GROUNDWATER GOVERNANCE IN THE INDO-GANGETIC AND YELLOW RIVER BASINS REALITIES AND CHALLENGES SELECTED PAPERS ON HYDROGEOLOGY 15 Series Editor: Dr Nick S. Robins Editor-in-Chief IAH Book Series British Geological Survey Wallingford, UK INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROGEOLOGISTS Groundwater Governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins Realities and Challenges Editors Aditi Mukherji International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka Karen G. Villholth Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark Bharat R. Sharma International Water Management Institute, New Delhi, India Jinxia Wang Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China CRC Press/Balkema is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK Typeset by Vikatan Publishing Solutions (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall All rights reserved. No part of this publication or the information contained herein may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written prior permission from the publisher. Although all care is taken to ensure integrity and the quality of this publication and the information herein, no responsibility is assumed by the publishers nor the author’s for any damage to the property or persons as a result of operation or use of this publication and/or the information contained herein. Published by: CRC Press/Balkema P.O. Box 447, 2300 AK Leiden, The Netherlands e-mail:
[email protected] www.crcpress.com – www.taylorandfrancis.co.uk – www.balkema.nl Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Groundwater governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow river basins : realities and challenges / Aditi Mukherji, Karen G. Villholth, Bharat R. Sharma, editors. p. cm. -- (Selected papers on hydrogeology, v.15) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-415-46580-9 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-203-87447-9 (e-book) 1. Hydrogeology -- Indus River Region. 2. Hydrogeology -- Ganges River Region (India and Bangladesh) 3. Hydrogeology -- China -- Yellow River Region. 4. Groundwater -- Indus River Region -- Management. 5. Groundwater -- Ganges River Region (India and Bangladesh) -- Management. 6. Groundwater -- China -- Yellow River Region -Management. 7. Crops -- Water requirements -- Indus River Region. 8. Crops -- Water requirements -- Ganges River Region (India and Bangladesh) 9. Crops -- Water requirements -- China -- Yellow River Region. I. Mukherji, Aditi. II. Villholth, Karen G. III. Sharma, Bharat Raj, 1943- IV. Title. V. Series. GB1140.I53G76 2009 333.91’3095--dc22 2009004229 ISBN: 978-0-415-46580-9 (Hbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-87447-9 (eBook) Table of contents Preface VII Foreword IX Acknowledgements XI About the editors XIII Introduction XV Glossary of non-English words XIX Introduction Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. The role of groundwater in agriculture, livelihoods, and rural poverty alleviation in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins: A review K.G. Villholth, A. Mukherji, B.R. Sharma & J. Wang Towards better management of groundwater resources—lessons from an integrated capacity building project in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins K.G. Villholth A comparative analysis of the hydrogeology of the Indus-Gangetic and Yellow River basins S.K. Jain, B.R. Sharma, A. Zahid, M. Jin, J.L. Shresh