Indian land, fortunately, is the wettest in the world but the crisis in terms of spread and within year distribution of rainfall affects one in three people. The annual average rainfall of 1170 mm, by any standards, can be categorized as water rich but its spread and non-uniformity, within a year, are the major reasons for acute shortage of water during non-rainy months. The water storage capacities, therefore, have to be increased adequately. Scientific short term and long term runoff water harvesting, subsurface runoff harvesting such as dykes, roof top water harvesting, integrated watershed management and groundwater recharging technologies etc. are the befitting answers to deal with such a situation. Hydrology, which constitutes three most important events, viz. precipitation, abstraction and runoff, has to be understood well. Drought characterization study must be taken up in different agro-climatic zones of the country and suitable crop plan strategies need to be developed under aberrant rainfall conditions. Low cost percolation tanks are found to be most effective for surface runoff harvesting and groundwater recharge. The attention should be given to it in watershed development and management projects. This book contains useful information on “Hydrology and Watershed Management†from the selected technical papers presented during the 37th and 38th ISAE Annual Convention and Symposium held at CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur from Jan 29-31, 2003 and CAET, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli from Jan 16-18, 2004, respectively.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P K Singh
Dr. Pramod Kumar Singh, M. V. Sc., Ph.D. is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Livestock Products Technology, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pantnagar. He is having over 27 years of experience in teaching, research, extension and administration. He did his graduation in the year 1988 from College of Veterinary Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology. He completed his Master’s in the year 2001 and Ph.D. in 2015. He has more than thirteen years of teaching experience. He has handled two research projects. He is member of 4 professional societies. Dr. Singh has published several research, semi research, review and technical articles. Dr. Singh has also contributed as member of editorial board, reviewer for various national and international journals.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.C. Purohit
Dr. R.C. Purohit is Professor & head, Department of SWE, CTAE, Udaipur. He has considerable experience in the area of Soil and Water Engineering discipline.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Virendra Kumar
Dr. Virendra Kumar is Professor of Soil and Water Engineering at College of Technology & Agricultural Engineering (CTAE), Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, (MPUAT), Udaipur. He has about 30 years of experience in research and teaching. He did his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engg. From Pantnagar in 1973; M.Tech. (Soil & Water Conservation Engg.) in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1990 from IIT, Kharagpur. He has several publications in national and international journals. He has been Head of the department from 1998-2003 and also worked as I/C Dean of the college, 2003. He had an unique opportunity to work in AICRP on Dryland Agriculture as well as in AICRP on Water Management. He also served as chief scientist in AICRP on Water Management. He has been Director (Technical) of Soil & Water Engg., ISAE for two years from 2002-2004. he is also the Chairman of Rajasthan Chapter of ISAE for the last three years. He is Fellow member of Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Water Resources Society besides being Life Member of ISAE and IASWC. He was bestowed upon the best teacher award of the university in 2003-2004.
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