Research Reports: Recent submissions

  • Intensive Groundwater Exploitation in the Punjab – an Evaluation of Resource and Quality Trends 
    Lapworth, D. J.; Krishan, Gopal; Rao, M. S.; MacDonald, Alan (British Geological Survey, 2014)
    This report is an output from the project Groundwater resilience to climate change and abstraction in the Indo-Gangetic basin Groundwater resilience to climate change and abstraction in the Indo-Gangetic basin is a two-year ...
  • Groundwater resources in the Indo‐Gangetic Basin : Resilience to climate change and abstraction 
    MacDonald, Alan; Bonsor, H. C.; Taylor, R.; Shamsudduha, M.; Burgess, W. G.; Ahmed, K. M.; Mukherjee, A.; Zahid, A.; Lapworth, D. J.; Krishan, Gopal; Rao, M. S.; Moench, M. (British Geological Survey, 2015)
    Groundwater within the Indo‐Gangetic Basin (IGB) alluvial aquifer system forms one of the world’s most important and heavily exploited reservoirs of freshwater. In this study we have examined the groundwater system through ...
  • INCOH/SAR-28/2007-Artificial neural network modelling 
    Mohan, S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2007)
    During the last decade, ANNs have emerged as a powerful tool for pattern recognition and modeling output from a system using the input data. Artificial Neural Networks are relatively crude electronic models based on the ...
  • INCOH/SAR-27/2006-Manual for roof top rain water harvesting using cisterns or storage tanks for individual households community and institutions 
    Sharma, Santosh Kumar (National Institute of Hydrology, 2006)
    Roof Top Rain Water Harvesting is an important rain water harvesting process of capturing and storing rainfall utilizing the roof tops of the residential, industrial and other housing complex, thereby preventing run off, ...
  • INCOH/SAR-26/2006-Effect of climate change on water resources 
    Ramasastri, K. S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2006)
    Climate is an observable statistical state of the earth—atmosphere system. Climate is ever-changing on all scales of time. Climate element is a hydrodynamic variable (velocity, vorticity) and also a thermodynamic variable ...
  • INCOH/SAR-25/2002-Water quality indices 
    Abbasi, S. A. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2002)
    Of all natural resources, water is unarguably the most essential and precious Life began in water, and life is nurtured with water. There are organisms, such as anaerobes, which can survive without oxygen. But ...
  • INCOH/SAR-24/2002-Regionalisation of hydrological parameters 
    Goel, N. K.; Chander, Subhash (National Institute of Hydrology, 2002)
  • INCOH/SAR-23/2000-Conjuctive use of surface and ground water 
    Saksena, R. S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)
    India having a geographical areas of 329 m.ha and supporting a population of one billion (2000) is a land of climatic contrasts. The season and weather conditions range from extreme cold to dry spell to extreme humidity ...
  • INCOH/SAR-22/2000-Application of finite element method to some flow problems 
    Raman, H.; Mohan, S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)
    During the past few decades, a significant number of research papers have appeared which apply the finite element technique to the solution of wide variety of problems in Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources. These ...
  • INCOH/SAR-21/2000-Application of expert systems in water resources management 
    Raman, H.; Mohan, S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)
    Land and water resources are the greatest assets of our country and only by their proper utilisation we can banish poverty and raise the standards of living for millions of our people. In view of the latest trends of ...
  • INCOH/SAR-20/2000-Water management in command areas 
    Sahni, B. M. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)
    About sixty percent of India's food production depends on irrigation. Since independence, large investments to the extent of almost 10% of the country's total public investment have been made on the development of water ...
  • INCOH/SAR-19/99-Irrigation water quality 
    Kanthan, N. V. Pundari; Chandran, S. Ravi; Ambujam, N. K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1999)
    Water is a necessary component in society's agricultural, industrial and domestic sectors. In the face of rapidly growing population of our country it is not surprising that major portion of the water is used for agriculture. ...
  • INCOH/SAR-18/99-Frontier areas of research in hydrometeorology 
    Subramaniam, A. R. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1999)
    Hydrometeorology is the science that deals with the waters of the Earth, their occurrence, circulation and distribution and their interaction with the environment. The report gives hydrometeorlogical ...
  • INCOH/SAR-17/99-Existing methods of collection of sediment data in Indian streams/rivers 
    Baweja, M. L.; Narain, Roop (National Institute of Hydrology, 1999)
    Knowledge of the erosion, movement and deposition of sediment relative to land surface, streams, reservoirs and other bodies of water is important to those involved directly or indirectly in the development and management ...
  • INCOH/SAR-16/97-Impact of siltation on the useful life of large reservoirs 
    Varshney, R. S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1997)
  • INCOH/SAR-15/97-Integrated planning of river basin systems and management 
    Krishna, Hari (National Institute of Hydrology, 1997)
    Water resource development plays an important role in achieving multifaced economic and social development of a nation. Accordingly it has received a place of pride in the development plans of India. The country has made ...
  • INCOH/SAR-14/97-Surface water quality modelling - State of art in India 
    Joshi, Vijay (National Institute of Hydrology, 1997)
    A large number of pollutants find their way into the surface water bodies due to their increased use for waste disposal. Subsequent to their disposal, the pollutants undergo a set of complex transformations as they get ...
  • INCOH/SAR-13/97-Infiltration and its simulation 
    Sharda, V. N.; Singh, Sita Ram (National Institute of Hydrology, 1997)
    Infiltration.is the term applied to the process of water entry into the soil, generally by downward flow through all or part of the soil surface. Water may enter the soil through the entire surface uniformly as under ponding ...
  • INCOH/SAR-12/96-Ground water pollution studies in India 
    Sinha, B. P. C.; Sharma, Santosh Kumar; Pal, O. P. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1996)
    All naturally occurring water contains some impurities. Water is considered polluted when the presence of impurities is sufficient to limit its use for a given domestic and/or industrial purpose. As defined by Fried ...
  • INCOH/SAR-11/96-Prevention and control of soil erosion 
    Sharda, V. N. (National Institute of Hydrology, 1996)
    Soil and water have always been vital for sustainable life, and these resources are becoming more limited as population increases. The importance of conserving soil productivity and protecting the quality of both soil and ...

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