Introduction: history of water resources development, water resources of
India, problems and perspectives, conceptual framework. Economics of
Water resources planning: benefitcost analysis of water resources
projects, water pricing and water allocation, principles of planning and
financing water resources projects. Water Law: riparian rights, groundwater ownership, prior appropriation, permit systems, acquisition and use of rights. Uncertainty concepts in Water Resources Planning: methods for uncertainty analysis and applications. Ground Water
Management: inverse problem of parameter identification, management
models embedding
and response matrix approaches, optimal
experimental design for parameter identification, conjunctive use of
surface and ground water systems. Systems Analysis: systems concepts,
conventional and evolutionary optimization techniques, interfacing
optimizers with process simulators for design and management
applications, applications to water resources planning and management
problems. Water Quality Management in rivers, streams, and other water
bodies. Flood mitigation and management: structural and nonstructural
measures, optimal flood mitigation plan, flood damage estimation.
Planning, design and management of irrigation, hydropower and flood
control systems. Optimal planning and operation of single and multiple
reservoirs, planning and development of multipurpose projects, decision
support systems for water resources management, sustainable
development of water resources. Coastal zone management. Use of GIS
in Water Resources Planning.
- Teacher: smohan MOHAN S