RESEARCH AREAS AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN WATER RESOURCES

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RESEARCH AREAS AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN WATER
RESOURCES

• M.Prithviraj
• Earth System Sciences Divn.
• Dept. of Science Technology
• New Delhi
• prithvi_at_nic.in

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Water - Stress

• intensive agriculture
• industrial development
• urbanization
• uneven distribution of rainfall in time and space
• failure of monsoon
• increase in the sources and extent of
  contamination
• liberalized policies of Government and financial
  institutions

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Water Todays Problem

• Indiscriminate development and exploitation of
  ground water resources
• Lack of regulatory mechanism
• No proper scientific approach in water resource
  development
• Popularity measure like free power
• Globalization water export
• Unscientific agricultural practices, disposal
  of industrial domestic waste
• Urban Flooding

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The Day is not Too Far
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Water Initiatives of PAC-ES

• 4th PAC meeting at Nainithal in April 2006 -
  suggested
• design of a series of training programmes in
  water resources.
• Organise a discussion on research initiatives
  that need to be taken up to address the pertinent
  water resources problems of the country.
• Brain Storming Session - organized in the Dept.
  of Geophysics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
  in December 2005

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Water BSS Outcome

• Discussions culminated in the development of
  seven training programmes identification of
  areas of research that need to be strengthened or
  initiated.
• identified research topics required
  reexamination in the light of the
• changing water resources research in the
  international scenario,
• our local and national societal needs and the
  associated political and socio-economic
  conditions.
• scientific issues like climate change,
• and the drastic changes taking place in
  agricultural practices and industrialization.

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Water Training Programs

• 1.Hard Rock Hydrology - NGRI, IISc CGWB
• 2.Urban and Industrial Hydrology - BITS, Ranchi,
  JNU, New Delhi
• 3.Coastal and Island Hydrology - Andhra
  University, Visakhapatnam NIH, DRC, Kakinada
• 4.Alluvial Hydrology - Anna University, Chennai
  IIT, Khagarpur
• 5.Mountain Hydrology - NIH, Roorkee
• 6.Arid Zone Hydrology - NIH, Roorkee
• 7.Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB) - Andhra
  University, Visakhapatnam BITS, Pilani

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Water Discussion Meet

• Two-day Discussion Meet - organized at the
  Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute
  of Science (IISC), Bangalore on 16th and 17th of
  February, 2007 to sharpen the research areas in
  water resources.
• Prepare a Thrust Area document on Research
  Issues and Capacity Building in Water Resources
  - for wider circulation amongst academicians and
  young researchers.

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Water Identified Research Areas

• Vadose zone Research
• Base Flow and Ground Water Run off
• Identification Mapping of Major Indian Aquifers
• Coastal aquifer systems and submarine Ground
  water Discharges
• S T Inputs to ensure safe drinking water and
  sanitation
• Urban hydrology
• Eco-hydrology including Water Quality and
  Remediation studies
• Transformation of complex scientific Functions
  into user friendly thumb rules
• Cost effective Instrumentation for automatic data
  collection and transmission
• Cost effective and adoptive technologies for
  water access and treatment
• Foot print of virtual water import/ export

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I Acknowledge the inputs provided by the
Participants of the Brainstorming Sessions
organised by DST at Andhra University
Vishakapatnam and IISc Bangalore.
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Thanks for your Attention