Water scarcity and the role of storage in development

Andrew Keller, Ramasamy Sakthivadivel and David Seckler

No 44575, IWMI Research Reports from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Of the four major ways of storing water -in the soil profile, in underground aquifers, in small reservoirs, and in large reservoirs behind dams-the first is possible only for relatively short periods of time. In this paper, the authors concentrate on the three kinds of long-term technologies, and compare the hydrological, operational, economic and environmental aspects of each.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: v, 16p.
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.44575

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