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River linking in India: Downstream impacts on water discharge and suspended sediment transport to deltas

Stephanie A. Higgins, Irina Overeem, Kimberly G. Rogers, Evan A. Kalina
Journal: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene (2018) 6: 20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.269
Published: 28 February 2018
...Stephanie A. Higgins; Irina Overeem; Kimberly G. Rogers; Evan A. Kalina; Oliver Chadwick; Paola Passalacqua To expand agricultural production and address water scarcity, India is moving forward with the National River Linking Project (NRLP), which will connect 44 rivers via 9,600 km of canals. Here...
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Water depletion: An improved metric for incorporating seasonal and dry-year water scarcity into water risk assessments

Kate A. Brauman, Brian D. Richter, Sandra Postel, Marcus Malsy, Martina Flörke
Journal: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene (2016) 4: 000083.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000083
Published: 20 January 2016
...Kate A. Brauman; Brian D. Richter; Sandra Postel; Marcus Malsy; Martina Flörke; Joel D. Blum We present an improved water-scarcity metric we call water depletion, calculated as the fraction of renewable water consumptively used for human activities. We employ new data from the WaterGAP3 integrated...
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