RT-514 WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (3-0-0-6)

Preamble:
The main objective of the subject is to give an overview of the development of water resources, quantification of water requirement, surface and sub-surface water availability, conservation and its management. The main focus is on water (drinking and agriculture) and its availability. Topics on water scarcity, the factors leading to it and the importance of water harvesting and conservation will also be discussed. Lights will also be shed on watershed management. Some portion will also be covered on water requirement for irrigation. Relevant case studies will also be discussed.

Syllabus:
The nature and use of water: Basic properties and distribution. Hydrologic Cycle, Precipitation: Precipitation types and its measurement Evapo-transpiration, Infiltration,; Water Demand; Population forecasting; Surface water: Sources and its measurement; Groundwater: Introduction, importance and occurrence of groundwater; Aquifers and groundwater scenario in India; Surface and subsurface investigation of groundwater; Construction, development and maintenance of wells; Principles of Watershed
Management: Basics concepts, Management of water supply; Soil erosion and conservation; Water Harvesting: Rainwater management - conservation, storage and effective utilization of rainwater, Structures for rainwater harvesting, roof catchment system, check dams, aquifer storage Applications of Geographical Information System and Remote Sensing in Watershed Management, Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management.

Texts:
1. V.T. Chow, D.R. Maidment, and L.W. Mays, Applied Hydrology, McGraw Hill, 2003.
2. Vir Singh, R., Watershed Planning and Management, Yash Publishing House, Bikaner, 2000.
3. D.K.Todd, Groundwater Hydrology, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd, 2nd Edition, 2006.

References:
1. H.M. Raghunath, Hydrology – Principles, Analysis and Design, Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1986.
2. K. Linsley, Water Resources Engineering, McGraw Hill, 1995.
3. Murty, J.V.S., Watershed Management, New Age Intl., New Delhi 1998.
4. Allam, G.I.Y., Decision Support System for Integrated Watershed Management, Colorado State University, 1994.
5. V.P. Singh, Elementary Hydrology, Prentice Hall, 1993.
6. Murthy, J.V.S., Watershed Management in India, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1994.