Proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2009), 12-16 January 2009 at New Delhi, Vol.-4: Recent submissions

  • 217-Assessment of Reservoir Sedimentation in Maharashtra. 
    Mundhe, M. S.; Kalvit, S. K. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    In Maharashtra, huge water storage potential is created so far by constructing several dams of major, medium and minor category. Some of these have been seriously affected by siltation, pollution, growth of water weeds ...
  • 218-Effect of Cohesion on Detachment of Clay-Sand-Gravel Mixtures. 
    Jain, Rajesh K.; Kothyari, U. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The knowledge of detachment and transport of sediments by the stream flow is necessary for solving various problems like soil erosion in catchments, reservoir sedimentation, stable channel design, river bed degradation ...
  • 219-Effect of Vegetation on Sediment Transport by Stream Flow. 
    Kothyari, U. C.; Hashimoto, Haruyuki; Hayashi, Kenjirou (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Several studies are available on resistance to flow due to rigid and flexible submerged and unsubmerged vegetation. Much less numbers of investigations are however available on the topic of sediment transport through ...
  • 220-Ecological Impacts in the Flood Plain. 
    Bobba, A. G.; Krishnappan, B. G.; Chambers, P. A.; Singh, V. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The interaction of subsurface water with surface water is important for maintaining the ecosystem. The hyporheic zone, the transition region between stream flow and subsurface water, represents an important interface between ...
  • 221-Predicting Vulnerable Bank Erosion Zones in a Large River Meander. 
    Karmaker, Tapas; Dutta, Subashisa (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    A two dimensional hydrodynamic and morphological river flow model has been developed which solves the continuity and momentum equations. It predicts the rate of bank erosion, bed level changes and so on. The model is used ...
  • 222-Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Estimation by Empirical and Process-Based Approaches. 
    Dutta, Dushmanta; Bhattarai, Rabin (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The paper presents the outcomes of a comparative analysis of erosion and sediment yield estimation using two different modeling approaches. The main objective of the study was to simulate soil erosion and sediment yield ...
  • 223-Study of Thalweg Meander-Forming Processes by Physical Model. 
    Barman, B. C.; Dolai, D. P.; De, M. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Natural meandering channels are one of the most complex hydrodynamics problems in all over the Globe. The flow is complex in nature particularly in pools, where flow patterns are peculiar in nature of any meandering channel. ...
  • 224-Gezira Scheme Irrigation System Performance after 80 years of Operation. 
    Ahmed, Abdalla A. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Gezira Scheme (GS) is considered one of the oldest irrigation systems in Africa and the Arab region. Moreover, its the largest scheme (0.90 million ha) in the world under a single management. The length of the irrigation ...
  • 225-Furrow Irrigation Modelling Present and Future. 
    Raghuwanshi, N. S.; Singh, R.; Mailapalli, D. R. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Furrow irrigation is the most common irrigation method practiced in the world because it requires less capital investment compared to pressurized irrigation systems. Despite its wide use, the method is characterized by low ...
  • 226-Capability of Hydrus-2D Model for Simulation of Water Distribution in Irrigation Systems. 
    Ajdary, Khalil (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Study of water distribution in the soil is essential for appropriate design of drip irrigation system. Water distribution in the soil depend on the hydraulic properties of the soil and emitter discharge. Experiments were ...
  • 227-Water Resource Management of Chandrabhaga River Basin, Chikaldhara Region, Amravati District, Maharashtra, India 
    Khadri, S. F. R. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Detailed hydrogeological and hydro-geochemical investigations have been carried out for a part of Chandrabhaga river basin exposed around the Chikaldhara region, Amravati District, Maharashtra. with an aim to ...
  • 228-Optimal Irrigation Schedules Based on Simulated Soil-Moisture Depletion Pattern. 
    Shankar, Vijay; Prasad, K. S. Hari; Ojha, C. S. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Modelling water movement in the cropped soil can give insight into effective management practices to conserve water. Most of the existing root water uptake models solve the equation for moisture flow in the unsaturated ...
  • 229-Suitability Model for Land Development and Irrigation Potential in Northeastern Brazil. 
    Teotia, Harendra S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The present study was conducted from remotely sensed data and GIS technology for mapping of economically irrigable land, which requires a detailed understanding of the ecology, soils, topography, geology and geomorphology ...
  • 230-Modelling Hydrological Impacts of Continuous Contour Trench Conservation Systems. 
    Nagdeva, M.; Bharad, G. M.; Singh, R.; Patra, J. P.; Raghuwanshi, N. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Continuous Contour Trench (CCT) system, developed for plantation in non-arable lands in low rainfall areas, has been found to be very effective in soil and water conservation, leading to considerably high groundwater ...
  • 231-Irrigation Water Management Using a Dynamic Crop Growth Model. 
    Soundharajan, B.; Sudheer, K. P. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    There has been a considerable increase in the irrigated agricultural areas all over the world in the last few decades. The major reason for such an increase can be attributed to growing demand for food by the increasing ...
  • 232-Optimal Crop Planning Using Deficit Irrigation. 
    Bar, Muhammad F.; Islam, M. S. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    In situations where increasing irrigation demand for growing high yielding varieties of crops is to be met, deficit irrigation might be a better option to cover more areas and thus extend benefits to more farmers with ...
  • 233-Modifying the Canal Delivery Schedule during the Periods of Limited Water Availability. 
    Mishra, A.; Verma, H. C.; Kumar, A. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    An alternative canal delivery schedule during the dry season to improve the water regime in the canal command is suggested through model study. A distributary of Pun main canal system (a run-of-the-river scheme) in the ...
  • 234-Irrigated Crop Planning through Optimization Model. 
    Pandey, Devesh; Panda, S. N.; Raghuwanshi, N. S.; Islam, Adlul (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    The ultimate goal of the irrigated agriculture is obtaining maximum benefit with sustainable and optimal cropping pattern within the available water resources. This can be achieved by assessing the irrigation system ...
  • 235-Reliability in the Estimation of ET° Using Minimum Climatological Data. 
    Nikam, B. R.; Kumar, P.; Khare, Deepak; Chaube, U. C. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    Numerous studies have already shown that the Penman-Monteith equation is the most reliable method of evapotranspiration estimation when necessary weather and vegetation data are available, these inputs are difficult and ...
  • 236-Using Magnetic Resonance Sounding to Enhance the Hydrostratigrapy for a Ground-Water Availability Model—A Pilot Study. 
    Shah, Sachin D.; Kress, Wade H.; Legchenko, Anatoly; Munster, Clyde L. (Allied Publishers Pvt. Limited, New Delhi, 2009)
    An integrated surface geophysical pilot study at the Texas A&M University Brazos River Hydrologic Field Research Site (BRHFRS), College Station, Texas, was done to determine the effectiveness of methods for defining ...

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