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Mitigating Floods for Managing Droughts through Aquifer Storage: An Examination of Two Complementary Approaches

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dc.contributor.authorPavelic, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-27T19:26:35Z
dc.date.available2020-01-27T19:26:35Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description.abstractInterventions that are robust, cost effective, and scalable are in critical demand throughout South Asia to offset growing water scarcity and avert increasingly frequent water-related disasters. This case study presents two complementary forms of intervention that transform water hazards (floodwater) into a resource (groundwater) to boost agricultural productivity and enhance livelihoods. The first intervention, holiya, is simple and operated by individual farmers at the plot/farm scale to control local flooding in semiarid climates. The second is the underground transfer of floods for irrigation (UTFI) and operates at the village scale to offset seasonal floods from upstream in humid climates. Rapid assessments indicate that holiyas have been established at more than 300 sites across two districts in North Gujarat since the 1990s, extending the crop growing season and improving water quality. UTFI knowledge and experience has grown rapidly since implementation of a pilot trial in western Uttar Pradesh in 2015 and is now embedded within government programs with commitments for modest scaling up. Both approaches can help farmers redress the multiple impacts associated with floods, droughts, and groundwater overexploitation at a range of scales from farm plot to the river basin. The potential for wider uptake across South Asia depends on setting up demonstration sites beyond India and overcoming gaps in technical knowledge and institutional capacity.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/145301579805233641/Mitigating-Floods-for-Managing-Droughts-through-Aquifer-Storage-An-Examination-of-Two-ComplementaryApproaches
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/33244
dc.identifier.govdocW19071
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33244
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWater Knowledge Note;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectAQUIFER
dc.subjectWATER SCARCITY
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.titleMitigating Floods for Managing Droughts through Aquifer Storageen
dc.title.subtitleAn Examination of Two Complementary Approachesen
dc.typeBriefen
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dc.typeResumenes
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okr.crossref.titleMitigating Floods for Managing Droughts through Aquifer Storage: An Examination of Two Complementary Approaches
okr.date.disclosure2020-01-23
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/145301579805233641/Mitigating-Floods-for-Managing-Droughts-through-Aquifer-Storage-An-Examination-of-Two-ComplementaryApproaches
okr.guid145301579805233641
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/33244
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08752c3cb_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum31720660
okr.identifier.report145391
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/145301579805233641/pdf/Mitigating-Floods-for-Managing-Droughts-through-Aquifer-Storage-An-Examination-of-Two-ComplementaryApproaches.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.region.countryBhutan
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.region.geographicalSouth Asia
okr.sectorWater, Sanitation and Waste Management
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management :: Water resource management
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage
okr.topicWater Resources::Drought Management
okr.topicWater Resources::Flood Control
okr.topicWater Resources::Groundwater
okr.topicWater Resources::Irrigation and Drainage
okr.unitWater South Asia Region (SSAW1)
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