Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin
Title | Reviving the Ganges water machine: potential and challenges to meet increasing water demand in the Ganges River Basin PDF eBook |
Author | Amarasinghe, Upali A. |
Publisher | IWMI |
Total Pages | 46 |
Release | 2016-12-05 |
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ISBN | 9290908424 |
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 challenges will depend on how people manage the basin’s groundwater resources, on which the reliance will increase further due to limited prospects for additional surface storage development. This report assesses the potential of the Ganges Water Machine (GWM), a concept proposed 40 years ago, to meet the increasing water demand through groundwater, and mitigate the impacts of floods and droughts. The GWM provides additional subsurface storage (SSS) through the accelerated use of groundwater prior to the onset of the monsoon season, and subsequent recharging of this SSS through monsoon surface runoff. It was identified that there is potential to enhance SSS through managed aquifer recharge during the monsoon season, and to use solar energy for groundwater pumping, which is financially more viable than using diesel as practiced in many areas at present. The report further explores the limitations associated with water quality issues for pumping and recharge in the GRB, and discusses other related challenges, including availability of land for recharge structures and people’s willingness to increase the cropping intensity beyond the present level.
Review of climate change science, knowledge and impacts on water resources in South Asia
Title | Review of climate change science, knowledge and impacts on water resources in South Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Lacombe, Guillaume |
Publisher | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
Total Pages | 77 |
Release | 2019-05-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9290908661 |
Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI)
Title | Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation (UTFI) PDF eBook |
Author | Alam, Mohammad Faiz |
Publisher | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
Total Pages | 62 |
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Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9290908998 |
Climate-resilient water management
Title | Climate-resilient water management PDF eBook |
Author | James, A. J. |
Publisher | IWMI |
Total Pages | 32 |
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Genre | Nature |
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ACT (Action on Climate Today) is an initiative funded with UK aid from the UK government and managed by Oxford Policy Management. ACT brings together two UK Department for International Development programmes: the Climate Proofing Growth and Development programme and the Climate Change Innovation Programme
Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change
Title | Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change PDF eBook |
Author | Seo, S. N. |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | 457 |
Release | 2022-08-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 180088074X |
Situating a comprehensive microbehavioral analysis of the economics of climate change within a discussion of the most pressing global climate change issues and policy negotiations, the Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Climate Change is a timely collection of new research on the behaviors of economic agents that are essential to an exposition of climate change economics and policy making.
A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa
Title | A hybrid approach to decolonize formal water law in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | van Koppen, Barbara |
Publisher | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
Total Pages | 50 |
Release | 2018-12-11 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 929090870X |
Storing water
Title | Storing water PDF eBook |
Author | Yu, W. |
Publisher | Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP) Colombo, Sri Lanka; International Water Management Institute (IWMI). |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2021-02-23 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
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