Over-extraction from shallow bedrock versus deep alluvial aquifers: Reliability versus sustainability considerations for India's groundwater irrigation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Fishman, Ram Mukul ^a   Siegfried, Tobias ^b   Raj, Pradeep ^c   Modi, Vijay ^d   Lall, Upmanu ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b HYDROSOLUTIONS LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Government of Andhra Pradesh   (India)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION COSTS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION; HARD-ROCK AQUIFERS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SHALLOW AQUIFERS; SIMPLE MODELING; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; BEDROCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPLOITATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HARD ROCK; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TABLE;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; TELANGANA;

EID: 84855424188     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010617     Document Type: Article

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