Watershed Management and Impact of Environment Changes on Water Resources

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Groundwater exploration, quality, development and modelling: 1. Parameter estimation in groundwater modeling: from theory to application (Keynote paper)/K. Lakshmi Prasad. 2. A profile of groundwater mining and its exploitation in India/Neeraj D. Sharma. 3. Optimal management strategies for Hydrocarbon contaminated aquifers incorporating biodegradation/Vudayaraj Sushma and Bithin Datta. 4. Exploring the deep fresh water aquifer in a sedimentary saline water environment--a case study from Pannapattu of Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu/T.S. Badrinarayanan and R. Venkatesan. 5. Sea water intrusion modeling in coastal aquifers/M. Mohan Babu and G.K. Viswandh. 6. Electrical resisitivity survey for groundwater exploration from a hardrock terrain in and around Garag of Dharwad District, Karnataka/J.T. Gudagur, B.B. Alagawadi and S.C. Chougala. 7. Integrated ground water exploration using drilling and borehole logging techniques--a case study/G.Y. Setty, V. Narayana Raju, V. Arul Prakasam and A. Subburaj. 8.  Maximisation of benefits through conjunctive utilisation of surface and ground water in parts of Nagarjuna Sagar Canal command area, Andhra Pradesh-a case study/Dwarakanath A.D. Rao. 9. Analysis and interpretation of groundwater quality parameters of Tumkur Taluk, Karnataka/Ramakrishnaiah C.R, C. Sadashivaiah and G. Ranganna.10.  A study on the ground water quality in Guntur Urban Agglomeration/K. Siva Sankar, J. Siddhardha Kumar and J.S. Bhargav. 11. Inverse modelling of groundwater systems using genetic algorithms/K. Lakshmi Prasad and A.K. Rastogi. 12. Studies on groundwater management in Sukhad sub--watershed, Chhattisgarh/D.R. Patel. II. Hydrologic parameter estimation and modelling: 13. Use of geoinformatics in watershed management (keynote paper)/Arup Kumar Sarma. 14. Estimation of water losses and savings at some organizations in Visakhapatnam using initial water balance studies/Satish Kumar Kolluru, Srinivas Pasupuleti, S. Bala Prasad and Anitha Kanthi Konda. 15. Box and Jenkins model application for rainfall forecasting of Saidapet Rain Guage Station, Chennai/Chimirala Ch. Srinivas, P. Srinivas, K. Satish Kumar and S. Thayumanavan. 16. Application of rainwater harvesting at coastal developing region/Neeraj D. Sharma and J.N. Patel.  17. Planning for rain water harvesting projects in hard rock terrains of India--requirements and hydrogeological considerations/D. Venkat Reddy. 18. Application of soft computing technique in rainfall-runoff modeling/C.S.V. Subrahmanya Kumar and G.K. Viswanadh. 19. Rainfall-runoff modeling using fuzzy logic/C.S.V. Subramanya Kumar, G.K. Viswanadh. 20. Conventional methods of flood forecasting and neural network models of flood forecasting-literature review/Y. Arunakar Reddy and G.K. Viswanadh. 21. Some thoughts on rainfall-runoff relationships, the case study of the Netravathi Basin in Karnataka/Pradeep M.P, Mysooru R. Yadupathi Putty, and M.K. Nagaraj. 22. Bed morphology in Meander Channel: equilibrium and time variation profiles/Maharudra S. Gadagil and Srijib K. Kar. III. Computational methods in watershed hydrology: 23. Catchment responses simulated by two variable-source-area models in a Western Ghat Catchment (keynote paper)/Mysooru R. Yadupathi Putty, Pradeep M.P. and M.K. Nagaraj. 24. Application of GIS for flood mapping of upper Vaigai Basin, Tamilnadu/Chimirala ch. Srinivas, P. Srinivas, G. Ashok R. Bala Murugan. 25. A review of numerical modelling of vegetative landfill covers/Shailendra Kumar Jain and Shashi Mathur. 26. Integrated watershed management objectives and strategies/T. Kiran Kumar, G. Ravi Kumar and G. Suman Kumar. 27. Cause, pattern and impact of the changing facet of River Saryu, Faizabad District/Pawan Kumar Shukla, Vishal Gupta and A.A. Ansari. 28. Development of stochastic model for the forecasting of the reservoir inflows/Qamar Sultana, B. Venkateswara Rao and Dande V.S. Prasad. 29. An LP model for estimation of active storage capacity of Gundlakamma reservoir/A. Srinivasa Prasad, P.V.S. Maruthi Krishna and G.K. Viswanath. 30. Micro-watershed management: a case study of Nambiyar Basin, Tamil Nadu/Aneesha Balakrishnan, Pawan Kumar Shukla, Vishal Gupta  and A.A. Ansari. 31. Impact studies on water harvesting and diversified cropping systems in rainfed areas of Eastern Uttar Pradesh/P.N. Dwivedi, Sushant and Sangram Maurya. 32. Micro-watershed management: a drive towards self sufficiency a case study of the Dangs District, South Gujarat/A.K. Mekvan and A.A. Ansari. 33. Rainfall frequency studies and Anomaly assessment in the different climate zones of Karnataka/Mysooru R. Yadupathi Putty and N. M. Thipperudrappa. IV. Climate change and water quality: 34. Enrichment of microclimate and creation of rural livelihood in tribal region of Rajasthan--innovative NRM approach/Y.B. Sharma. 35. Fluoride levels in the groundwater of Hoskote Industrial Area, Bangalore/B.S. Shankar, M.T. Maruthesha Reddy and Dayananda Reddy. 36. Geomorphology of the Saline inundated regime of the little Rann of Kutch/A.A. Ansari and Vishal Gupta. 37. Studies on the high fluoride incidence in groundwaters and its impact on human health--a case study from a part of hard rock terrain of Gadag District, Karnataka State/J.T. Gudagur, S.C. Chougala and B.V. Nadagouda.  38. A techno-econo feasible treatment for river pollution--a case study of Panchagana river at Kolhapur City/Atul Ayare and Chandrsen Rajemahadik. 39. Rate of transport of Ions in soil under influence of electrical gradient/Dayananda Reddy K.L. and B.S. Shankar. 40. Analysis of water quality results and infiltration study in Tumkur Taluk, Karnataka/C.R. Ramakrishnaiah, C. Sadashivaiah and G. Ranganna. 41. Effect of the length of the estuary on high water slack salinity/T.V. Praveen, J.S.R. Murthy and Jagdeesh Chandra. 42. Mapping the pollutant sources with satellite images- a case study in Cauvery River Basin/S. Suresh Babul, S. Emily Prabha Jothi and G. Shyamala. V. Integrated water resources management: 43. IWRM-a path to achive Mdg (keynote paper)/G.N. Pradeep Kumar. 44. Integrated water resources management in Kadalundi Basin, Kerala/Geeja K. George. 45. A study of effects of man made structures on river flow and floodplain using GIS/P. Satyanarayana, Onkar Dikshit and Ashu Jain. 46. Effect of drip and mulch on yield and quality of mulberry (Morus Alba L.)/Srinivasa Reddy G.V., Ananda Reddy and Chowde Gowda M. 47. Effective water resource management/Debabrata Maji. 48. Estimation of crop water requirements and optimal irrigation scheduling of major crops under NSRC command area/A. Srinivasa Prasad, N.V. Umamahesh and G.K. Viswanath. 49. Soil and water conservation technology for water resources management, Panchmahal case study/Paulomi B. Vyas. 50. Rooftop rainwater harvesting-- a hope for Dehradun/Nitin Mishra and G.V. Srinivasa Reddy. 51. Watershed development activities in Andhra Pradesh/M.K. Rahaman. VI. Water management issues and geo-informatics: 52. Issues related to management of water resources and GIS applications in watershed management (keynote paper)/M.L. Narasimham. 53. Hydropower development and environmental issues in reference with Arunachal Pradesh/Debabrata Maji. 54. Impact of hydro-geomorphic parameters on agriculture in Panam watershed, Gujarat/A.A. Ansari. 55. Stress analysis of concrete and steel lined pressure tunnels using finite element method/Siva Parvathi, T.V. Praveen, S. Surya Rao and R. Rama Rao. 56. Metamorphosis of the coastal environment of Kutch District/Gujarat Vishal Gupta and A.A. Ansari. 57. Runoff and soil loss estimation using RS and GIS/A.S. Ravikumar, H.B. Balakrishna and B.K. Anand. 58. Runoff and soil loss under different crop management practices/Srinivasa Reddy, G.V. Kamal Kumar and Venkatachalapathy K. 59. Inter Basin transfer and resolving conflicts/H. Mahabaleswara and G. Abbaiah. 60. River diversion for extracting the coal--a case study/A. Sreenivasulu P. Srinivas and K. Satish Kumar. 61. Use of different lining materials to control seepage in farm ponds/Srinivasa Reddy G.V., Dayananda H.O., and Venkatachalapathy K. 62. Impacts of climatic changes on water and environment/G. Sreenivasulu, Y. Arunkumar Reddy, R. Srikanth. 63. Flood zone mapping for an urban Catchment through NRCS CN method--a case study of Visakhapatnam/M.L. Narasimham Vazeer Mahammood, Y.S. Prabhakar and Y. Abbulu.