WM61002: River Basin Planning And Management
| WM61002 | |
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| Course name | River Basin Planning And Management |
| Offered by | School of Water Resources |
| Credits | 4 |
| L-T-P | 3-1-0 |
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| Semester | Spring |
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Introduction to Integrated River Basin Management; Water scarcity issues: present and future status; Inter and Intra-basin water transfer issues; Concepts of water footprint (blue, green, grey and virtual water), water use efficiency and their assessment. River Basin Fundamentals: River characteristics, flow classification, river morphology, river bends and meandering, bifurcation and confluences. Use of flood routing models in sectoral water allocation policy issues.Principles of River Basin Planning Processes; Water Allocation Principles and Policies; Computer models for Integrated River Basin management.Regional Water Demands for Domestic, Agricultural and Industrial uses. Environment flow: Definition and assessmentSurface water and groundwater resources assessment techniquesFundamentals of solute transport dynamics in rivers; Concept of surface water and groundwater interactions. River infiltration. Sources of water pollution at basin scale and their management (soil erosion, river bank erosion, point and non-point sources). Reservoir operation policies; Optimization techniques for multi-purpose reservoir systems operation; Modeling and analysis approaches. Flood forecasting and warning system.