Water Management

Organizer: The Institution of Engineers

Venue: Pune Local Center, Shivajinagar, JM Road, Pune

Organizer: Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd.

Venue: Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) Auditorium, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Topics:

• Water for Inclusive Growth

This introductory course on Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), from the United Nations University (UNU), provides a brief historical background and overview of IWRM and gives an overview of the various aspects of IWRM, from integration, capacity building to applications and case studies.

IWRM has been defined by the Global Water Partnership (2000) as a process, which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. An important aspect of any IWRM program is therefore, research, planning and action at the river basin level.

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• Consultants (implementing watershed projects)

            Nabcons, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NABARD

            Location: Udaipur (Rajasthan), Pune, Amravati and Jalna (Maharashtra)
            Last Date: 15th March, 2011

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• Scientific Officer - Groundwater Hydrology and Remote Sensing/GIS

            International Water Management Institute

            Location: Hyderabad
            Last Date: 15th March, 2011

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Organizer: Aqua Foundation

Venue: India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Topics:

• Adaptive water management
• Managing Change & Measuring performance of Water Management

We are beginning this effort with the conflicts that we have already documented by the Forum. You could also contribute to this effort by sending in abstracts of conflict cases that you know.

This paper studies the water supply, distribution, collection and storage in the forts around Nashik with the idea of testing the viability of implementing such systems in areas of similar topography. The history of forts in Maharashtra and the forts around Nashik and the water collection and distribution systems thereof are described.

This paper discusses river linking, as a part of an ancient tradition, and suggests how NGOs can play a role in this attempt. The example of the Koyna dam is taken, and the effective handling of the technical and human angle of the dams construction is detailed through in-depth study and detailed field visits.

This paper attempts to discuss farm water conservation techniques and multiple  cropping patterns with the idea of minimising water use. The authors provide a glimpse of agricultural facts that include total geographical area, net sown area etc. They provide population trends in the country to point out to the water and food stress.

This paper presents the case of Khazana Bawali - a large ancient well that irrigated around 1000 acres in the past but is now in disrepair. The well is about 20 metres in diameter which stores rainwater from the neighbouring hills. The water is brought through underground tunnels that have ventilators at regular intervals to ensure fresh air and also to help in its manual cleaning. This well today irrigates only about 525 acres. It was built by the Jagirdar of Beed in 1582.