Skip to content
CampusPrep

CE-803 (D) RGPV B.Tech

Integrated Water Management (IWM)

Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.

Previous Year Papers

5 papers, latest May 2026

Free
See all 5 papers

Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-803 (D)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Paradigm Shift in Water Management 7 topics
  • Global and national perspectives of water crisis
  • Water scarcity
  • Water functions in the life-support systems
  • Water availability and requirements for humans and nature
  • Concepts of ‘blue water’, ‘green water’ and ‘virtual water’ and their roles in water management
  • Human‑landscape interventions
  • Salient water management issues and challenges
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Sustainable Water Resources Management 5 topics
  • Concept of sustainable development
  • Sustainability principles for water management
  • Goals for guiding sustainable water resource management
  • Important preconditioning in water policy approaches
  • Framework for planning a sustainable water future
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Approach 5 topics
  • IWRM Principles: modern principles for water management and planning
  • Definition, components, and critique of IWRM
  • IWRM Implementation: socio‑scientific, economic, political and ecological factors affecting implementation
  • Salient examples of river basin management
  • Lessons from best practices in river‑basin management
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Surface and Subsurface Water Systems 10 topics
  • Impacts of development activities on the water cycle
  • Precipitation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, runoff, streamflow, erosion and sedimentation
  • Types of aquifer systems and their hydraulic characteristics
  • Environmental impacts on groundwater systems
  • Estimation of groundwater recharge and discharge
  • Assessment of groundwater potential
  • Surface water–groundwater interaction
  • Concept of sustainable groundwater development and management
  • Water balance, balance of water resources and needs
  • Minimum water table and minimum discharges
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Conventional and Non‑conventional Techniques for Water Security 7 topics
  • Rainwater harvesting
  • Groundwater mining and artificial recharge
  • Conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources
  • Long‑distance water conveyance and transport
  • Conservation of ‘green water’
  • Desalination
  • Treatment of poor‑quality waters
Unit 5 notes
Read the full syllabus

Exam insights

Counted from 5 past CE-803 (D) papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 Paradigm Shift in Water Management 17 marks
  • Unit 2 Sustainable Water Resources Management 15 marks
  • Unit 3 Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Approach 29 marks
  • Unit 4 Surface and Subsurface Water Systems 22 marks
  • Unit 5 Conventional and Non-conventional Techniques for Water Security 22 marks

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Asked again and again

  1. Explain best practices / lessons learned in river basin management approach.

    Asked 3 times: 2026, 2024, 2023

  2. Write short notes on artificial recharge (including choice with water conservation / sustainability topics)

    Asked 3 times: 2026, 2024, 2023

  3. Explain the principles of sustainable water management and their applications.

    Asked 2 times: 2026, 2025

Other 8th semester CE subjects