Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin
Study region: Nalanda district, Bihar, India, a sub-tropical region, and part of middle Ganga River basin. Study focus: Assessing the impacts of climate change on aquifers' seasonal replenishment is thus crucial for planning for future local food and water security. This study looks at how future gr...
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| author | Mizan, Syed Adil Sikka, Alok Chakraborty, Shreya Laing, Alison M. Urfels, Anton Krupnik, Timothy J. |
| author_browse | Chakraborty, Shreya Krupnik, Timothy J. Laing, Alison M. Mizan, Syed Adil Sikka, Alok Urfels, Anton |
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| description | Study region: Nalanda district, Bihar, India, a sub-tropical region, and part of middle Ganga River basin. Study focus: Assessing the impacts of climate change on aquifers' seasonal replenishment is thus crucial for planning for future local food and water security. This study looks at how future groundwater levels will be affected by climate change in relation to important functioning thresholds that are typical for aquifers that replenish periodically. New hydrological insights for the region The result shows the projected groundwater levels from 2018 to 2060 using the CMIP6 global climate model, using rainfall data from three GCMs selected based on their different projected scenarios of levels of high intensity rainfall. Given the key role of low intensity rainfall in groundwater recharge, we find that incorporating rainfall intensity in groundwater models can be crucial for more robust projections. Our findings also show that higher total rainfall does not necessarily equate to higher groundwater recharge or lesser groundwater declines. Instead, the least groundwater declines were found in projections, where relatively higher total rainfall was also associated with lower high intensity rainfall periods, highlighting the need for combining and comparing varied SSPs and climate models for accurate future trends. At the sub-regional level, we find that climate change could lead to maximum groundwater loss of ∼ 0.8 km3 in 42 years in Nalanda district. Current trend analysis (2000–2018) already shows a negative annual groundwater balance. Even assuming no changes to current groundwater extraction rates, climate change will result in decreased groundwater levels and storage. The projection trends also reveal distinct short-term, medium-term, and long-term shifts which offer different policy windows for managing and governing the groundwater resources. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1700152025-11-12T05:09:36Z Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin Mizan, Syed Adil Sikka, Alok Chakraborty, Shreya Laing, Alison M. Urfels, Anton Krupnik, Timothy J. groundwater modelling climate change rainfall water management policies Study region: Nalanda district, Bihar, India, a sub-tropical region, and part of middle Ganga River basin. Study focus: Assessing the impacts of climate change on aquifers' seasonal replenishment is thus crucial for planning for future local food and water security. This study looks at how future groundwater levels will be affected by climate change in relation to important functioning thresholds that are typical for aquifers that replenish periodically. New hydrological insights for the region The result shows the projected groundwater levels from 2018 to 2060 using the CMIP6 global climate model, using rainfall data from three GCMs selected based on their different projected scenarios of levels of high intensity rainfall. Given the key role of low intensity rainfall in groundwater recharge, we find that incorporating rainfall intensity in groundwater models can be crucial for more robust projections. Our findings also show that higher total rainfall does not necessarily equate to higher groundwater recharge or lesser groundwater declines. Instead, the least groundwater declines were found in projections, where relatively higher total rainfall was also associated with lower high intensity rainfall periods, highlighting the need for combining and comparing varied SSPs and climate models for accurate future trends. At the sub-regional level, we find that climate change could lead to maximum groundwater loss of ∼ 0.8 km3 in 42 years in Nalanda district. Current trend analysis (2000–2018) already shows a negative annual groundwater balance. Even assuming no changes to current groundwater extraction rates, climate change will result in decreased groundwater levels and storage. The projection trends also reveal distinct short-term, medium-term, and long-term shifts which offer different policy windows for managing and governing the groundwater resources. 2025-06 2025-01-26T22:05:29Z 2025-01-26T22:05:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170015 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Mizan, S. A., Sikka, A., Chakraborty, S., Laing, A. M., Urfels, A., & Krupnik, T. J. (2025) Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 59, 102315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102315 |
| spellingShingle | groundwater modelling climate change rainfall water management policies Mizan, Syed Adil Sikka, Alok Chakraborty, Shreya Laing, Alison M. Urfels, Anton Krupnik, Timothy J. Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin |
| title | Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin |
| title_full | Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin |
| title_fullStr | Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin |
| title_short | Modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning: a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub-regional level in the Ganges basin |
| title_sort | modelling groundwater futures under climatic uncertainty for local policy and planning a case of quantification of groundwater resources at sub regional level in the ganges basin |
| topic | groundwater modelling climate change rainfall water management policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170015 |
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