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Table 4.

The Main Results From Stakeholder Consultations Used to Inform the Research Design and Model Simulations

Key basin functions	Water allocation priorities	Key vulnerabilities and drivers
• Bangalore inner city and Bangalore outer city water supply. • Four major reservoir irrigated regions for sugarcane and paddy cultivation. • Power generation at Shivanasamudra project. • Industrial and commercial water requirements in urban areas.	During scarcity water supply is based on a hierarchy of priorities: (i) drinking water (ii) agriculture (iii) industry There is low priority for environmental flows. Tamil Nadu allocation includes environmental flows and outflows to the sea.	• Rapidly increasing population of Bangalore and rising demand. • Increasing irrigated area and increasing groundwater use for irrigation. • Shift to water intensive crops like sugarcane and paddy. • Dependence on high precipitation in the Western Ghats for water supply. • Climate change; in particular its consequences for extremes.

Key basin functions

Water allocation priorities

Key vulnerabilities and drivers

• Bangalore inner city and Bangalore outer city water supply.
• Four major reservoir irrigated regions for sugarcane and paddy cultivation.
• Power generation at Shivanasamudra project.
• Industrial and commercial water requirements in urban areas.

During scarcity water supply is based on a hierarchy of priorities:

(i) drinking water
(ii) agriculture
(iii) industry

There is low priority for environmental flows. Tamil Nadu allocation includes environmental flows and outflows to the sea.

• Rapidly increasing population of Bangalore and rising demand.
• Increasing irrigated area and increasing groundwater use for irrigation.
• Shift to water intensive crops like sugarcane and paddy.
• Dependence on high precipitation in the Western Ghats for water supply.
• Climate change; in particular its consequences for extremes.