Title: Developing Village-Level Water Management Plans Against Extreme Climatic Events in Maharashtra (India)—A Case Study Approach
Abstract: Remote[aut]Srivastava, Aman villages[aut]Chinnasamy, Pennan of the Sahyadri region in the Maharashtra state of India are witnessing waterWater scarcity scarcityScarcity issues regarding drinking and irrigation. Issues are deepened by the limited surface waterSurface water storageStorage capacities against high rainfall, mismanagement of available water resourcesWater resources, and inadequate groundwaterGroundwater potential to support primary livelihood prospects in the villages. To combat this, the study developed village-level waterWater management managementManagement plans against extreme climatic eventsExtreme climatic events with a case study approach in semi-arid villages of Nashik district in Maharashtra state of India. HydrologicalHydrological components were scientifically investigated over the five land-use classifications viz., agricultureAgriculture (having 78% land area), hills (16%), water bodies (3%), built-up (1.5%), and forest (1.5%). Results indicated a sharp decline in water availability across check dams from the South-West monsoon season (storageStorage volume attaining 567.2 thousand cubic meters (TCM) between June and September) to the following summer (0.2 TCM between March and May). Despite receiving high rainfall, (~2000 mm annually), waterWater scarcity scarcityScarcity issues persisted accounting for outflows (in terms of evaporation, evapotranspiration, and surface runoff) as high as 94% during South-West monsoon to 64% during post-monsoon. Consequently, events of flash floodsFloods remained rampant during the South-West monsoon followed by hydrologicalHydrological droughtDrought (from January to May). The study concluded that preparing seasonal water budget projections could better examine the temporal variations of the various hydrologicalHydrological components, surface waterSurface water storageStorage capacities, and waterWater management managementManagement provisions. Such strategies may increase awareness among land and water resourceWater resources managers, policy-makers, and politicians to formulate region-specific waterWater management managementManagement and security plans.
Publication Year: 2021
Publication Date: 2021-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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