Modeling water supply and demand scenarios: the Godavari-Krishna inter-basin transfer, India

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dc.creatorBharati, Luna
dc.creatorSmakhtin, Vladimir U.
dc.creatorAnand, B.K.
dc.date2009-03-01
dc.date2014-06-13T14:47:57Z
dc.date2014-06-13T14:47:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:43:48Z
dc.descriptionThe Government of India's National River-Linking Plan (NRLP) aims to alleviate emerging water scarcity problems by transferring water from well endowed to more deficient areas. This study evaluated the plausible future scenarios of water availability and use under conditions of various cropping patterns, and with the explicit inclusion (for the first time) of environmental water requirements for one of the links of the NRLP: from the Godavari River at Polavaram to the Krishna River at Vijayawada?the 'Polavaram Project'. The scenarios were evaluated using the WEAP (Water Evaluation and Planning) model. The study generates information for use in managing emerging trade-offs. The importance of explicit accounting for monthly variability in description of water supply and demand, in the monsoon-driven climate conditions of the region, is advocated. Such detailed scenario simulations and inclusion of previously unaccounted for factors/uses can help to create awareness of potential future problems, inform water management practices and suggest management alternatives. Results show that the proposed water storage and transfer will reduce water deficit within the project command area and significantly reduce dry slow river flow into the Lower Godavari Delta.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/40580
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163900
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIWA Publishing
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceBharati, Luna; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Anand, B. K. 2009. Modeling water supply and demand scenarios: the Godavari?Krishna inter-basin transfer, India. Water Policy, 11(Supplement 1):140-153. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2009.109
dc.subjectwater scarcity
dc.subjectwater demand
dc.subjectirrigation water
dc.subjectriver basin management
dc.subjectwater transfer
dc.subjectreservoirs
dc.subjectcanals
dc.subjecttanks
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectcrop management
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjectmodels
dc.titleModeling water supply and demand scenarios: the Godavari-Krishna inter-basin transfer, India
dc.typeJournal Article

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