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONSERVATION WATER DEMAND WATER DEMANDS WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER HARVESTING WATER LAW WATER NEEDS WATER REQUIREMENT WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SAVINGS WATER SERVICE WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER TABLES WATER USE WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS WATERSHED WELL YIELD WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/603961468331259686/Sustainable-groundwater-irrigation-approaches-to-reconciling-demand-with-resources http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27818