Water Resource Management
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Framework of water resource management: 1. Water resources: issues and concerns/S.D. Sundar Singh and K. Palanisamy. 2. No fresh water--no future/K. Pandimuruga Chinnan. 3. Water conservation: need of the hour/K.V. Ramana Rao. 4. Water for rural areas/K.V. Raju and S. Manasi. 5. Managing water resources/Sarbeswara Sahoo. 6. Integrated water management--hunger-free India/D. Kumara Charyulu, A.V. Ramanjaneyulu and T.L. Neelima. 7. Integrated water resources management/N.T.K. Naik, S. Mansoor Rahiman and K. Chinna Venkataswamy. 8. An integrated approach to water/K.S. Narayana. 9. Integrated water mission/A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. 10. The first and last commons/Vandana Shiva. 11. Communication strategy for water management/T. Manonmani. II. Drinking water management strategies: 12. Drinking water management strategies/P. Durgaprasad. 13. Community managed rural water supply/Dinesh Chand. 14. Safe drinking water for all/B.K. Pattanaik. 15. Safe drinking water/Privankar Raha. 16. Rural drinking water supply: Ensuring safe source for all/Manisha Verma. 17. Government initiatives in rural water supply/P. Siva Ram. 18. WHRL Project and drinking water/V. Reddappa Reddy and C. Dheeraja. 19. Drinking water quality assurance in villages/Dinesh Chand. 20. Sustainable rural water supply/Dinesh Chand. 21. Drinking water supply to villages/Dinesh Chand. 22. Drinking water supply: availability in rural areas/Dinesh Chand. 23. Solar photovoltaic water pumping system for drinking water supply/P.R. Singh and R. Prasad. III. Participatory watershed management: 24. Participatory watershed management/S.S. Khanka and Anjan Bhuyan. 25. Watershed management and grassroot institutions/Sanjeev Kumar. 26. Water conservation through watershed development/V.S. Gupta. 27. Integrated Watershed Development Project/Meenu Arora. 28. Integrated watershed development: technology-based model/Sunil K. Agarwal. IV. Rain water management: 29. Rain water management/S.P. Mittal. 30. Water harvesting for drinking water security/Dinesh Chand. 31. Need for rainwater harvesting in agriculture/Harender, Raj Gautam and Rohtashav Kumar. 32. Harvested rooftop rainwater in rural areas/Neelima Sinwal and Neeta Lodha. 33. Rainwater harvesting: a panacea for water woes/V.P. Rajvedi. 34. Rainwater harvesting/Farook Nimbal. V. Interlinking of rivers: need of the hour: 35. Inter-linking of rivers: vision and issues/Arabinda Ghose. 36. Inter linking of rivers/Radhakant Bharati. 37. Linking forests and rivers/Pandurang Hegde. 38. Transferring river water/A. Ravinder. Index.
"With the increasing use (and misuse of water) and the static availability of freshwater sources, a global scarcity of this precious commodity is already on the screen and, if unchecked, will inevitably lead to a water crisis situation. This book describes why the present shortage developed, what its implications are for the future of the world community and what must be done to avoid the looming water crisis. Freshwater is a renewable resource; all water returns to us as rain or underground water. The problem is access to sufficient water at the places and time needed.
The only solution appears to be rational and scientific management of water resources. This book presents the latest methods and technology that have been developed for water resource management and how they can be best utilized to the equal advantage of all humans, fauna and flora so as to overcome the geographical supply-demand disconnect.
This book is suitable for teachers, students and researchers in environment science as well as professional environmentalist and activists. The general reader too will be able to get an extensive and overall view of the global environmental crisis we face today." (jacket)
