2010-060 THE FLOOD SITUATION OF ASSAM –  A CASE STUDYMukul Chandra BoraDibrugarh Polytechnic, Lohowal, India Abstract:The problem caused by water may broadly be catagorised into two major groups’ viz. shortage of water and surplus of water. Shortage of water causes drought and surplus water causes flood. The water is the vital ingredients for the survival of […]

2010-084 REVIEW OF PRESENT RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING PROCESSES, LEADING, POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMSVaibhav GosaviIIT Roorkee, Dept. of Hydrology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Abstract:Rapid development in computers and information technologies leads researchers to model a very complex process of rainfall-runoff very accurately. This leads to new horizon in water observation and information systems […]

2010-031 FLUORIDE LEACHING IN GROUNDWATER CRIPPLES LIFE IN PARTS OF INDIASurendra SharmaCarman Residential and Day School, India Abstract: Fluoride problems are wide spread in India especially in nine States covering almost the entire country.  In order to assess the  water quality and the related health problems due to high fluoride content, water samples from nine  […]

2010-041 MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN AN IRRIGATED SEMI-ARID REGION OF INDIA Ajay Singh 1, Sudhindra N. Panda 2, Peter Krause 3, Wolfgang-Albert Flugel 31 Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India2 School of Water Resources, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India3 Departments of […]

2010-027 COMPARATIVE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF ECOLOGY OF PONDS WITH VARYING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Kannan Doraipandian 1, Arun raja Thangasamy 11 Thiagarajar College (Autonomous),India Abstract: Man-made ponds are among the important entity of wetland ecosystem and have different utilization potential and adapted with varying management practices.  The present work is envisaged with the objective of […]

2010-030 WATER QUALITY AND HUMAN INFLUENCE ON COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF SOUTH INDIAD.Sanna Durgappa Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India Abstract: The problem confronting coastal resource managers in the west coast of India is analogous to the question of whether economic policy makers in India should be focusing on restoring the fundamentals […]

2010-009 MODELLING WAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFICIENCY, AN INTEGRATED APPROACH Mrs Anjali Khambete 1, Robin Christian 11. S.V.NIT Icchanath,Pipload road,Surat,Gujarat,India   Abstract: Man’s desires for ultimate joy and comfort have led him to exploit nature’s free goods to the extent of reducing its natural capacities for self stabilization. As a consequence of this outright disregard […]

2010-185 INTEGRATED GEOLOGICAL, GEOELECTRIC AND GEOCHEMICAL  STUDIES  FOR GROUNDWATER RESOURCE EVALUATION IN   COSTAL AREAS OF  SAGAR ISLAND REGION,WEST  BENGAL, INDIARanjit  Kumar  Majumdar 1,   Debabrata  Das 11 Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Abstract:The importance of water for sustenance of life cannot be overemphasized and groundwater being a part of the hydrologic cycle needs […]

378 – Impact of rainwater harvesting techniques on groundwater depletion and contamination D.Gnanasundar and M.Senthilkumar Scientist, Central Ground Water Board, MOWR, Gujarat, India   Abstract:   Groundwater abstraction has been multiplied by many folds in the Indian sub-continent since early 70’s.  In states like Tamilnadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan, groundwater depletes at an alarming rate of […]

182 – Flood and droughts: The Indian Scenario Kottapalli S. Murty 101 Sneh Chaya Apts, 2 Hindustan Colony, Amaravati Road, Nagpur, 440033, India  Abstract: Floods and droughts form the two extremes of then hydrological cycle. Hardly a year passes for India when some part or the other in the country does not suffer from one […]