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Application of watershed-based tank system model for rainwater harvesting and irrigation in India

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posted on 2011-11-11, 14:08 authored by Mukund G. Shinde, S.D. Gorantiwar, Ian Smout
The SOFTANK model optimally designs the watershed-based tank system by simulating field, tank, and groundwater balances. We applied this model to a small watershed consisting of six tanks (small reservoirs) in the semiarid region of India. We evaluated the existing tank system in this watershed and compared it to a one-tank system. Results showed that one tank at the outlet of the watershed would have been more beneficial [with benefit-cost (BC) ratio of 1.80] than the existing six-tank system (with BC ratio of 1.71). Finally, we performed the analysis for obtaining the optimal tank system for the watershed, and we found that the tanks for irrigation purposes are not economical for the small watershed. The groundwater source was enough for irrigation, so any additional investment in the tanks would be uneconomical. The results demonstrate the importance of the watershed-based tank system approach to design.

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

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  • Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)

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SHINDE, M.G., GORANTIWAR, S.D. and SMOUT, I.K., 2011. Application of watershed-based tank system model for rainwater harvesting and irrigation in India. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 137 (10), pp. 659-667

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© American Society of Civil Engineers

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2011

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This article was published in the serial, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering [© American Society of Civil Engineers ]. The definitive version is available at: http://ascelibrary.org/iro/resource/1/jidedh/v137/i10/p659_s1?isAuthorized=no

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0733-9437

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  • en

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