Closing of the Krishna Basin: Irrigation, Streamflow Depletion and Macroscale Hydrology

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3678
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Biggs, Trent W.; Gaur, Anju; Scott, Christopher; Thenkabail, Prasad; Gangadhara Rao, Parthasaradhi; Gumma, Murali Krishna; Acharya, Sreedhar; Turral, Hugh
Date:	2007
Agency:	International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Research Reports, no. 111
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3678
Sector:	Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	river basins wetlands water management irrigation water resources environmental change water quality
Abstract:	"Discharge from the Krishna River into the ocean decreased by 75 percent from 1960-2005, and was zero during a recent multi-year drought. This paper describes the physical geography and hydrology of the Krishna Basin, including runoff production and a basic water account based on hydronomic zones. More than 50 percent of the basin's irrigated area is groundwater irrigation, which is not currently included in inter-state allocation rules. Future water allocation will require inclusion of the interactions among all irrigated areas, including those irrigated by groundwater and surface water."

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