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ID: 60696
Title: Correlation of morphometric parameters with permeability within micro watershed
Author: Mane Varsha P and Katpatal Y B
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 150-157, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Drainage morphometry, drainage density, Stream frequency permeability, porosity, infiltration.
Abstract: Attempts have been made by several workers (Oyegoke and Ifeadi, 2007, Leopold and Miller 1956; Morisawa, 1959; Krishnamurthy et al. 1996) to workout the qualitative characteristics of basins with respect to the basin parameters. Studies starting relationships of the drainage morphometry with runoff and the drainage densities are available but studies with quantitative relationships of infiltration rates or permeability values with the drainage parameters are less more so with ground data. Remotely sensed images provide the information related to basin parameters especially soil and lithology which can be interestedly analyzed on GIS wherein coefficients rates may be estimated. The paper attempts to calculate drainage morphometric parameter of mini-watersheds under GIS environment. Correlation of drainage density with the coefficient of permeability has been carried out.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Ebisemiju F.S.?A reduced rank model of drainage basin morphometry,? Geografiska Annaler. Physical Geography, (61), 1979. Iware Matsuda. ?River Morphology and Channel Processes, In Fresh Surface Water? Ed. James C.I. Dooge], in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss publishers, Oxford, UK, 2004.
Literature cited 2: Oyegoke, S. O. and Chifumnanaya Ifead. Relationship between drainage basin: hydrogeological approach to quantitative morphology.?Bulletin of geological Society of America, (56), 1945, pp. 275-370 Horton R.E. ?Erosional development of streams and their drainage basin: hydrogeological approach to quantitative morphology.? Bulletin of geological Society of America, (56), 1945, pp. 275-370.

ID: 60695
Title: Impending water resource crunch-A case study of Mundra, Mandvi Talukas, Kachchh district-Gujarat.
Author: D.S. Modi
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 150-157, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Kachchh-Mundra-Mandvi, semi arid climate, coastal aquifer, sea water intrusion, water management.
Abstract: This paper deals with the impending problem of water resource crunch in Kachchh District of Gujarat with special reference to Mandvi and Mundra Talukas. The influence of various parameters and controlling factors as well as hydrological data collected by various agencies and organizations during last three decades have been studied and evaluated. The results of these studies clearly indicate the depletion as well as deterioration of ground water resources. Efforts have been made to highlight the problem and suggest suitable remedial measures to mitigate it.
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Literature cited 1: Biswas, S.K. Geology of Kutch, K.D.Malviya Institute of petroleum Exploration-Dehradun, 1993. District Census Handbook, Kachchh, Census of India, 1991, Director of Census Operation, Gujarat
Literature cited 2: HGEC 1998-Process of Desertification in Kachchh and Banaskantha District of Gujarat, India. Government of Gujarat-Report of the high-level Committee to examine the problem of Saline ingress along the Coastal Area of Kachchh, Nov: 1984, Irrigation Department, Gandhinagar.

ID: 60694
Title: Land and water resources management using Remote Sensing and GIS-A case study of hilly watershed.
Author: Santosh M. Pingale, H.C. Sharma, Deepak Khare, Mahesh K. Jat and Harish Chandra
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 142-149, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: landuse/and cover, remote sensing & GIS, land & water resources management.
Abstract: In the present scenario, integration of Remote Sensing and GIS is helpful in planning and management of land & water resources for adoption of location specific technologies. The socio-economic growth of a country depends primarily on continuing preservation and effective utilization of its natural resources. Therefore, an attempt has been made to develop and manages watershed by applying innovative technologies like remote sensing and GIS for better interpretation. Maun watershed of Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India has been chosen as the present study area which is located between 78? 22 ' 28? to 78? 22 ' 28? to 78? 24? 57? E longitude and 30? 17 ' 19? to 30 ? 18 ' 52? N latitude, covering an area of 871 ha. A special emphasis is laid on the development of action plan for land and water resources management mainly based on the land use/land cover, geomorphology, DEM, slope and aspect of the area. From the final output of the themes generated, water harvesting ponds are recommended in the study area to increase the ground water recharge and to control soil erosion.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: Lal M. ?Climate change-Implications for India ' s water resources,?J India Water Resources Society, 21, 2001, pp. 101-109. Kumar R., Singh R.D. and Sharma K.D. ?Water resources of India,? Current Science, 89 (5), 2005, pp. 794-811.
Literature cited 2: IMSD, Technical guidelines, NRSA, Hyderabad, 1995.

ID: 60693
Title: Modeling Hydrologic impacts of climate change
Author: Dr. Subimal Ghosh
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 135-141, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Climate change, General Circulation Model, Downscaling, Uncertainty.
Abstract: Climate change refers to any systematic change in the long-term statistics of climate elements (such as temperature, pressure, or winds) sustained over several decades or longer time periods. General Circulation Models (GCMs) are tools designed to simulate time series of climate variables globally, accounting for effects of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting global climate change. Hydrologic implications of global climate change are usually assessed by downscaling appropriate predictors simulated by GCMs. Results from GCM simulations are subjected to uncertainties associated with selection of GCMs, scenarios and downscaling models. The present study focuses on developing methodologies to assess the hydrologic impacts of climate change accounting for the uncertainties associated with the ensemble generated with multiple GCMs. The model is applied to the case study of Orissa meteorological subdivision for projection of monsoon rainfall in the next century.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: IPCC ?Climate Change 2001. The scientific basis, Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,? Ed. By and C.A.Johnson Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 2001. Huth R. ?Sensitivity of local daily temperature change estimates to the selection of downscaling models and predictors, ?Journal of Climate, 17, 2004, pp. 640-651.
Literature cited 2: Jones P.D. Murphy J.M. and Noguer M. ?Simulation of climate change over Europe using a nested regional-climate model, I: assessment of control climate, including sensitivity to location of lateral boundaries, ?Q.J.R. Meteorological Society, 121, 1995, pp. 1413-1449. Wilby R.L., Charles S.P., Zorita E., Timbal B., Whetton P. and Mearns L.O. ?The guidelines for use of climate scenarios developed from statistical downscaling methods?. Supporting material of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), prepared on behalf of Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impacts and Climate Analysis (TGICA). 2004.

ID: 60692
Title: Fully fuzzified linear programming with an application.
Author: S.A.Choudhari and Dr. P. Anand Raj.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 125-132, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: fully fuzzified linear programming, fuzzy numbers, linear ranking function
Abstract: In this paper the fully fuzzified Linear Programming (FFLP) is tried where all the parameters are fuzzy numbers including the decision variables also. The problem is solved by using the linear ranking function which defuzzifies the FFLP. Where the data imprecise the FFLP is powerful tool. This paper includes the formulation of FFLP problem and the solution with ranking function. The small numerical from water resources field is taken for the demonstration of the methodology.
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Literature cited 1: Bellman R.E. and Zadeh L.A. ?Decision-making in a fuzzy environment?, Management Science 17, 1970, pp. 141-164. Bortolan G. and Degani R. ?A review of some methods for ranking fuzzy subsets,? Fuzzy Sets and System, 15, 1985, pp. 1-19.
Literature cited 2: Tanaka H., Guo P.and Zimmermann H. -j., ?Possibility distributions of fuzzy decision variables obtained from possibilistic linear programming problems?, Fuzzy sets and systems, 113, 2000, pp. 323-332. Tanaka H. Asia K. ?Fuzzy solution in fuzzy linear programming problems,?IEEE Trans. System Man Cabernet, 14, 1984, pp. 325-328.

ID: 60691
Title: Participatory irrigation management-A new paradigm towards achieving better performance of an irrigation command.
Author: Ms. Samta Shah and Dr. H.J. Dalwadi.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 118-124, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Drainage-PRA, PIM, WUA-, performance evaluation parameters, agriculture productivity, financial performance, environmental impact, Adequacy and Equity of water distribution-socio-economical aspects, productive efficiencies.
Abstract: This paper summarizes the performance indicators currently used in the Research program on Irrigation Performance (RPIP). Within this program field data are measured and collected to quantify and test about efficiency, maintenance, and sustainability of irrigation, environmental aspects, socio-economics and management of an irrigation command. The indicators now are sufficiently mature to be recommended for use in irrigation and drainage performance assessment. Many expert research activities reveal the consequences of type of irrigation management practices affecting the overall efficiency of an irrigation command. The management practice having better results at a particular irrigation command may not work under different irrigation environments like different geographic locations, climatic conditions, at different cropping pattern, and different geographic locations, climatic conditions, at different cropping pattern, and different socioeconomic environments. The present Paper tries to touch a new perspective of vision towards evaluating irrigation command by viewing into its management and trying to develop a new vision towards adapting suitable irrigation management and achieve higher performance of an existing irrigation setup. The study can be mixed nature having the mathematical modeling of performance parameters and field survey o management practices and highlights the recommendations towards achieving better output by changing the governance. The paper only discusses the aspects of participatory irrigation management and parameters to be evaluated for commenting on its appraisal for efficiency of that system.
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Literature cited 1: Anita K.Prakash; V. Muralikrishna, P.K.Mishra and R.V.R.R.K.Chalam, ?Deciding Alternative land use options in a watershed using GIS?. Journal of Irrigation and drainage engineering, 2007. Desai ,N.B., Gulati O.T., Rathod K.G., The Mahi Right bank canal project, performance details, Mahi Irrigation circle, Nadiad, Gujrat, India, 1994.
Literature cited 2: Abernethy, C.L., ?Indicators of the performance Evaluation of Irrigation Systems, International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI), Colombo, 1989. Abernethy, C.L., Pearce, G.R., Research needs in third world irrigation, Hydraulics Research Limited, Wallingford, UK 1987.

ID: 60690
Title: Evapotranspiration studies for Jayakwadi irrigation project.
Author: A.B. Mirajkar and Dr. K.A. Patil.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, 109-117, June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Reference, Evapotranspiration, Regression, Penmen Monteith method.
Abstract: Evapotranspiration (ET) is the loss of water to the atmosphere by the combined processes of evaporation from soil and plant surfaces and transpiration from plants. The planning and operation of irrigation projects on scientific basis requires the calculations of crop water requirement based on climatological data. It is first necessary to calculate reference crop evapotranspiration (ETo). The objective of present study is to find a suitable method for estimating reference evapotranspiration (ETo) for the typical location of Nathsagar-Jayakwadi Irrigation Project. Station characteristics of Pategaon in the Aurangabad region of Maharashtra state are considered for the present study. Penmen Monteith method, which is now generally considered as a standard method, is used for ET0 calculation. Interrelationship between the different methods, which are frequently used, is developed with FAO Penmen Monteith method and Hargreaves method from the available climatic data. It is found that the ETo values obtained by Penmen Monteith method gives 7.05% lower values than by Hargreaves method. Hargreaves method has been found second more suitable than other methods if insufficient data is available. The results obtained by all methods are compared with lysimeter values and are found to be satisfactory. The regression co-relation analysis is carried out for the same results.
Location: T E 15 New Biology Building.
Literature cited 1: M.LWaikar and S.A. Dhoot ?Evaporation Studies for Vishnupuri Irrigation Project?. The Indian Society For Hydraulics Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 11, (2), 2005, pp. 132-145. Jayakwadi Irrigation Project Manual. CADA Office, Aurangabad, 1967, pp. 20-37.
Literature cited 2: Beuitler A. M. and Keller A.A.?Implementation of FAO-56 Penmen Monteith Evapotranspiration in a Large Scale Irrigation Scheduling Program,? ASCE 2005 www.ascelibrary.org. Allen R.G., Pruitt W.O., Hon., Raes D., Smith M. and Pereira L.S. ?Estimating Evaporation from Bare Soil and Crop Coefficient for the Initial Period Using Common Soils Information, ?ASCE, 2005, pp.65-66.

ID: 60689
Title: Assessment of Ecosystem services of the sacred Groves of Central Western Ghats inKarnataka (Progress Report 2014-15)
Author: T.V.Ramachandra, M.D.Subhash Chandran, N.V.Joshi
Editor: T.V.Ramachandra
Year: 2015
Publisher: CES, EWRG
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Assessment of Ecosystem Services of the Sacred Groves of Central Western Ghats in Karnataka (Progress Report-2014-15), 5-148 (2015)
Subject: Assessment of Ecosystem Services of the Sacred Groves of Central Western Ghats in Karnataka
Keywords: Assessment, Ecosystem Services, Sacred Grove, Central Western Ghats, Karnataka
Abstract: Sacred groves are patches of forests protected traditionally as places associated with deities. They are protected in the belief that "to keep them in a relatively undisturbed state is expressive of an important relationship of human beings with nature"(Hughes & Chandran 1998). In India this community based tradition has received considerable attention from a sociological as well as a biological perspective (Ramanujam and Cyril, 2003).The genesis of sacred grove inthe Western Ghats may go back to hunting-gathering socities which attributed sacred values to patches of forests within their territories as they did they to several other topographic or landscape features like mountain peaks, rocks, caves springfs and rivers.But the practice of setting aside patches of forests as sacred groves would have strengthened with the spread of agriculture when slashing and burning of forests began on a massive scale.
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Literature cited 1: Chandran,M.D.S., Gadgil,M.and Hughes,J.D. (1998).Sacred groves of Western Ghats of India.In: Conserving the Sacred for Biodiversity Management, (eds), P.S.Ramakrishanan K.G. Saxena and U.M.Chandrasekhara.Oxford and IBH Publishing Company Private Limited. Ramachandra T.V., Subash Chandran M.D., Joshi N.V., Sooraj N.P., Rao, G.R., and Vishnu Mukri, (2012).Ecology of Sacred Kan Forests in Central Western Ghats., Sahyadri Conservation Series 15, ENVIS Technical Report: 41, Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Siences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012.
Literature cited 2: Ramakrishnan, P.S., Saxena, K.G. and Chandrasekhara, U.M. (1998).Conserving the sacred: For Biodiversity Management, UNESCO,Oxford and IBH Publishing, New Delhi. Gadgil, M.and Vartak, V.D. (1975).Sacred groves of India: a plea for continued conservation.Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 72: 314-320.

ID: 60688
Title: Standardized gross value of indicators: A realistic approach for benchmarking irrigation systems.
Author: Dr. M.L. Waikar and R.S. Tatwawadi
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 99-108 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Benchmarking, indicators, Standardized Gross Value.
Abstract: Performance of an irrigation system is represented by its measured levels of achievement in terms of one or several parameters that are chosen as indicators of the system ' s goals. Comparative indicators make it possible to see how well the irrigated agriculture is performing at the system, basin or national scale. It is observed that different indicators, which are selected for the benchmarking process, are dependent on different factors. The value of indicators must be changed according to parameters that are affecting it. Thus value of indicator is formed after incorporating the effect of these parameters which is ready for comparison is termed as Standardized Gross Value (SGV) of Indicators. The value so generated can be used by the decision makers to find how well a system is performing. It also indicates the scope of improvement of further action, which is to be taken for performance evaluation of any irrigation project. The SGV of indicator facilitates to provide more realistic feature of any indicators. The results are compared with the data published in Benchmarking Report of Irrigation projects in Maharashtra, Water resources Department (WRD), Government of Maharashtra. Critical assessment of observations has also been done. It is concluded that the benchmarking for performance evaluation using SGV of indicators provides more realistic approach as compared to conventional indicators.
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Literature cited 1: Arumugam Kandhia and Tom Brabben,?Benchmarking Irrigation and Drainage Service Provision,?IPTRID Secretariat, Rome, 2000. Burt. Charles M, ?Benchmarking Irrigation Concept and Strategies?Irrigation Training and Research Center, San Luis Obispo, California, 2000.
Literature cited 2: Central Water Commission, ?Guidelines for Performance Evaluation of Irrigation System,? Performance Overview and Management Improvement Organization, Irrigation Performance Overview Directorate, Delhi, 2002. David J. Molden, R.Sakthivadivel, Christopher J Perry, Charlotte de Fraiture and Wim H Kloezen, ?Indicators for Comparing Performance of Irrigated Agriculture System,? IWMI Research Report No-20, Colombo, 1998.

ID: 60687
Title: Control of Evaporation loss using white plastic balls.
Author: N.D. Chaudhari and Dr. Sunil Kute.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 92-98 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Water is life; scarcity of water may lead to world war-III. Availability of water resources and its management has become important to every nation. Every year billions of cubic meters of water is lost due to evaporation. Present work is a small effo
Abstract: Water is life; scarcity of water may lead to world war-III. Availability of water resources and its management has become important to every nation. Every year billions of cubic meters of water is lost due to evaporation. Present work is a small effort to study the effect plastic balls cover in pan evaporimeter. It was observed in the present study that use o plastic balls in pan evaporimeter shown considerable reduction in the evaporation loss. Entire area coverage practically may not be feasible therefore study was carried for 25 %, 50 % 75 % and 100 % area covered with white plastic balls in an evaporimeter. This study can be simulated to water bodies of dams and lakes. It is observed for 25 % coverage of white balls reduction in evaporation, loss is 0.7 mm/day, for 75 % coverage of white balls reduction in evaporation loss is 1.0 mm/day. To safeguard aquatic life dissolved oxygen content for 25 % and 100 % coverage of white plastic balls was observed and found satisfactory for survival of aquatic life. Further study may conclude into a good conclusion, which shall help the society to save precious commodity in the form of water.
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Literature cited 1: Ian C., Schmidt and Michael Scobie ?Evaporation Control Using Covers-some realistic solutions for irrigation industry. ?National Centre for Engineering in Agricultural (NCEA), University of Southern Queensland (USQ). Barnes, G.T. ?Optimum Conditions for Evaporation Control by Monolayer,? Journal of Hydrology, 145, 1993, pp. 65-173.
Literature cited 2: Michael A.M. ?Irrigation Theory and Practice? Director (Retd) Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi-Vikas Publishing House pvt ltd, 1978, pp. 513-515. Dr.Radhey Lal? Irrigation Hydraulics? Dean C.O. Agriculture & Technology Orrisa University.Saroj Prakashan, 1978.pp.232-234.

ID: 60686
Title: Optimising furrow irrigation management decision variables.
Author: Sunil Garg, M.P.Kaushal, Jaspal Singh and Anil Bhardwaj.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 85-91 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Decision variables, optimization, furrow method and water requirement efficiency.
Abstract: Furrow irrigation optimization model was developed for field conditions to design and manage furrow irrigation system. Using Lewis-Kostiakov infiltration equation, the furrow irrigation system design problem was formulated as optimization problem. The design criterion used in the optimization models was the depth of irrigation and basic infiltration rate of the soil. The objective function of the model was constructed on the basis of a relationship between net returns and water requirement efficiency. The design variables of the model were the inflow rate, length of run, inflow time, number of furrows per set and number of sets. The model can be used to compare different types of furrow irrigation management strategies and can also be used to simulate actual field conditions.
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Literature cited 1: Reddy J. M, Clyma W. ?Optimal design of furrow irrigation Systems,? Trans. ASAE, 25 (3), 1981 (a), pp. 617-623. Reddy J. M. C lyma W. ?Optimal design of border irrigation Systems, ?Proceedings of the ASCE 107 (IR3), 1981 (b), pp. 289-306.
Literature cited 2: Holzapfel E .A. Marino M.A. and Chavez-Morales J.?Performance irrigation parameters and their relationship to surface-irrigation design variables and yield,? Agricultural Water Management 10, 1985, pp. 159-174. Holzapfel E. A., Marino M.A. and Chavez-Morales J.?Surface irrigation optimization models, ?Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 12 (1), 1986, pp. 1-19.

ID: 60685
Title: Irrigation planning with Fuzzy linear programming: A case study.
Author: S.A. Choudhari and Dr. P. Anand Raj.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 78-84 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Optimization, irrigation planning, fuzzy linear programming.
Abstract: Recent optimization tools like evolutionary algorithms, artificial neural networks, and fuzzy logic are playing roles in the field of water resources management. Optimal planning is also promising area for these soft computing tools. In agriculture in constant evolution, irrigation needs to adapt to new, more stringent requirements: the supply of water within large irrigated systems needs to be much more reliable and flexible .In this paper the fuzzy linear programming is used for the development of optimal irrigation policies. The effect of fuzzification of technological coefficients is tried on the model. The main objective is to find out the net benefit from the irrigation planning. The constraints are area availability for each crop and crop water requirement. In each constraint are area availability for each crop and crop water requirement. In each constraint the technological coefficients are fuzzified to observe the result. It is seen that fuzzy linear programming model leads to better distribution of the crop area than the crop models even the net benefit is lowered but distribution is unbiased. The model is applied to the case study of Jayakwadi project Maharashtra.
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Literature cited 1: Ranvir Singh, B. Soni, Changkakoti A.K. ?Optimal utilization of irrigation water in Garufella Catchment in Assam, India, ?Irrigation and Water Allocation (Proceedings of the Vancouver Symposium, August 1987). IAHS Publ. no. 169, pp. 195-205. Anand Raj, P.? Multicriteria methods in river basin planning-A case study?, Water Science and Technology, 31 (8), 1995, pp. 261-272.
Literature cited 2: Anand Raj, P., Nagesh Kumar, D. ?Ranking of river basin alternatives using ELECTRE?. J. Hydrological Sciences, 41 (5), 1996, pp. 697-713. Frizzone J.A., Coelho R.D Dourado-Neto D., and Soliant R.,?Linear Programming Model to Optimize the Water Resource Use in Irrigation Projects: An Application to the Senator Nilo Coelho Project,? Sci.Agric.Piracicaba, 54 (Numero Especial), pp. 136-148

ID: 60684
Title: Irrigation water Management: Decision Support Systems.
Author: S.D. Gorantiwar
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 70-77 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: irrigation water management, decision support system, agriculture.
Abstract: The share of water for agriculture is reducing continuously and at the same time there is a need to produce more food for increasing population. This paper highlights the importance of efficient irrigation water management that should enable the efficient and optimum utilization of land and water resources. The paper further list outs the different option for the efficient irrigation water management and finally describes the use of decisions support system in irrigation water management.
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Literature cited 1: Planning Commission, Government of India. ?9th Five Year Plan,? Government of India, Planning Commission, Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi. 1998. Anonymous. ?World Fact Book,? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome. 2007.
Literature cited 2: Anonymous. FAOSTAT Database,? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2006. Anonymous.?Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Information System on Water and Agriculture, ?Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. 2007.

ID: 60683
Title: Run-off Models on SCS method for a Catchment.
Author: Mrs. N.R. Dhamge and N.Z. Baiswarey.
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 58-67 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: SCS-CN method, runoff, model.
Abstract: A hydrological rainfall model is a means of representing the transformer of an input of rainfall over a catchments area to runoff at a specified outflow point (outlet). Complex catchment processes can be simplified and are represented in a wide variety of ways. A large number of models have been developed. The selection of a model type depends on the uses to which it will be put and the availability of measured information on input, outflows and storages. In this paper data processing software ?HYMOS? has been selected. Using data of catchment, three models viz, conventional SCS method, modified SCS method & Mockus method are used to compute runoff for a rainfall event. The best model is worked out for the selected catchment.
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Literature cited 1: Varshney R.S. ?Theory &Design of Irrigation Structures, ?Nemchand & Brothers, Roorkee, 2000. Murthreja K.N. ?Applied Hydrology,? Tata McGraw-Hill publishing Company 1995.
Literature cited 2: Mishra S.K. and Singh V.P. ?Another look at the SCS-CN method,? Hydrologic Engrg, ?4 (3), 1999a, pp. 257-264. Users Manual (November 1999). Govt of India and Govt. of Netherlands ?Hydrological Modeling Software (HYMOS)?.

ID: 60682
Title: A Conceptual Model for integrated water resources management.
Author: Bhaskar R. Nikam, D eepak Khare and S.K.Ghosh
Editor: Dr.D.G.Regulwar, Dr.K.A.Patil, Dr.U.J.Kahalekar, Dr.P.A.Sadgir.
Year: 2008
Publisher: Excel India Publishers
Source: Centre for Ecological Sciences
Reference: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management, , 50-57 June (2008)
Subject: Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Keywords: Conjunctive use, Water resources, groundwater.
Abstract: Isolated development and utilization of surface water and groundwater resources has resulted in several adverse effects. Conjunctive use of surface and ground water combines the advantages of groundwater storage with surface water system and serves as both remedial and corrective measures for optimal water resources management. Several conjunctive use planning models are available in literature but many of them have limitations in their practical application due to complex modeling nature and enormous data requirement. The concept of conjunctive use of water resources, different conjunctive use models available in literature and their limitations are discussed in this paper. The conceptual development of conjunctive use model and method to deal with non linearity introduced in objective function due to dynamic nature of groundwater and crop production response functions is also described in this paper.
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Literature cited 1: Aron, G. and Scott, V.H. (1971). Dynamic programming for conjunctive use. J. of Hydr.Div, ASCE, vol 97 (5), pp. 705-721. Bredehoeft, J.D. and Young, R.A. (1970). The temporal Allocation of Groundwater. Water Resour.Res., Vol. 6 (1), pp. 3-21.
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