In Manipur (longitude 9303E to 9478E and latitude 2383N to 2586N), India, lentic water bodies have served for food, nutrition and environmental security since centuries. In a study conducted on few lentic water ...

Water scarcity and related issues have become the most severe restrictions to sustainable development of the world. These problems are particularly crucial to some developing countries or regions in arid and semiarid areas. ...

Lake Erhai is a freshwater lake nestled like a pearl on a plateau in the central part of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China. The Lake has a surface area of 250 km2, average depth ...

The Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) are home to nearly 150 million people and the largest storehouse of fresh water in the lower latitudes. These tallest mountains are the sources of the six of the major rivers of the World, ...

The rationalization of water use for irrigation can be achieved through the optimization of water distribution between irrigation districts and water users. One of the basic steps in the rationalization of water use for ...

Iran is placed among the dry region of the world and does not receive plenty of precipitation annually. The annual precipitation of about 413 bm3 is negligible as compare to its total geographical area (1648000 km2). ...

Nineteenth century urban water technology is no longer suitable for 21 St century cities. Increasingly large amounts of water to be imported from catchments located further and further away. Management of water and wastewater ...

An agricultural data base for the Ojos Negros valley, in Baja California, Mexico, 40 km east of Ensenada, has been developed. In the past 30 years, irrigated agricultural development based on the pumping of groundwater has ...

Hydrological characteristics of Guhiya basin, a typical drainage basin of arid zone of Rajasthan (India) and consists of various type of landform and landuse was studied during 1988-94. Temporal and spatial rainfall ...

Surface water logging over a depressed land of 1062 sq. km., - known by Mokama Group of Tals, in Central Bihar created every year from the accumulation of monsoon runoff, and its drainage problem are serious concern in ...