6-Chapter-VI-Hydrologic design criteria

Abstract

Water Resources have always played a major role in human activities. Rapid industrialization, urbanization and increasing needs of agriculture for growing population have resulted in considerable demand for more water. At the present rate of increase, the demand for water may far exceed the available supplies in near future. For meeting the increasing requirements of water, it is necessary that intensive and extensive investigations and studies on various aspects of Hydrology are carried out in a systematic manner.