Initial History and Strategic Planning of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad G. Keyes, Jr. ◽  
Jerry R. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Strategic Planning

scholarly journals Participatory Modelling of Surface and Groundwater to Support Strategic Planning in the Ganga Basin in India

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marnix van der Vat ◽  
Pascal Boderie ◽  
Kees Bons ◽  
Mark Hegnauer ◽  
Gerrit Hendriksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Ganga Basin ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Surface And Groundwater

The Ganga Basin in India experiences problems related to water availability, water quality and ecological degradation because of over-abstraction of surface and groundwater, the presence of various hydraulic infrastructure, discharge of untreated sewage water, and other point and non-point source pollution. The basin is experiencing rapid socio-economic development that will increase both the demand for water and pollution load. Climate change adds to the uncertainty and future variability of water availability. To support strategic planning for the Ganga Basin by the Indian Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and the governments of the concerned Indian states, a river basin model was developed that integrates hydrology, geohydrology, water resources management, water quality and ecology. The model was developed with the involvement of key basin stakeholders across central and state governments. No previous models of the Ganga Basin integrate all these aspects, and this is the first time that a participatory approach was applied for the development of a Ganga Basin model. The model was applied to assess the impact of future socio-economic and climate change scenarios and management strategies. The results suggest that the impact of socio-economic development will far exceed the impacts of climate change. To balance the use of surface and groundwater to support sustained economic growth and an ecologically healthy river, it is necessary to combine investments in wastewater treatment and reservoir capacity with interventions that reduce water demand, especially for irrigation, and that increase dry season river flow. An important option for further investigation is the greater use of alluvial aquifers for temporary water storage.

scholarly journals A Cellular Automata Urban Growth Model for Water Resources Strategic Planning

10.29007/w43g ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionysios Nikolopoulos ◽  
Konstantina Risva ◽  
Christos Makropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Water Quality Control ◽  
Urban Growth Model

The alarming rate of urbanization poses immediate problems to water resources management, mainly, but not limited to water supply, flood risk management, wastewater treatment and water quality control. Ideally, strategic planning of water systems should be fully aware of the prospects of future urban growth in order to maintain high reliability of services provided and satisfy customers in the long term. Typically, urban growth is handled in a static manner via the development of future scenarios based on previous urban planning studies. Generally, these scenarios focus solely on population increase and ignore the spatial allocation dynamics. Modern urban water strategic thinking needs to incorporate robust tools and methodologies in management practices, able to predict and quantify the outcome possibility of future urban growth. To cope with the aforementioned challenge, this study proposes a novel cellular automata urban growth model as well as, a supplementary remote sensing methodology to preprocess input data.

A quarter century of Water Resources Research

1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
George H. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Quarter Century
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