Subject Code: CE6L028 Name: Integrated Watershed Management L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Prerequisite: None
Introduction to integrated approach for the management of watersheds; Watershed hydrology: runoff and sediment load estimation, instrumentation, and monitoring of hydro-meteorological variables at watershed-scale, discharge measurement, sediment (suspended and bed load) measurement, control of soil erosion, use of GIS for integration of different aspects of watersheds; Rainwater management: rainwater harvesting, artificial recharge, types and design of water harvesting and recharge structures; Irrigation management: use of conserved water; Land degradation, soil quality and water quality aspects, soil conservation strategies, water conveyance structures-spillways, culverts, etc; Flood routing through channels and reservoirs, flood control through single purpose and multipurpose reservoir operation, mitigation and adaptation strategies, flood modeling using GIS, flood damage case studies; Droughts: causes, types, drought indices, control and adaptation strategies; Drainage: estimation of drainage coefficient, design of surface and subsurface drainage systems, control of soil salinity; Climate change: general circulation models (GCMs), IPCC climate change scenarios, impacts of climate change and land use change on watersheds; Case studies.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Subramanya, K., Engineering Hydrology, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishers, New Delhi.
  2. Garg, S. K., Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures, Khanna Publishers.
  3. Chow V. T., Maidment D. R. and Mays L. W. Applied Hydrology, McGraw-Hill.
  4. Heathcote I. W. Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2nd Edition.
  5. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Working Group Report II, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.
  6. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, Working Group Report III, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.