Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change

Contents: 1. Chaotic Nature of Rainfall Series and Nonlinear Ensemble Prediction/D. Nagesh Kumar and C.T. Dhanya. 2. Safe Drinking Water Generation and Management for CEERI Colony Residents: A Case Study/KSN Rao, Seshikant Sadistap, Santosh Kumar, B, Ramana and Chandrashekhar. 3. Knowledge Extraction from Neural Network Based Hydrologic Models: A Review/K.P. Sudheer. Technical Papers: 1. Inter-Comparison of General Circulation Models for Hydrologic Predictability/T.V. Reshmidevi and D. Nagesh Kumar. 2. Assessment of Climate Change for an Arid Region/Santosh M. Pingale, Mahesh K. Jat and Deepak Khare. 3. Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Flood Flows Using Copulas/M. Janga Reddy and P. Ganguli. 4.Pattern of Rainfall Extremes in Ontario/W.T. Dickinson, R.P. Rudra, J. Zhou and S.I. Ahmed. 5.Analysis of Flow Pattern Versus Possible Climate Change in a Sub-Humid River Basin of the Western Ghats/Mathew K. Jose and B. Venkatesh. 6. Impact of Climatic Change in Mining and Industrial Region of Angul-Talcher Coalfield, Orissa, India/Prasoon Kr. Singh and Gurdeep Singh. 7. Managing Climate Change in Himalayan Mountains and Its Implications for the Indian Sub-Continent/M.R. Bhutiyani. 8. Conservation Agriculture: A Potential Approach to Enhance Resource Use Efficiency, Carbon Sequestration and Mitigate Climate Change/U.K. Behera and A.R. Sharma 9. Climate Change and Artificial Ecosystems/CVR Krishna Mohan, KVSG Murali Krishna and VVS Sreenivas. 10. Climate Change, its Impact on Ground Water/Mukul Chandra Bora. 11. Resources and Effective Water Management in the Context of Climate Change/CVR Krishna Mohan, KVSG Murali Krishna and VVS Sreenivas. 12. Regionalization of Flow Duration Quantiles : Comparison Of Multiple Least-Squares Regression and Artificial Neural Networks Approaches/Lakshman Nandagiri. 13. Uncertainty Quantification for Predicted Streamflow Through a Semiparametric Approach/Rajib Maity and Mahesh Sawant. 14. Optimal Annual Allocation Model for Nagarjunasagar Project by Multi Level Approach/A. Srinivasa Prasad, N.V. Umamahesh and G.K. Viswanath. 15. Short Duration Rainfall Analysis for Kakinada City/S.V. Vijaya Kumar, D. Mohan Rangan, UVN Rao and P.R. Rao. 16. Performance Evaluation of Rainfall Runoff Modeling Using Levenberg Marquardt Algorithm/CSV Subrahmanya Kumar and G.K. Viswanadh. 17. Reservoir Sedimentation Studies to Re-Estimate Useful Life of a Reservoir/Vaibhav Garg and V. Jothiprakash. 18. Optimal Design of Water Distribution Network for Equity in Water Supply/Prasad VKSV Gottipati, Umamahesh V, Nanduri. 19. Uncertainty Analysis of a Water Distribution System in Conjunction with a Water Quality Model/Harpreet Kaur, Sushma Pasupala and Subhankar Karmakar. 19. Monitoring Reservoir Sedimentation Using Remote Sensing Technique/V.S. Jeyakanthan and S. Sanjeevi. 20. FEM and GIS Based Simulation Modelling of Watershed for Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield/ M. Gopal Naik. 21. Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Delineation and Mapping of Microwatersheds and Traditional Rainwater Harvesting Structures in Mulki River Basin for Sustainable Development/K. Radhakrishnan and K.N. Lokesh. 22. Rainfall Runoff Modeling Using GIS and Digital Elevation Model of a Ungauged Basin/B.N. Malleswara Rao and N.V. Umamahesh 23. The Necessity of GIS in Calcualting Canal Conveyance Losses for an Irrigation Command Area/Ch. Ramesh Naidu and MVSS Giridhar. 24. GIS Application in Hydrogeological Studies/H.S. Govardhana Swamy and SS Honnana Goudar. 25. Impact of Embankment System on Water Bodies of Majuli Island: A GIS Based Study/Bansari Sarma and A.K. Sarma. 26. Rainfall and Runoff Process Using Overland Time of Concentration and GIS/G.K. Viswanadh, N.C. Gautam, G.V. Ramana and MVSS Giridhar. 27. Using Remote Sensing and GIS Tools for Hydrological Analysis of Ramganga Watershed, Uttarakhand State/P.K. Garg and Rajat Agarwal. 28. Development of Hydrus-1d Interface in GIS for Simulation of Moisture and Nitrogen Dynamics in the Cropped Area of IARI Farm/J.P. Dash, A,. Sarangi and D.K. Singh. 29. Development of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Models for Prediction of Evapotranspiration of Wheat Crop At IARI Farm, New Delhi/P. Sundar Kumar and T.V. Praveen. 30. Development of Integrated Techniques for Watershed Management in Neeru Konda Village/Pradeep Bhalge and Charu Bhavsar. 31. Rain Water Harvesting and Artificial Recharge - A Success Story of a Well Irrigating 200 Hectare Area Drip Designs for Cotton Crop Suiting to Different Land Configurations, Crop Geometries, Location and Discharge of Water Sources and Duration of Power Availability/Kuldeep B. Patel, Himani B. Patel, Biharilal R Patel and Madhusudan M. Parikh. 32. Micro Irrigation Scheduling for Okra with Drip as a Measure to Combat Climate Change with Respect to Plant Age, Pan Evaporation and Emitter Discharge/Kuldeep B. Patel, Himani B. Patel, Biharilal R. Patel and Madhusudan M. Parikh. 33. Indicators for Irrigation System Evaluation: An Overview/D.V. Morankar. 34. Contemporary Practices in Water Resources Management/Pradeep S. Bhalge and D.G. Holsambre. 35. Sensor Network Testbed for Flood Monitoring/Rakhee and MB Srinivas. 36. Low-Cost Jet Clariflocculators/N. Suresh Kumar and Y. Ellam Raj. 37. A Study of Saline Freshwater Interface Phenomena in the Mahanadi Delta Region: Orissa, India/SVN Rao, I. Radhakrishna, Nitin Joshi, Ajay Sharma and Shashank Shekhar. 38. Assessment of Ground Water Quality in the Singanallur Sub-Basin of Coimbatore City/K.L. Priya, G Prince Arulraj, P. Paul James and A. Leon Christ Dhas. 39. Assessment of Pollution Intensity of Wetlands of Coimbatore City/K.L. Priya, G. Prince Arulraj, Ansel Jose and G. Jayakumar. 40. UASB Effluent Treatment Technology - The Indian Scenario/Manoj P. Wagh. 41. Anaerobic Treatment of Tannery Effluent by Adding Tapioca Starch Wastewater as Co Substrate/T. Venkataraman, S. Gnanakumar, G. Senthilkumar and V. Arutchelvan. 42. Assessment of Bacteriological Quality of Drinking Water/AA Haleem Khan, N Vinod Kumar, B. Prathibha, M. Ebenezer, Naseem and Shaziya Samreen. 43. Performance Evaluation of Waste Water Treatment Plants of Karunya University, Coimbatore/K.L. Priya, G. Prince Arulraj, V. Balamurugan and C.A. Eldho. 44. Influence of Admixture on Soil-Water Characteristic Curve of a Sandy Soil/C. Malaya and S. Sreedeep. Contributors.

Climate change is one of the major challenges to researchers in recent times. The impact of climate change on water resources around the globe has serious implications like, changing water levels and climatic temperatures, which in turn affect the economy and future as a hole. In addition, water resources are depleting day by day due to the exponential demand from sectors like irrigation, domestic consumption and industry. Along with quantity, quality is also deteriorating mainly due to the indiscriminate use of ground water to hazardous levels, pollution of rivers and improper management of waste water. Topics covered: Sustainable water resources planning and management. Impacts of climate change on water resources management. Systems approach to hydrologic problems and modeling. Prediction in ungauged basins. Water quality, wastewater treatment and management. Groundwater issues, remediation and modeling. Urban hydrology including storm water management. Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing in water resources management. Applications of ANN, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms to water resources planning and management. Coastal Hydraulics. Rain water harvesting, artificial recharge and water conservation measures. Newer technologies in water resources management.