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CE-803 (D) Integrated Water Management Notes

5 notes for Integrated Water Management, unit by unit.

Unit 1 · Short notes Paradigm Shift in Water Management 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
Unit 2 · Short notes Sustainable Water Resources Management 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 3 · Short notes Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Approach 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 4 · Short notes Surface and Subsurface Water Systems 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
Unit 5 · Short notes Conventional and Non‑conventional Techniques for Water Security 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

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