Upscaling Catchment Processes for Sustainable Water Management in Peninsular India

Lead Research Organisation: NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019)
Department Name: Water Resources (Wallingford)

Abstract

Economic development and population growth in Peninsular India have resulted in rapid changes to land-use, land-management and water demand which together are seriously impacting and degrading water resources. Urbanization, deforestation, agricultural intensification, shifts between irrigated agriculture and rain-fed crops, increased groundwater use, and the proliferation of small-scale surface water storage interventions, such as farm-level bunds (usually to conserve soil moisture in fields) and check-dams (to replenish local aquifers) all have contributed to significant changes in the hydrological functioning of catchments. The impact of such changes and interventions on local hydrological processes, such as streamflow, groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration, are poorly constrained, and our understanding of how these diverse local changes cumulatively impact water availability at the broader basin-scale is very limited. Focussing on the highly contentious inter-state Cauvery River basin (with an area of c.80,000 km2, the Cauvery is one of India's largest river basins) our study addresses the key scientific challenge of representing the many local, small-scale interventions in Peninsular India at larger scales. Using observations from established experimental catchments in both rural and urban settings, the project will first explore how changes in land-use, land-cover, irrigation practices and small-scale water management interventions locally affect hydrological processes. In tandem we will then develop novel upscaling methods to represent the improved process-understanding in models at the larger sub-basin (Kabini, ~10,000 km2) and basin (Cauvery) scales. In so doing, the project will demonstrate the capability to generically represent the cumulative impact of abundant small-scale changes in basin-wide integrated water resources management models. The impact of local-scale interventions will further be modelled alongside projections of population growth, climate- and land-use-change and water demand to assess future impacts on water security across the basin. Key stakeholders are involved throughout the different stages of the project to ensure that project outputs reflect their interests and concerns and provide useful input to their decision making.

Planned Impact

Our research tackles one of the most pressing natural resource issues in Peninsular India: how rapid economic development and population growth impacts water security through widespread changes in land-use, water management and water demand. Currently our understanding of the impact of such changes on hydrological processes is limited despite water degradation and depletion being a major issue in many Peninsular India. The Cauvery River Basin form the focus of our research. Shared between the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the river has long presented water management challenges at the local, regional and basin scale. Urbanization, deforestation, agricultural intensification and shift from rain fed crops to irrigated agriculture are all major influences in different parts of the Cauvery basin and small scale interventions such as the construction of farm-level bunds to conserve soil moisture continue to proliferate. Our research will take a multi-scale approach to understand the impact of anthropogenic changes in the hydrological system of Peninsular India.
The project will develop novel methods for upscaling the improved process understanding from rural and urban experimental catchments and will demonstrate the capability to assess the cumulative impact of abundant small scale changes across larger basins. Integrated process understanding will inform modelling from the field to basin scale to quantify interactions between different anthropogenic catchment modifications and their integrated impact on surface and groundwater resources at the basin scale.
There are a number of beneficiaries of the research:
Local water users. The field scale research of the impact of small scale interventions on the local hydrological conditions is of direct benefit to the farmers and communities using water and managing land. By building on ATREE's existing Water Literacy campaign we will ensure that the new knowledge and understanding is quickly and appropriately communicated. Within the urban environment of Bangalore we have support from both the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board and a local NGOs involved in water rejuvenation within the city. Both will directly benefit from the research by being given a better understanding of the feedbacks between groundwater, surface water and the built environment and forecasts of future trends.
Basin Authorities. A major outcome from this research is to upscale the key small scale processes to inform how the hydrological system functions at a basin scale. The beneficiaries from this research include the State Authorities such as the Cauvery River Authority and Karnatak Government's Watershed Development Department, both of which have offered support to our project.
National Institutes. At a national scale, a major impact from the project will be improved hydrological modelling frameworks for large-scale Indian catchments. Our project's whole systems approach will deliver methods which allow the representation of cumulative local scale interventions within larger catchment models. As such, the project outputs will be particularly useful to the Central Groundwater Board and the National Water Development Agency, both of whom have expressed their willingness to participate in the project.
Academic Community. The research will benefit researchers in hydrology, environmental modelling and the growing community investigating linkages between society and the water-food-energy nexus. It will provide an impetus and mechanism for increased India-UK academic collaboration, and benefit both communities through increased exchange. The research team has a strong international academic track record and are involved in academic and professional networks which will increase uptake of within the broader academic community, such as UNESCO supported networks GRAPHIC, G-WADI, HELP and the scientific communities of IAHS and IAH.

Publications

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Title Upscaling Catchment Processes in Peninsular India (UPSCAPE), interviewee: Dr Kaushal Garg, ICRISAT, Hyderabad 
Description Video interview & presentation describing outcomes of the UPSCAPE project 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2020 
Impact Video features as one of several "expert videos" on the India-UK Water Centre website, freely accessible to academics and water practitioners in both countries. A transcript of the interview is provided in Hindi to help broaden outreach. 
URL https://iukwc.org/kaushal-video
 
Description The UPSCAPE project set out to better understand the availability of water in the Cauvery Basin for the benefit of the people living in the basin. The aim of the research was to learn more about the factors that influence the supply and demand of water across the region, today, and in the future. There's long been an appreciation that water availability isn't determined by single factors such as climate, land use, population; instead, it's the combined effects that give a truer perspective. The project's key finding were that:

• Rural interventions, whilst altering hydrological behaviour locally, have limited effect on flows of the main Cauvery River at its outlet;
• Leakage from public water supply (PWS) and sewerage networks is the largest source of groundwater recharge in urban centres, cf. contribution from urban tanks
• GCM-based projections indicate that annual total water availability is likely to increase but with greater within-year variability, with increased flows in wet-season but reduced dry-season flows;
• Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) scenarios indicate future "sustainable" behaviours (SSP1) could help mitigate problems of water stress in the basin, whereas less sustainable (SSP3) would exacerbate these.
Exploitation Route The result from the combined endeavours of the UPSCAPE team is a deeper understanding of the individual factors that influence water availability. More importantly, the groundbreaking tools developed allow the scientific community to create new scenarios based on sound, empirical evidence. The desire of everyone involved in the project is to see the research used by the water management community to help shape future sustainable water strategies; strategies that we hope will see the daily challenges faced by the people of the Cauvery dramatically improved.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Energy

Environment

URL https://www.newton-bhabha-swr.org/upscape
 
Description The scientific evidence and research models generated by the UPSCAPE project have expanded our understanding of how water is distributed across the Cauvery Basin. The project has united different scientific specialisms which has given a more rounded perspective on the nature of the challenges faced. The collaborative approach has brought together experienced stakeholders and PhD students, who have gained practical and highly valued exposure to science in action. The result from the combined endeavours of the UPSCAPE team is a deeper understanding of the individual factors that influence water availability. More importantly, the groundbreaking tools developed allow the scientific community to create new scenarios based on sound, empirical evidence. The desire of everyone involved in the project is to see the research used by the water management community to help shape future sustainable water strategies; strategies that we hope will see the daily challenges faced by the people of the Cauvery dramatically improved.
First Year Of Impact 2019
Sector Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment
Impact Types Cultural

Policy & public services

 
Description Karnataka & Tamil Nadu State environmental & water authorities and academics - dialogue on outcomes of UPSCAPE and implications for water management
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact The dialogue (conducted over 2 separate end-of-project workshops in Bangalore and Chennai (October 2019)) identified key areas where investment is needed to address water management challenges in the Indian States of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Recommendations ranged from improved hydro-meteorological forecasting, to research on the effects of different land management practices and improved institutional arrangements and governance for the allocation of water resources and ecological protection.
 
Title Berambadi flux tower - dataset 2 
Description Two of two datasets of meteorological data from the Berambadi flux tower, jointly funded by UPSCAPE and INCOMPASS, lodged with the EIDC 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data are described in a peer review journal papers 
URL https://doi.org/10.5285/c5e72461-c61f-4800-8bbf-95c85f74c416
 
Title Berambadi flux tower data - dataset 1 
Description One of two datasets of meteorological data from the Berambadi flux tower, jointly funded by UPSCAPE and INCOMPASS, lodged with the EIDC 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data are described in a peer-review journal papers 
URL https://doi.org/10.5285/78c64025-1f8d-431c-bdeb-e69a5877d2ed
 
Title Simulated streamflow, demands and aquifer levels in the Cauvery Basin, India, 1986-2080 using the Global Water Availability Assessment Model (GWAVA) 
Description The data resource contains daily time-series of simulated streamflow, ground water levels and estimated demands, from humans, livestock, irrigation and industry, across the Cauvery Basin, India. The data were generated using the Global Water Availability Assessment (GWAVA) Model 5. A baseline of 1986-2005 is presented along with two future time slices (2041-2060 and 2061-2080) for these variables. The data were produced to help predict how rapid economic development and population growth in the region would impact on future water security. The data resource was produced by the data authors. The research was funded by NERC research grant NE/N016491/1 Upscaling Catchment Processes for Sustainable Water Management in Peninsular India 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The data were produced to help predict how rapid economic development and population growth in the region would impact on future water security. 
URL https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/522309f8-59b1-4982-85df-cb3171c2a062
 
Description CEH and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore sign a memorandum of understanding 
Organisation Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The two organisations will identify opportunities for development of collaborative research, exchange of research scientists, and joint staff and studentships.
Collaborator Contribution The two organisations will identify opportunities for development of collaborative research, exchange of research scientists, and joint staff and studentships.
Impact An initial project is for CEH scientists to work with an IISc team to monitor soil moisture at the IISc catchment near Mysore. CEH will supply a state-of-the-art Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Measuring Device, COSMOS and train IISc, staff and students on its use.
Start Year 2014
 
Description Collaboration with Ashoka Trust for Energy and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore in UPSCAPE 
Organisation Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Co-developed catchment- and basin-scale hydrological models for the Cauvery Basin and various urban & rural sub-basins
Collaborator Contribution Co-developed catchment- and basin-scale hydrological models for the Cauvery Basin and various urban & rural sub-basins; supported interpretation of results and messaging to basin stakeholders
Impact See associated RF entries
Start Year 2016
 
Description Collaboration with IISc Bangalore in UPSCAPE 
Organisation Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Co-developed catchment- and basin-scale hydrological models for the Cauvery Basin and various urban & rural sub-basins. Co-led the project.
Collaborator Contribution Co-developed catchment- and basin-scale hydrological models for the Cauvery Basin and various urban & rural sub-basins; supported interpretation of results and messaging to basin stakeholders. Co-led the project.
Impact See associated RF entries
Start Year 2016
 
Description Collaboration with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in UPSCAPE 
Organisation International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Country India 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Co-developed catchment- and basin-scale hydrological models for the Cauvery Basin. Supported capacity building in catchment scale hydrological modelling
Collaborator Contribution Co-developed catchment- and basin-scale hydrological models for the Cauvery Basin and various urban & rural sub-basins; supported interpretation of results and messaging to basin stakeholders. Conducted research into impact of agriculture practices on water use and demand in the Cauvery River basin.
Impact See associated Researchfish entries
Start Year 2016
 
Description UPSCAPE Upscaling Catchment Processes for Sustainable Water Management in Peninsular India: a project to be delivered by a consortium of UK and Indian scientists that comprises individuals and organisations having well-established tack records of working in Peninsular India. Our team includes experts from NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc), British Geological Survey (BGS), Ashoka Trust for Energy and the Environment (ATREE), the Univer 
Organisation Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution CEH co-leads with IISc this Newton-Bhabha fund project , which is jointly funded by NERC (UK) & MoES (India)
Collaborator Contribution See above entry
Impact None yet: project just started
Start Year 2016
 
Title GWAVA-GW 
Description Global Water Availability Assessment model (GWAVA) with specially developed improved groundwater representation (GWAVA-GW), first applied in the Cauvery River Basin, India, as part of UPSCAPE. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact Provides an ability to assess impacts of a myriad of small-scale water interventions (tube wells, boreholes, check-dams, field bunds, etc.) on runoff and river flows. 
 
Description "Reviving urban lakes" lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Veena Srinivasan (ATREE) gave a lecture on "Reviving Urban Lakes" as a part of the Groundwater Series at the Columbia Global Centres Conference in Mumbai, 4th October 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 'SUNRISE' flood and drought workshops in China and India 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Sustainable Use of Natural Resources to Improve Human Health and Support Economic Development.
SUNRISE flood and drought workshops where held in China and India.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sunrise
 
Description Final UPSCAPE Project Consortium Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Consortium meeting in March 2019 at IISc, Bangalore
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Final UPSCAPE UK team meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact UK team meeting in `June 2019 at UKCEH, Wallingford
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description First UPSCAPE Project Consortium Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Consortium meeting in October 2016 at IISc, Bangalore
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description First UPSCAPE UK team meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact UK team meeting in November 2017 at UKCEH, Wallingford
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description India-UK Water Centre webinar streamed from IIT-Kharagpur and coordinated by Ian Holman (SusHi-Wat), 21st May 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Virginie Keller explained how UPSCAPE had transformed from an identified "problem" in a river basin to conceptualising, constructing and evaluating a systems model representation that produces stakeholder-relevant outputs, together with the strengths and limitations of this approach
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Interview for national newspaper (India) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Sekhar Muddu (IISc) and Veena Srinivasan (ATREE) were interviewed for an article on "The precarious situation of India's water problem" in The Economic Times of India, 2nd April 2017.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Keynote presentation at Roorkee Water Conclave, 27 February 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Keynote talk to an audience of c.400 attending the Roorkee Water Conclave (to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of IIT-Roorkee). The talk described 25 years' collaboration between UKCEH & IIT-Roorkee (including activities funded by DFID,NC-ODA (SUNRISE), Newton-Bhabha (UPSCAPE), and GCRF) and considered prospects for future collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.iitr.ac.in/rwc2020/
 
Description Presentation at Large Rivers Conference, New Delhi, 19-21 April 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation of the aims, objectives and progress of UPSCAPE
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Press conference at conclusion of WALMI International Conference on Water Management & Climate Change, Dharwad, India, 25/1/23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Press conference with national media reporters in India who were interested in how India should address issues and challenges of future climate change and water scarcity.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://walmievents2023.in/conference-overview/
 
Description SWR cross-programme workshop on Impact Story-Telling (day 1) and Scenario Development and Application (day 2) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The second SWR cross-programme workshop was held in Dundee, UK on 1-2nd July 2019. The first day focused on impact story-telling, with a plan to develop an impact story for each project and for the overall SWR programme, to be launched at the 2019 Water Future conference in Bangalore. The second day considered scenario development and application, specifically tailoring the global SSPs to India and regions within India, to identify trends and approaches for future generations. The workshop was attended by 8 UK researchers from across the three SWR projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description SWR cross-programme workshop on Modelling & Scenario Development 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact The first SWR cross-programme workshop was held at ICRISAT, Hyderabad 18-20th September 2018 on the topic of Modelling & Scenario Development with the goal of understanding how the three projects address the SWR theme of "sustaining water resources for food, energy and ecosystem services" through whole systems modelling. The objectives of the workshop were to: (i) Increase awareness of different modelling approaches across SWR programme and better appreciate challenges in whole systems modelling; (ii) Explore use of different/common scenarios for climate, socio-economic and land use change across SWR programme; (iii) Agree best practice approaches to address science-policy interface; (iv) Develop a coordinated process to dissemination of project outputs that seeks to increase impact with different stakeholder groups; and (v) Discuss comparability of project insights across SWR programme and make recommendations for further SWR activity. The workshop was attended by 28 Indian and UK researchers from across the three SWR projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description SWR programme information flyer (English) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The SWR programme information flyer was produced by UKCEH
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.newton-bhabha-swr.org/news/swr-leaflet-available
 
Description Second UPSCAPE Project Consortium Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Consortium meeting in June 2017 at IISc, Bangalore
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Second UPSCAPE UK team meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact UK team meeting in November 2018 at UKCEH, Wallingford
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Ssession keynote presentation at WALMI International Conference on Water Management & Climate Change, Dharwad, India,24-25/1/23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on approaches to factor-in climate change into future water resources planning in India.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://walmievents2023.in/conference-overview/
 
Description Stakeholder engagement workshop & meeting in Tamil Nadu (Trichy and Chennai) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder consultation workshop and meeting with groups having interest in the management of water in Tamil Nadu
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Stakeholder engagement workshop in Karnataka (Bangalore) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder consultation workshop with groups having interest in the management of water in Karnataka
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Stakeholder engagement workshop in Karnataka (Bangalore) 19 April 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop reviewed socio-economic drivers of hydrological change (e.g. urbanisation, population, policy, technology, agriculture, industry/energy, environment), the overall trajectories of drivers, and the relationships between drivers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Stakeholder workshops in Tamil Nadu (Trichi and Chennai) 23-24 April 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The workshop reviewed socio-economic drivers of hydrological change (e.g. urbanisation, population, policy, technology, agriculture, industry/energy, environment), the overall trajectories of drivers, and the relationships between drivers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description SusHi-Wat meeting, Cambridge, UK, 3/10/17 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Presentation at meeting of one of the two other SWR projects, Sushi-Wat.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Sustaining Water Resources for Food Energy and Ecosystem Services - programme website 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The SWR Programme website is hosted by UKCEH
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017,2018,2019
URL https://www.newton-bhabha-swr.org/about
 
Description Sustaining Water Resources for Food, Energy and Ecosystem Services in India (SWR) virtual final review meeting Tuesday 24th November 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This videoconference event provided opportunity for PIs from the SWR programme to present their project's findings to officials from the government agencies who funded the programme, the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences and UKRI-NERC.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://nerc.ukri.org/research/funded/programmes/water-resources/
 
Description Sustaining Water Resources for Food, Energy and Ecosystem Services in India Webinar, Nov 25, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A webinar aimed at presenting findings and recommendations from the SWR programme to a wide range of interested stakeholder groups.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://nerc.ukri.org/research/funded/programmes/water-resources/
 
Description Third UPSCAPE Project Consortium Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Consortium meeting in April 2018 at IISc, Bangalore
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description UPSCAPE December 2017 Newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact December 2017 Newsletter (2/3)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/UPSCAPE_Newsletter_Dec2017.pdf
 
Description UPSCAPE December 2018 Newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact December 2018 Newsletter (3/3)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/UPSCAPE_Newsletter_Dec2018.pdf
 
Description UPSCAPE Indian team meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Indian team meeting in November 2017 at IISc, Bangalore
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description UPSCAPE June 2017 Newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact June 2017 Newsletter (1/3)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/UPSCAPE_Newsletter_June2017.pdf
 
Description UPSCAPE Stakeholder Consultation Workshop: Bangalore, 23 October 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder consultation workshop to present findings of UPSCAPE to an audience of c.30 practitioners, policy makers and academics from Karnataka, convened at IISc-Bangalore. The meeting discussed the policy implications of the findings and considered different management options to improve future water availability/security.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UPSCAPE Stakeholder Consultation Workshop: Chennai, 25 October 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder consultation workshop to present findings of UPSCAPE to an audience of c.40 practitioners, policy makers and academics from Tamil-Nadu, convened at IIT-Madras, Chennai. The meeting discussed the policy implications of the findings and considered different management options to improve future water availability/security.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UPSCAPE facebook site 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact University of Dundee ran the project Facebook site
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017,2018,2019
URL http://www.facebook.com/pg/upscapewater/posts/
 
Description UPSCAPE findings at SWR End-of-Programme Special Session, at the WaterFuture Conference, Bangalore, 25 September 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Approaching the end of the three-year Sustaining Water Resources programme, a Special Session was organised as a side-event at the WaterFuture Conference - Towards a Sustainable Water Future - in Bangalore on 25 September 2019. The SWR end-of-programme event gave opportunity to project the programme's scientific findings and to explore their policy implications with as wide an audience as possible at a single event. UPSCAPE's findings were presented by Dr Gwyn Rees; several posters were also presented of different aspects of the project. Several UPSCAPE participants further took advantage of the Conference's many technical sessions to present specific outcomes and achievements of their research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UPSCAPE impact story 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Flyer about the UPSCAPE project's impact on water resources in the Cauvery basin
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.newton-bhabha-swr.org/sites/default/files/UPSCAPE-UPDATED.pdf
 
Description UPSCAPE information flyer (English, Simple English, Kannada and Tamil) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact An information flyer was reproduced in simple English, Kannada and Tamil languages to improve communication with local stakeholders.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/default/files/UpScape-flier-4s.pdf
 
Description UPSCAPE project website 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact the UPSCAPE project website is hosted by UKCEH
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017,2018,2019
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/upscape
 
Description Visit of Harshita Gupta from IISc to the UK for two weeks in Autumn 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Harshita Gupta spent one week at UKCEH working on small interventions and major reservoirs in the Cauvery basin for UPSCAPE, and one week at Imperial College London working on CHANSE
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit of Kaushal Garg and Rajesh Nune from ICRISAT to UKCEH between 11-14th November 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Kaushal Garg and Rajesh Nune spent time with all three UK partners: CEH, BGS and UoD, discussing publications and opportunities for future collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Visit of Pawan Wable from ICRISAT to the UK for two weeks in Autumn 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Pawan Wable spent 4 days at UoD discussing stakeholder-related activities, and 10 days at UKCEH working on small-scale interventions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Visit of Somsubra Chattopadhyay from ATREE to the UK for one week in December 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Somsubra Chattopadhyay worked with UKCEH and BGS UPSCAPE team members on a range of tasks including analysis of BGS's borehole camera scan data to establish vertical and horizontal groundwater connectivity and setting up the DiCaSM model for the Milli experimental catchment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description interview for national newspaper (India) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Veena Srinivasan (ATREE) was interviewed for an article on "Wellspring" in The Indian Express, 27th August 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017