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07 Jul 2016
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| 07 Jul 2016
The socioecohydrology of rainwater harvesting in India: understanding water storage and release dynamics across spatial scales
Kimberly J. Van Meter
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Michael Steiff
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Daniel L. McLaughlin
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
Nandita B. Basu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Although village-scale rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures have been used for millennia in India, many of these structures have fallen into disrepair due to increased dependence on groundwater. This dependence has contributed to declines in groundwater resources, and in turn to efforts to revive older RWH systems. In the present study, we use field data to quantify water fluxes in a cascade of irrigation tanks to better our understanding of the impact of RWH systems on the water balance in con
Although village-scale rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures have been used for millennia in...
