Quantitative assessment of water-balance components is essential for effective watershed planning and sustainable water-resources management. However, continuous observations of runoff, soil moisture, groundwater recharge, and evapotranspiration are often unavailable in data-scar...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2026/v16i85605
The 761.2 acres of the Yarehalli micro-watershed in the Channagiri taluk of the Davanagere district served as the study's site. In 2017 the rainfall recorded was 931.8 mm of total rainfall, of which kharif rainfall made up 60.2%, rabi rainfall 20.1%, and summer rainfall 19.6%. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i232492
Plans for land and water management in the Tumkur district of Karnataka's Halayapura micro-watershed were created using geospatial tools. The examination of morphological traits in a micro-watershed employed Arc GIS software. According to the current study, the drainage system ha...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2022/v41i363965
Dryland ecosystems are highly susceptible to water and wind erosion due to the lack of vegetation on the soil surface. Plant and residue cover act as a protective shield, slowing down runoff and allowing water to infiltrate. The right crop selection, considering rainfall intensit...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i104520
The study was conducted to analyze the impact of different seasons and sources of rainwater (rooftop runoff and runoff plots) used in recharging borewells on chemical properties of groundwater. There were nine borewells considered for the study, among them five borewells are rech...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i1030492
The study was conducted to analyze the effect of recharging the borewells through rooftop rainwater and runoff water harvesting from open fields during the year 2020-21. Nine borewells were chosen for the study, with seven borewells using various recharge strategies and two borew...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i830461
This study presents a detailed water resource budgeting analysis for the Narayanpur Left Bank Canal (NLBC) command area of the Upper Krishna Project, covering the years 2013–14 to 2023–24. Using the approach of natural resource economics, the study looks at how water, a limited a...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i95025