About the Authors

René R. Wijngaard

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

r.wijngaard@futurewater.nl

Affiliations FutureWater, Costerweg 1V, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Arthur F. Lutz

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation FutureWater, Costerweg 1V, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Santosh Nepal

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Khumaltar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sonu Khanal

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations FutureWater, Costerweg 1V, Wageningen, The Netherlands, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Khumaltar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Saurav Pradhananga

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Khumaltar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Arun B. Shrestha

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Khumaltar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Walter W. Immerzeel

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations FutureWater, Costerweg 1V, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Utrecht University, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: RRW, AFL, SK, and WWI are employed by FutureWater. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.