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Effect on Water Resources from Upstream Water Diversion in the Ganges Basin

Interdisciplinary Sciences Research Center, Dep. of Chemistry and Physics, P.O. Box 4941, Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR 71611

View larger version (72K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Illustration of the common rivers of India and Bangladesh. The rivers having water diversion construction upon them are identified with small circles around them (Abbas, personal communication, 1992; Joint River Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh, personal communication, 1996; Sattar, 1996, p. 55–57; India Drainage, Calcutta, personal communication, 1996)

View larger version (45K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Illustration of the project site showing courses of the Ganges and the Baral and Musa Khan distributaries

View larger version (34K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Illustration of the monthly average flow rate of the Ganges for the years 1850, 1900, and 1980 at the Farakka point, and for 1963 and 1993 at the Hardinge Bridge point

View larger version (36K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. A comparison of the pre-Farakka discharges in the Ganges recorded at the Farakka point in India and Hardinge Bridge point in Bangladesh

View larger version (37K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Illustration of the average annual discharge rate of the Ganges through the Bangladesh delta (Hebblethwaite, 1997)

View larger version (145K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. A picture of the fissured Ganges bed (courtesy of Shakoor Majiid). Latent heat sources have been turned into sensible heat sources

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Fig. 7. A hydrograph for the Musa Khan for 1963

View larger version (60K): [in a new window]   Fig. 8. a. A comparison of the monsoon season water depths for ponds in pre- and post-dam days. b. A comparison of the dry season water depths for ponds in pre- and post-dam days

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Fig. 9. A change in the agricultural practices. The index along the y axis represents the percent of cultivated land used for a specific crop

View larger version (100K): [in a new window]   Fig. 10. Illustration of the arsenic-contaminated districts in Bangladesh and West Bengal along with the rivers having upstream water diversion projects (Abbas, personal communication, 1992; Joint River Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh, personal communication, 1996; Sattar, 1996, p. 55–57; India Drainage, Calcutta, personal communication, 1996; Bearak, 1998; Subramanian and Kosnett, 1998)