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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.
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
Online Access:	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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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

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

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