Dr. Rabin Bhattarai
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Associate Professor, University of Illinois
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21Years (2006-Present)
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View All Publications14 June 2021 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal Article
Roohollah NooriMMMohsen Maghrebi
Mohsen Maghrebi
Ali Mirchi
Qiuhong TangRabin BhattaraiKMKaveh Madani
Kaveh Madani +4
Significance: Iran is facing a state of water bankruptcy that threatens its socioeconomic development and natural environments. Using an exceptionally rich measured groundwater dataset, we illustrate the extent and severity of Iran’s groundwater depletion and salinization problems during the 2002 to 2015 period, when the number of groundwater extraction points nearly doubled. Iran’s nonrenewable groundwater withdrawal was about 66 million m 3 in 1965, which cumulatively grew to approximately 133 × 10 3 million m 3 in 2019. This increase is about 3.4 times the capacity of the famous Three Gorges Dam in China. Groundwater decline due to extensive overexploitation of nonrenewable groundwater and rising salinity levels are documented in almost all subbasins, pointing to dire, worsening water security risks across the country.
1 January 2022 in Science of The Total Environment
Journal Article
HZHongxu Zhou
Hongxu Zhou
Rabin BhattaraiYLYunkai Li
Yunkai Li
BSBuchun Si
Buchun Si
XDXinxin Dong
Xinxin Dong
ZYZhitong Yao
Zhitong Yao +1
12 December 2006 in Water Resources Management
Journal Article
Rabin BhattaraiDDDushmata Dutta
Dushmata Dutta
1 September 2020 in Earth's Future
Journal Article
MMMohsen Maghrebi
Mohsen Maghrebi
Roohollah NooriRabin BhattaraiZYZaher Mundher Yaseen
Zaher Mundher YaseenQiuhong TangKMKaveh Madani
Kaveh Madani +7
The anthropogenic impacts of development and frequent droughts have limited Iran's water availability. This has major implications for Iran's agricultural sector which is responsible for about 90% of water consumption at the national scale. This study investigates if declining water availability impacted agriculture in Iran. Using the Mann‐Kendall and Sen's slope estimator methods, we explored the changes in Iran's agricultural production and area during the 1981–2013 period. Despite decreasing water availability during this period, irrigated agricultural production and area continuously increased. This unsustainable agricultural development, which would have been impossible without the overabstraction of surface and ground water resources, has major long‐term water, food, environmental, and human security implications for Iran.
1 October 2019 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Journal Article
HZHongxu Zhou
Hongxu Zhou
Rabin BhattaraiYLYunkai Li
Yunkai LiSLShiyang Li
Shiyang Li
YFYouheng Fan
Youheng Fan
1 February 2020 in Journal of Hazardous Materials
Journal Article
Shiyang LiXHXiangfeng Huang
Xiangfeng HuangJLJia Liu
Jia Liu
LLLijun Lu
Lijun Lu
Kaiming PengRabin BhattaraiAbout Me
Prof. Dr. Rabin Bhattarai currently serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his bachelor's degree from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2002, his master's degree from the Asian Institute of Technology in 2005, and his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. From September 2011 to July 2012, Prof. Dr. Rabin Bhattarai was a postdoctoral fellow at North Carolina State University. Since August 2012, he has been working at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Dr. Rabin Bhattarai has received the Ben and George Anne Jones Distinguished Teaching Award (2019) and the J.K. Mitchell Distinguished Teaching Award (2018). He discovers innovative ways to clean polluted waters. He uses laboratory and field experiments, along with computer simulation models, to study how various factors impact water quality. His Research Interests include Climate-Water-Food Nexus Modeling, Erosion and Sediment Control, and Nonpoint Source Pollution and Water Quality.