Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) in Pune saw several advancements under the World Bank's Hydrology Project II (HP-II) including: 1) Technical trainings for over 100 CWPRS officers in areas like water resources planning, climate change impacts, and more. 2) Infrastructure upgrades including a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system, laboratory equipment, and renovated buildings. 3) Research activities such as optimizing stream gauge networks in Maharashtra's Bhima river basin and hydrographic surveys of the Tawa reservoir. 4) Over Rs. 4 crore was spent on civil works, equipment, trainings and other costs aligned with the goals of

1. Central Water and
Power Research
Station, Pune
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Central Water and Power Research Station
(CWPRS), Khadakwasla, Pune
 CWPRS, established in 1916, is a premier hydraulic research institute in India, under Government
of India Ministry of Water Resources
 Excellence in providing technological solutions of practical utility for optimal and safe design of
water resources structures through a combination of applied research and effective utilisation of
latest technology for sustainable development and management of the country’s water resources
 Work methodologies- physical and mathematical model studies, desk studies, field and laboratory
experiments
 Few specialised areas- river training and flood control, hydraulic structures, harbours, coastal
protection, foundation engineering, construction materials, pumps and turbines, ship
hydrodynamics, hydraulic design of bridges, earth sciences, cooling water intakes, environmental
studies, water resources development, management and planning etc
MAJOR DISCIPLINES
River Engineering Coastal and Offshore Engineering
River and Reservoir Systems Modelling Foundation and Structures
Reservoir & Appurtenant Structures Applied Earth Sciences
Instrumentation, Calibration and Testing Services

3. Role of CWPRS in HP-II
 As a central implementing agency, CWPRS primarily plays
a role as facilitator in R&D.
 Achievements, developments and capacity building of
CWPRS during HP-II are summarized as below:
 Technical Advancements
 Infrastructure Development
 Research Activities under HP-II
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4. Technical Advancements
Capacity Building
Trainings Received by CWPRS Officers (in India)
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Year Number of training
programmes
Number of officers
received training
2006-07 7 13
2007-08 5 11
2008-09 6 11
2009-10 6 12
2010-11 6 10
2011-12 7 30
2012-13 3 6
2013-14 5 11

5. Technical Advancements (Contd...)
Participation of CWPRS officers in international training
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Sl.
No.
Training Course Title Venue No. of
Officers
1 Water Resources Planning IIHE,
Netherlands
1
2 Use of Developed DSS in
Water Resources Management
DHI, Denmark 1
3 Climate Change: Earth System
Future Scenarios and Threats
Newcastle
University, UK
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6. Technical Advancements (Contd...)
Trainings course conducted by CWPRS
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No Training Course Title Venue Number of Participants
1 Prediction of Hydrologic Variables for
Ungauged Basins
Pune 21
2 Optimisation of Gauge & Discharge
network in Maharashtra (3 workshops)
Nasik 100 (40 in 1st
course, 35
in 2nd
and 25 in 3rd
)
3 Calibration of current meters and their
usage in rivers
Goa 35
4 Application of Statistics in Hydrology Pune 21
5 Application of ArcGIS in Water
Resources Studies (3 courses)
23 (6 in 1st
course, 5 in
2nd
and 12 in 3rd
)
6 Water quality data analysis, reporting
and presentation
Pune 13
7 Canal Automation using SCADA Pune 20 expected (20-22
May 2014)

7. Infrastructure Development
Upgradation of Research facilities
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No. Facility Description Cost (Rs
Lakhs)
1 Supervisory Control And Data
Acquisition (SCADA)
82.51
2 Civil works for upgradation of
model canal
16.33
3 Upgradation of current meter
rating trolley facility (up-gradation of
certain identified hardware spare parts/
software component
1.15

8. Infrastructure Development
Upgradation of Research facilities
SCADA System Infrastructure Developed at CWPRS 8
Model Canal
ADCP
Data Acquisition System
SCADA Screenshot of
software

9. Infrastructure Development
IT hardware and Software
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Sl. No. Description Quantity Sl. No. Description Quantity
Hardware Software
1 Desktop PC 7 1 ArcGIS 1
2 Laptop PC 2 2 Utility software
3 Workstations 1 MS-Office 2
4 Printers 5 Windows 7 2
5 Scanners 3 QuickHeal
Antivirus
3
6 Photocopy
Machines
2 3 SCADA 1
7 Computer
Furniture
3
8 Handheld GPS 1
9 Multi-media
projector
1

10. Infrastructure Development of CWPRS
Physical
Infrastructure comprising the buildings and allied structures
were renovated and modified as the case may be to boost the
image of institute in both national and international
perspectives.
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No. Facility Description Cost
(Rs in lakh)
1 Modernisation of Library Building 32.05
2 Renovation of VIP suites in Guest House 60.80
3 Renovation of Conference Hall 34.76
4 Up-gradation of two Lecture Halls 50.87

11. Infrastructure Development of CWPRS
Physical
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12. Research Activities under HP-II
Purpose Driven Study (PDS)
 PDS on “Optimisation of stream gauge and rain gauge network for
Upper Bhima basin in Maharashtra” was carried out by CWPRS in
association with Govt. of Maharashtra (GoM).
 Bhima basin up to Ujjani reservoir was chosen as a pilot basin for
the study. Scope of the work included reviewing the preliminary
work done by GoM and providing additional technical inputs.
 Three workshops on the study were conducted during 2008-09
and 2010-11 jointly by CWPRS and Government of Maharashtra
(GoM) at Jal Vigyan Bhawan, Nasik; with about 100 officials
trained through the workshops.
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13. Research Activities under HP-II (Contd...)
Purpose Driven Study (PDS)
 Technical Report based on the study was submitted to
WRD, GoM and PCS in December 2010.
 Five technical papers were published in international/
national journals based on the results of PDS.
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14. Research Activities under HP-II (Contd...)
Purpose Driven Study (PDS)
 For Hydrographic survey for Tawa reservoir CWPRS
completed field survey jointly with the WRD officials of
Govt of Madhya Pradesh during Feb.-Mar, 2014. Report
on the study under preparation.
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15. Research Activities under HP-II
DSS (Planning)
 CWPRS representives actively participated in all the meetings
and workshops, training programmes of DSS (P) during
conceptualisation of DSS (P) model, customisation and scenario
simulation stages of DSS (P)
 CWPRS is a member of `Maharashtra State Decision Support
System (DSS) Expert Group’
 Generic DSS solutions software developed by the DSS (P)
consultants, (DHI, Denmark) is installed on the workstation
computer procured for the purpose by CWPRS.
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16. Research Activities under HP-II
DSS (Planning)
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Participation of
Dr. C. Ramesh,
SRO, CWPRS in
the 3-weeks
training course on
“Use of DSS in
Water Resources
Management and
Application of the
Developed DSS
Software”,
organised by DHI,
Denmark during
19th
September to
7th
October 2011

17. Financial Achievements
In accordance with WB document of HP-II, the budgetary cost
allocated for CWPRS is about 3.69 crore initially and
subsequently revised to 4.64 crore during various RCTs.
Details of component-wise expenditure under HP-II
for the period April, 2006 – March, 2014
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No. Component Expenditure (Rs)
1 Civil Works 2,75,48,386
2 Goods 49,40,293
3 Consultancy’s Services 0
4 Training 6,29,256
5 Operating Costs 85,29,229
Total 4,16,47,164

18.  SCADA system developed at CWPRS under HP II will be utilised
to carry our research in this field, to demonstrate automated
control of canal operations and impart training of officials from
various state and central agencies.
 Trainings received by CWPRS officers in DSS(P) and the
infrastructure developed at CWPRS for DSS(P) would be useful
during the sustenance of DSS(P), for arranging trainings in this
field and also basin specific studies can be undertaken.
 Physical and IT infrastructure strengthened during HP-II would be
effectively utilised for undertaking client sponsored studies and
research in the field of Hydrology and Water Resources Analysis.
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Post project plan for implementation
of HP-II activities

19.  Periodical (internal and external) review was helped in
achieving the physical and financial targets of the project.
 Collaboration with state/ central agencies was helped
CWPRS to know about their activities and its implementation
schemes in water resources projects.
 Better technical exchange of ideas with national/
international experts would be helpful.
 Training on procurement procedures and reimbursement
during the implementation period of the project from to time
was helpful to CWPRS.
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Lessons learnt from HP-II

20. Plan for information Dissemination
• CWPRS had shared its experience in hydrological
and water resources studies through organising
10+1 training programmes on various technical
aspects.
• Further CWPRS officials had participated in various
National/ International training programmes and
workshops organised at different institutes under
HP II.
• CWPRS can play active role in R&D activities
under the proposed HP III.
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