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Impact of agricultural water management interventions on upstream–downstream trade-offs in the upper Cauvery catchment, southern India: a modelling study

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Title Impact of agricultural water management interventions on upstream–downstream trade-offs in the upper Cauvery catchment, southern India: a modelling study
 
Creator Wable, P. S.
Garg, K. K.
Nune, R.
Venkataradha, A.
Anantha K. H.
Srinivasan, V.
Ragab, R.
Rowan, J.
Keller, V.
Majumdar, P.
Rees, G.
Singh, R.
Dixit, S.
 
Subject water balance
 
Description The Cauvery basin in southern India is experiencing transboundary issues due to increasing water demand. This study analysed water balance components and the impact of agricultural water management (AWM) interventions in the upper Cauvery catchment of the Cauvery basin. Results showed that the study catchment receives an average of 1280 mm of annual rainfall. Of this, 29% (370 mm) flows downstream, 54% (700 mm) contributes to evapotranspiration (ET) and 17% (215 mm) contributes to groundwater recharge and surface storage. Rainfall varies from 700 to 5400 mm and the Western Ghats (mountain pass) are the main source of freshwater generation. The estimated ET in different catchments ranged from 500 to 900 mm per annum. An increase in the allocation of fresh water supplied by all three reservoirs (Hemavathi, Harangi and KRS) was observed in the canal command areas, from 1450 million cubic metres (MCM) yr‾¹ in 1971–1980 to 3800 MCM yr‾¹ in 2001–2010. AWM interventions harvested 140–160 MCM (13–20 mm) of surface runoff upstream of the upper Cauvery and reduced inflow into the Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir by 2–6%. The study findings are useful for designing and planning suitable water management interventions at basin scale.
 
Date 2022-04
2022-01-05T08:13:27Z
2022-01-05T08:13:27Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Wable, P. S.; Garg, K. K.; Nune, R.; Venkataradha, A.; Anantha K. H.; Srinivasan, V.; Ragab, R.; Rowan, J.; Keller, V.; Majumdar, P.; Rees, G.; Singh, R.; Dixit, S. 2021. Impact of agricultural water management interventions on upstream–downstream trade-offs in the upper Cauvery catchment, southern India: a modelling study. Irrigation and Drainage.2021:1–23. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2662
1531-0353
1531-0361
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117358
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ird.2662
https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2662
Land and Water Solutions
 
Language en
 
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Open Access
 
Format p. 472-494
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Source Irrigation and Drainage