Water Scarcity and the Role of Storage in Development
Citation:
Keller, A.; Sakthivadivel, R.; Seckler, D. 2000. Water scarcity and the role of storage in development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: IWMI. v, 16p. (IWMI Research Report 39) doi: 10.3910/2009.046
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.
