Renovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai

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dc.creatorOkwany, Romulus O.
dc.creatorPrathapar, Sanmugam A.
dc.creatorBastakoti, Ram C.
dc.date2017
dc.date2018-10-11T04:21:45Z
dc.date2018-10-11T04:21:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:42:26Z
dc.descriptionGroundwater has been noted as a major resource for irrigation water in Nepal Terai. The development of different methods of groundwater withdrawal has been promoted in Rupandehi District. Open dug wells were a major source for domestic water use in the 1980s due to cost and ease of construction. But in later years, the promotion of tube wells, access to diesel pump sets, low yield and the deterioration of water quality from the open dug wells have caused a decline in usage and their abandonment in favor of shallow tube wells. This study was conducted in Mahuwari Village, Rupandehi District to assess the feasibility for the rehabilitation of abandoned open dug wells by reassessing access to irrigation water during the dry season, in areas with limited conductivity of aquifer hydrogeology. The yields of the wells were observed to be too low for large-scale irrigation, especially with the rice paddy cropping system. An assessment of well storage and recharge patterns offer an opportunity for off-season supplementary irrigation of home gardens for establishing vegetables and seedlings, with good water management practices. The potential yield of the open dug wells at the peak of the dry season was 4 m3 day-1 (0.44 mm-ha), suficient to irrigate 0.12 ha of a tomato ield, satisfying 25% of a currently fallowed field for home gardening.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97632
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163257
dc.languageen
dc.publisherOMICS Publishing Group
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceOkwany, Romulus; Prathapar, Sanmugam; Bastakoti, Ram C. 2017. Renovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai. Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering, 6(3):1-7. doi: 10.4172/2168-9768.1000191
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectgroundwater development
dc.subjectirrigation water
dc.subjectdomestic water
dc.subjectwater use
dc.subjectwater levels
dc.subjectwater requirements
dc.subjectwell construction
dc.subjecttube wells
dc.subjectdomestic gardens
dc.subjecthydraulic conductivity
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectpumping
dc.subjectaquifers
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectcropping patterns
dc.titleRenovating open shallow dug wells for off-season home gardening in Nepal Terai
dc.typeJournal Article

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