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ICIWRM-2000, Proceedings of International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, 19-21 December, 2000, New Delhi, India Vol.-I: Recent submissions

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Theme 3-21-Hydrological hazards, need of large dams and environment management in Indian Himalayan region – A critical overview

Goel, R. S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

India has 1/3rd of its territory drought prone and 1/8th of its territory liable to flooding. About 80% of the surface water of the rivers goes to the sea unutilised while the country reels under the flood-drought-flood ...
Theme 4-1-Essential characteristics and integrated management strategies of water resources in the arid and semiarid northwest of China

Feng, Guozhang (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Water scarcity and related issues have become the most severe restrictions to sustainable development of the world. These problems are particularly crucial to some developing countries or regions in arid and semiarid areas. ...
Theme 4-2-Sizing of storage tanks for roof-rainwater catchment systems

Panu, U. S.; Rebneris, R. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Rainwater harvesting has been practised for centuries. This paper assesses the potential success of rainwater catchment systems in supplying irrigation water for residential landscape. The determining factors are dependent ...
Theme 4-3-Environmentally sound management of lake Erhai and the Xier river basin

International Environmental Technology Centre (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Lake Erhai is a freshwater lake nestled like a pearl on a plateau in the central part of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China. The Lake has a surface area of 250 km2, average depth ...
Theme 4-4-Integrated water resources management – role of research and development in hydrology

Seth, S. M. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

The high rates of population growth and the expectation of improved living standards is leading to increasing pressures on water resources. There is need for continuous monitoring and quantifying changes in the natural ...
Theme 4-5-Water for mountain households in the Hindu Kush–Himalayas

Chalise, Suresh R.; Sial, Saleem A. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

The Hindu Kush-Himalayas (HKH) are home to nearly 150 million people and the largest storehouse of fresh water in the lower latitudes. These tallest mountains are the sources of the six of the major rivers of the World, ...
Theme 4-6-Some hydrological characteristics of the Australian arid zone

Cordery, Ian; Fraser, James (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Analysis of Data collected over a 30 year period from a 400 km2 arid zone research station in Australia show that the rainfall in this arid zone tends to be spatially uniform. Very few convective storms occur. The prevailing ...
Theme 4-7-Water use alternatives for the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan and water distribution in the Zerafshan river basin

Abdullaev, Iskandar (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

The rationalization of water use for irrigation can be achieved through the optimization of water distribution between irrigation districts and water users. One of the basic steps in the rationalization of water use for ...
Theme 4-8-Advances in groundwater research for integrated resource management and sustainable development

Datta, P. S.; Tyagi, S. K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Increasing water demand, zonal disparity in water supply and disproportionate use of groundwater resulted in widespread decline in water table and productivity of wells, increasing pumping cost and energy requirement, and ...
Theme 4-9-Assessment of water harvesting structures - Case studies in three different parts of Iran

Kalantari, Nasrollah (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Iran is placed among the dry region of the world and does not receive plenty of precipitation annually. The annual precipitation of about 413 bm3 is negligible as compare to its total geographical area (1648000 km2). ...
Theme 4-10-Integrated management of water resources in the Sahel countries -relevance, constraints and ways of improvement - Case study of Senegal

Thioubou, Aissatou (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

This paper examines water issues in Sahel countries Based on Senegal's experience,. Facing with the decrease of water potential while the water demand increases steadily, public authorities develop a water policy aimed ...
Theme 4-11-New perspective of urban water systems - meeting the sustainability challenge

Raval, Pratap; Donnelly, Tom (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Nineteenth century urban water technology is no longer suitable for 21 St century cities. Increasingly large amounts of water to be imported from catchments located further and further away. Management of water and wastewater ...
Theme 4-12-Geostatistics - A brief look at its application in drainage management

Moustafa, Mahmoud M. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Many statistical tools are useful in developing qualitative insights into a wide variety of natural phenomena; many others can be used to develop quantitative answers to specific questions. Unfortunately, most classical ...
Theme 4-13-Agricultural data base for the sustainable use of water in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California, Mexico.

Ponce, V. M.; Hernandez, H. L. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

An agricultural data base for the Ojos Negros valley, in Baja California, Mexico, 40 km east of Ensenada, has been developed. In the past 30 years, irrigated agricultural development based on the pumping of groundwater has ...
Theme 4-14-Emerging information technology for sustainable water resources development in India.

Chowdhary, H.; Jain, S. K.; Ogink, H. J. M. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Poor availability of comprehensive and good quality hydrological data and inadvertent use of inappropriate techniques leads to unsound water resources development. Non-availability of infrastructure for computerised data ...
Theme 4-15-Hydrological characteristics of arid zone drainage basins in Western Rajasthan, India.

Khan, M. A.; Gupta, V. P. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Hydrological characteristics of Guhiya basin, a typical drainage basin of arid zone of Rajasthan (India) and consists of various type of landform and landuse was studied during 1988-94. Temporal and spatial rainfall ...
Theme 4-16-Hydrological modeling of a major irrigation command using MIKE SHE.

Sreevidya, M. L.; Mishra, A.; Singh, R.; Raghuwanshi, N. S. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

A physically based distributed hydrological model MIKE SHE, is applied to the command of the Right Bank Main Canal (RBMC) system of Kangsabati irrigation project (a major irrigation project in West Bengal) to accurately ...
Theme 4-17-Optimal estimation of storage-release alternatives for management of surface water- logged area.

Lohani, A. K.; Chatterjee, C.; Ghosh, N. C.; Kumar, Rakesh (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Surface water logging over a depressed land of 1062 sq. km., - known by Mokama Group of Tals, in Central Bihar created every year from the accumulation of monsoon runoff, and its drainage problem are serious concern in ...
Theme 4-18-Planning for irrigation using reservoir yield and crop planning models.

Gebriel, Tamrat W.; Mariam, W.; Srivastava, D. K. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Planning an irrigation project involves knowledge of the reservoir yield. Reservoir yield is the amount of water that can be supplied from a reservoir over a period of time. Estimation of the annual reservoir yield that ...
Theme 4-19-Spatial and temporal variation of rainfall and rainwater harvesting potential for Kutch district - A case study.

Khandelwal, M. K.; Raju, K. C. B.; Kanzaria, M. V.; Shekh, A. M. (National Institute of Hydrology, 2000)

Daily rainfall data of 1975-99 for nine talukas (Anjar, Bhachau, Bhuj, Lakhpat, Mandiv, Mundra, Nakhtrana, Naliya and Rapar) have been statistically analysed to study various aspects related with their spatial and temporal ...

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