This presentation by Prof. A.K. Gosain describes the data requirements for the Ganga River Basin Management Plan. What are the types of data sets that need to be explored and how would they be used in the studies related to GRBMP.
This document provides operational details for groundwater data processing and analysis in India. It outlines the monitoring networks for water levels, quality, and hydro-meteorology. It describes the geological structures, soil types, typical groundwater issues, and the organizational setup of the responsible groundwater agency. The agency collects various dynamic data through monitoring networks to estimate groundwater resources and inform management recommendations in an annual groundwater yearbook.
This document provides a progress report on Activity 1.3 of the Drought Information Exchange Platform. It reports that metadata from drought products in 4 countries are currently available in the Drought Metadata Catalogue, including specific examples from the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. It requests that Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine prepare and submit metadata for their drought products. It provides an overview of received and pending metadata submissions from various countries. It also notes plans to receive more metadata and integrate datasets into the EDO MapViewer in coming weeks.
National Ganga Basin Management Plan : ProposalFRANK Water
This document proposes a plan for developing a Ganga River Basin Management Plan prepared jointly by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The plan will comprehensively address environmental quality, water resources, fluvial geomorphology, ecology, socio-economics, policy, and geospatial data. Individual IITs will lead work on specific themes and develop models and tools to assess current conditions and future scenarios. The plan aims to provide scientific solutions to ensure effective pollution abatement and conservation of the river Ganga through a holistic, interdisciplinary basin-scale approach.
King Bhagiratha brought the Ganges River from heaven to earth through his penance. Lord Shiva caught the mighty river in his matted hair to reduce its force so it would not damage the earth. The Ganges was once much cleaner but is now severely polluted by toxic and non-biodegradable waste from industries, cities, and farms, with coliform counts far exceeding standards and harming marine life, wildlife, and humans. The Indian government has attempted to address this through programs like the Ganga Action Plan, the National River Ganga Basin Authority, and Supreme Court actions, which use various water treatment techniques to intercept, divert, and treat sewage in the river. Some individuals have also worked
Ecotechnology Solution To Yamuna Ganga Pollution By Sandeep Joshiguest9291066
This document discusses solutions to river and lake pollution from city discharges using ecotechnology. It summarizes the current pollution issues facing rivers and lakes from urban and industrial wastewater. It then presents several of SERI's ecotechnological solutions for treating both point sources of pollution from wastewater discharges and non-point sources of pollution affecting water quality. These nature-based treatment systems require less energy and lower operation and maintenance costs than conventional approaches while improving water quality. The document concludes by highlighting some of SERI's projects restoring degraded lakes and streams using ecotechnological interventions.
This document provides an assessment of water pollution in the Ganges River from July 2013. It finds that the river experiences high levels of fecal coliform bacteria and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), especially from Kannauj to Tarighat. Several urban centers and clusters of polluting industries discharge untreated wastewater into the river and its tributaries like the Ramganga and Kali. Diversion of water for irrigation also reduces flows, concentrating pollution. The report establishes a water quality monitoring network and presents data on pollution levels across Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal to identify polluted stretches and inform remediation efforts.
Before the 17th century, navigation on the Ganga was limited to local transport between fragmented kingdoms. In the mid-16th century, Akbar brought his army to Bengal by boat. The golden age of navigation was in the mid-19th century when steamboat companies plied as far as Garhmukteshwar. However, soon after, the expansion of railways and construction of canals reduced cargo traffic on the river. Navigation was further impacted by the Upper Ganga Canal diverting water. In 1986, the Inland Waterways Authority was established to develop navigation along the Ganga from Haldia to Allahabad as National Waterway No. 1.
This document provides operational details for groundwater data processing and analysis in India. It outlines the monitoring networks for water levels, quality, and hydro-meteorology. It describes the geological structures, soil types, typical groundwater issues, and the organizational setup of the responsible groundwater agency. The agency collects various dynamic data through monitoring networks to estimate groundwater resources and inform management recommendations in an annual groundwater yearbook.
This document provides a progress report on Activity 1.3 of the Drought Information Exchange Platform. It reports that metadata from drought products in 4 countries are currently available in the Drought Metadata Catalogue, including specific examples from the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. It requests that Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine prepare and submit metadata for their drought products. It provides an overview of received and pending metadata submissions from various countries. It also notes plans to receive more metadata and integrate datasets into the EDO MapViewer in coming weeks.
National Ganga Basin Management Plan : ProposalFRANK Water
This document proposes a plan for developing a Ganga River Basin Management Plan prepared jointly by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The plan will comprehensively address environmental quality, water resources, fluvial geomorphology, ecology, socio-economics, policy, and geospatial data. Individual IITs will lead work on specific themes and develop models and tools to assess current conditions and future scenarios. The plan aims to provide scientific solutions to ensure effective pollution abatement and conservation of the river Ganga through a holistic, interdisciplinary basin-scale approach.
King Bhagiratha brought the Ganges River from heaven to earth through his penance. Lord Shiva caught the mighty river in his matted hair to reduce its force so it would not damage the earth. The Ganges was once much cleaner but is now severely polluted by toxic and non-biodegradable waste from industries, cities, and farms, with coliform counts far exceeding standards and harming marine life, wildlife, and humans. The Indian government has attempted to address this through programs like the Ganga Action Plan, the National River Ganga Basin Authority, and Supreme Court actions, which use various water treatment techniques to intercept, divert, and treat sewage in the river. Some individuals have also worked
Ecotechnology Solution To Yamuna Ganga Pollution By Sandeep Joshiguest9291066
This document discusses solutions to river and lake pollution from city discharges using ecotechnology. It summarizes the current pollution issues facing rivers and lakes from urban and industrial wastewater. It then presents several of SERI's ecotechnological solutions for treating both point sources of pollution from wastewater discharges and non-point sources of pollution affecting water quality. These nature-based treatment systems require less energy and lower operation and maintenance costs than conventional approaches while improving water quality. The document concludes by highlighting some of SERI's projects restoring degraded lakes and streams using ecotechnological interventions.
This document provides an assessment of water pollution in the Ganges River from July 2013. It finds that the river experiences high levels of fecal coliform bacteria and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), especially from Kannauj to Tarighat. Several urban centers and clusters of polluting industries discharge untreated wastewater into the river and its tributaries like the Ramganga and Kali. Diversion of water for irrigation also reduces flows, concentrating pollution. The report establishes a water quality monitoring network and presents data on pollution levels across Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal to identify polluted stretches and inform remediation efforts.
Before the 17th century, navigation on the Ganga was limited to local transport between fragmented kingdoms. In the mid-16th century, Akbar brought his army to Bengal by boat. The golden age of navigation was in the mid-19th century when steamboat companies plied as far as Garhmukteshwar. However, soon after, the expansion of railways and construction of canals reduced cargo traffic on the river. Navigation was further impacted by the Upper Ganga Canal diverting water. In 1986, the Inland Waterways Authority was established to develop navigation along the Ganga from Haldia to Allahabad as National Waterway No. 1.
The Ganges river is one of the most polluted rivers in the world due to waste from the large population living along its banks, as well as untreated industrial and agricultural runoff. Various initiatives have been launched by the Indian government to clean the river, including the Ganga Action Plan in the 1980s and a $4 billion campaign beginning in 2010, but pollution remains a major problem. The pollution has negatively impacted marine life in the river and has caused health issues for humans who use the water.
A general basic case study on the river Ganga at Varanasi covering all the aspects of Pollution, Government'r role, Treatment facilities, Future prospects, Health status of river.
Waste water treatment in Ganga river basin (Allahabad)Manoj Chaurasia
The topic'waste water treatment in Ganga river basin' discusses the reuse/reclamation concept of treated sewage, current status concerning to this at Allahabad(ganga river basin area). Bottlenecks and possible solutions for the purpose of reuse/reclamation are discussed.
The document discusses pollution in the Ganga River. It provides several sources of pollution including untreated sewage, industrial waste, and religious rituals. It analyzes water quality data from various cities that show dissolved oxygen, BOD, and coliform levels exceeding standards. Efforts to clean the river including the Ganga Action Plan, National Ganga River Basin Authority, and Namami Gange program are outlined. Recommendations include addressing inadequate water flow, untreated sewage discharge, and point source industrial pollution.
The Ganga River originates from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and flows through northern India and Bangladesh before draining into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta. It is over 2,500 km long and is considered sacred in Hinduism. The river is fed by melting snow and ice from the glaciers in the Himalayas and is joined by the Yamuna River along its course through the plains of northern India. It supports agriculture through irrigation and provides hydroelectric power but also faces significant pollution issues from human waste as it flows through densely populated areas.
The document discusses pollution of the Ganges River in India. It provides background on the river's importance in Hinduism and as a source of life. The river is now heavily polluted due to population growth, urbanization, and industrial/agricultural waste. Studies over the decades show increasing pollution levels, with the most recent finding that Ganges water at Haridwar exceeds standards for drinking, bathing, and agriculture due to high coliform levels from human and industrial waste. The river's holiness has not prevented overuse and pollution that now threatens its ability to support life.
The document describes the Groundwater Estimation and Management System (GEMS) which is a comprehensive software solution for groundwater management in India. It provides tools for compiling, visualizing, and analyzing hydrogeological data. The key modules of GEMS include sites database, geophysical investigations, water quality studies, statistical analysis, groundwater resource estimation and mapping. It integrates GIS, spatial analysis, and statistical tools to help with tasks like aquifer mapping, water resource management, and analyzing rainfall, water level, and water quality data over time. GEMS is used by the Central Ground Water Board of India to manage groundwater resources across nine states.
This document outlines a framework for composite water resource management (CWRM) in six sections: socio-economic data, land resources, soil resources, water resources, agriculture data, and hydrometeorology. Each section describes the types of data that should be collected from sources like census reports and government websites. This data is then used to create a water budget for each village based on available rainfall and runoff. The water budget informs the identification of natural resources and proposed activities to address key challenges like water deficiency or insufficiency. The framework provides a template for comprehensive data collection and planning of water management activities.
The document summarizes a monitoring and modeling plan to evaluate the effectiveness of green infrastructure stormwater best management practices (BMPs) installed along a streetscape project in Chicago. The plan includes monitoring rainfall, flows, water quality, and soil conditions at multiple locations before and after construction. Data will be used to model BMP performance and assess impacts of expanded BMP implementation across the city.
13 - World Bank - Modern Spatial Tools for WRM-Sep-16indiawrm
This document discusses tools for improved water resource management through spatial knowledge management and analytics. It describes the need to integrate activities across multiple sectors that impact water, such as agriculture, irrigation, power, and the environment. Modern tools could include data repositories, telemetry, earth observation data, models, and interactive web portals and mobile apps to visualize complex spatial data and support decision-making. Dashboards and story maps may help decision-makers understand issues like population trends and disaster risk management in an integrated, spatial context.
DSD-INT 2017 Introduction to computational frameworks Example Ganga Basin - ...Deltares
Presentation by Marnix van der Vat (Deltares) at the River Basin Planning and Modelling symposium, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2017. Wednesday, 25 October 2017, Delft.
This presentation was given as part of the EPA-funded Catchment Science and Management Course focusing on Integrated Catchment Management, held in June 2015. This course was delivered by RPS Consultants. If you have any queries or comments, or wish to use the material in this presentation, please contact catchments@epa.ie
It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
This document discusses extreme event-based rainfall-runoff simulation utilizing GIS techniques. It covers:
- The importance of extreme event modeling for flood mitigation and infrastructure planning.
- How GIS techniques are used to integrate data like topography, land use, and rainfall for hydrological modeling.
- The key components of the modeling process including data preparation, rainfall-runoff modeling, calibration and validation.
- Current applications and the potential for future advances through new data sources and machine learning.
Birr - Identifying Critical Portions of the LandscapeJose A. Hernandez
Terrain attributes derived from digital elevation models can be used to identify critical source areas for water quality protection. A study calculated terrain attributes like slope, curvature, and stream power index for two pilot watersheds in Minnesota. Field surveys showed higher values of attributes like specific catchment area and stream power index corresponded to locations of gullies and other erosion features. The results indicate terrain analysis can efficiently identify priority areas for conservation practices to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff.
The document discusses water accounting and integrated water resource management in South Africa. It provides background on South Africa's water policy, including the National Water Policy and National Water Act, and describes how water resource accounts have been constructed in South Africa using an input-output framework. The accounts analyze water flows between the environment, distributors, and sectors of production. Monetary analyses of water use and expenditures are also discussed. Comparisons of water use between South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana are presented.
LiDAR technology was used to survey over 90,000 acres of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges to support water resource management. The high-accuracy LiDAR data provided detailed digital elevation models, contours, and orthophotos that documented current infrastructure and habitat conditions. This data allows water management alternatives to be thoroughly analyzed by facilitating calculations of areas, volumes, water storage capacities, and potential water reuse capabilities. The comprehensive survey results provide wildlife managers with long-term tools to identify and implement improvements that optimize the efficient use and storage of available water resources.
REMOTE SENSING & GIS APPLICATIONS IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Sumant Diwakar
This document discusses remote sensing and GIS applications for watershed management. It describes how remote sensing can be used to characterize watersheds by mapping attributes like size, shape, drainage patterns, geology, soil, land use, and groundwater potential. Remote sensing data can be integrated with socioeconomic data and used to delineate watershed boundaries, prioritize watersheds for development, and generate action plans. The document also outlines steps for watershed demarcation, characterization using tools like GEOMORIS, and prioritization using methods such as the sediment yield index.
1) Population in the area is projected to increase by 14% by 2020 and housing is projected to increase by 24%. This will result in increased demand for services like water management and recreation.
2) Agricultural and vacant land is expected to decrease by 7,500 acres by 2020, increasing impervious surfaces. This will impact drainage and water quality.
3) Drainage demands are expected to decrease slightly as drainage dependent lands decrease by 642 acres. Maintenance standards for drainage systems will need reevaluation and inspection of critical reaches will be important.
This document provides an overview of the key components and data layers for Ireland's Water Framework Directive maps that will be available on the Catchments.ie website. It describes the open source tools that will be used, the status and risk data that will be mapped, and over 140 datasets that will be accessible from various environmental agencies and departments. It also outlines the development of modular Wordpress plugins for the maps, upcoming dashboard features, and details on supporting public consultation on river basin management plans.
Presented by Charlotte MacAlister, Birhanu Zemadim, Teklu Erkossa, Amare Haileslassie, Dan Fuka, Tammo Steenhuis, Solomon Seyoum, Holger Hoff, Kinde Getnet, and Nancy Johnson to the Nile Basin Development ChallengeScience and Reflection Workshop, Addis Ababa, 4-6 May 2011
The Ganges river is one of the most polluted rivers in the world due to waste from the large population living along its banks, as well as untreated industrial and agricultural runoff. Various initiatives have been launched by the Indian government to clean the river, including the Ganga Action Plan in the 1980s and a $4 billion campaign beginning in 2010, but pollution remains a major problem. The pollution has negatively impacted marine life in the river and has caused health issues for humans who use the water.
A general basic case study on the river Ganga at Varanasi covering all the aspects of Pollution, Government'r role, Treatment facilities, Future prospects, Health status of river.
Waste water treatment in Ganga river basin (Allahabad)Manoj Chaurasia
The topic'waste water treatment in Ganga river basin' discusses the reuse/reclamation concept of treated sewage, current status concerning to this at Allahabad(ganga river basin area). Bottlenecks and possible solutions for the purpose of reuse/reclamation are discussed.
The document discusses pollution in the Ganga River. It provides several sources of pollution including untreated sewage, industrial waste, and religious rituals. It analyzes water quality data from various cities that show dissolved oxygen, BOD, and coliform levels exceeding standards. Efforts to clean the river including the Ganga Action Plan, National Ganga River Basin Authority, and Namami Gange program are outlined. Recommendations include addressing inadequate water flow, untreated sewage discharge, and point source industrial pollution.
The Ganga River originates from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and flows through northern India and Bangladesh before draining into the Bay of Bengal through its vast delta. It is over 2,500 km long and is considered sacred in Hinduism. The river is fed by melting snow and ice from the glaciers in the Himalayas and is joined by the Yamuna River along its course through the plains of northern India. It supports agriculture through irrigation and provides hydroelectric power but also faces significant pollution issues from human waste as it flows through densely populated areas.
The document discusses pollution of the Ganges River in India. It provides background on the river's importance in Hinduism and as a source of life. The river is now heavily polluted due to population growth, urbanization, and industrial/agricultural waste. Studies over the decades show increasing pollution levels, with the most recent finding that Ganges water at Haridwar exceeds standards for drinking, bathing, and agriculture due to high coliform levels from human and industrial waste. The river's holiness has not prevented overuse and pollution that now threatens its ability to support life.
The document describes the Groundwater Estimation and Management System (GEMS) which is a comprehensive software solution for groundwater management in India. It provides tools for compiling, visualizing, and analyzing hydrogeological data. The key modules of GEMS include sites database, geophysical investigations, water quality studies, statistical analysis, groundwater resource estimation and mapping. It integrates GIS, spatial analysis, and statistical tools to help with tasks like aquifer mapping, water resource management, and analyzing rainfall, water level, and water quality data over time. GEMS is used by the Central Ground Water Board of India to manage groundwater resources across nine states.
This document outlines a framework for composite water resource management (CWRM) in six sections: socio-economic data, land resources, soil resources, water resources, agriculture data, and hydrometeorology. Each section describes the types of data that should be collected from sources like census reports and government websites. This data is then used to create a water budget for each village based on available rainfall and runoff. The water budget informs the identification of natural resources and proposed activities to address key challenges like water deficiency or insufficiency. The framework provides a template for comprehensive data collection and planning of water management activities.
The document summarizes a monitoring and modeling plan to evaluate the effectiveness of green infrastructure stormwater best management practices (BMPs) installed along a streetscape project in Chicago. The plan includes monitoring rainfall, flows, water quality, and soil conditions at multiple locations before and after construction. Data will be used to model BMP performance and assess impacts of expanded BMP implementation across the city.
13 - World Bank - Modern Spatial Tools for WRM-Sep-16indiawrm
This document discusses tools for improved water resource management through spatial knowledge management and analytics. It describes the need to integrate activities across multiple sectors that impact water, such as agriculture, irrigation, power, and the environment. Modern tools could include data repositories, telemetry, earth observation data, models, and interactive web portals and mobile apps to visualize complex spatial data and support decision-making. Dashboards and story maps may help decision-makers understand issues like population trends and disaster risk management in an integrated, spatial context.
DSD-INT 2017 Introduction to computational frameworks Example Ganga Basin - ...Deltares
Presentation by Marnix van der Vat (Deltares) at the River Basin Planning and Modelling symposium, during Delft Software Days - Edition 2017. Wednesday, 25 October 2017, Delft.
This presentation was given as part of the EPA-funded Catchment Science and Management Course focusing on Integrated Catchment Management, held in June 2015. This course was delivered by RPS Consultants. If you have any queries or comments, or wish to use the material in this presentation, please contact catchments@epa.ie
It is increasingly being recognised internationally that integrated catchment management (ICM) is a useful organising framework for tackling the ongoing challenge of balancing sustainable use and development of our natural resource, against achieving environmental goals. The basic principles of ICM (Williams, 2012) are to:
• Take a holistic and integrated approach to the management of land, biodiversity, water and community resources at the water catchment scale;
• Involve communities in planning and managing their landscapes; and
• Find a balance between resource use and resource conservation
ICM is now well established in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In Europe the ICM approach has been proposed as being required to achieve effective water and catchment management, and is the approach being promoted by DEFRA for the UK, where it is called the “Catchment Based Approach” (CaBA). The principles and methodologies behind ICM sit well within the context of the Water Framework Directive with its aims and objectives for good water quality, sustainable development and public participation in water resource management. In Ireland it is proposed that the ICM approach will underlie the work and philosophy in developing and implementing future River Basin Management Plans.
This document discusses extreme event-based rainfall-runoff simulation utilizing GIS techniques. It covers:
- The importance of extreme event modeling for flood mitigation and infrastructure planning.
- How GIS techniques are used to integrate data like topography, land use, and rainfall for hydrological modeling.
- The key components of the modeling process including data preparation, rainfall-runoff modeling, calibration and validation.
- Current applications and the potential for future advances through new data sources and machine learning.
Birr - Identifying Critical Portions of the LandscapeJose A. Hernandez
Terrain attributes derived from digital elevation models can be used to identify critical source areas for water quality protection. A study calculated terrain attributes like slope, curvature, and stream power index for two pilot watersheds in Minnesota. Field surveys showed higher values of attributes like specific catchment area and stream power index corresponded to locations of gullies and other erosion features. The results indicate terrain analysis can efficiently identify priority areas for conservation practices to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff.
The document discusses water accounting and integrated water resource management in South Africa. It provides background on South Africa's water policy, including the National Water Policy and National Water Act, and describes how water resource accounts have been constructed in South Africa using an input-output framework. The accounts analyze water flows between the environment, distributors, and sectors of production. Monetary analyses of water use and expenditures are also discussed. Comparisons of water use between South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana are presented.
LiDAR technology was used to survey over 90,000 acres of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges to support water resource management. The high-accuracy LiDAR data provided detailed digital elevation models, contours, and orthophotos that documented current infrastructure and habitat conditions. This data allows water management alternatives to be thoroughly analyzed by facilitating calculations of areas, volumes, water storage capacities, and potential water reuse capabilities. The comprehensive survey results provide wildlife managers with long-term tools to identify and implement improvements that optimize the efficient use and storage of available water resources.
REMOTE SENSING & GIS APPLICATIONS IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Sumant Diwakar
This document discusses remote sensing and GIS applications for watershed management. It describes how remote sensing can be used to characterize watersheds by mapping attributes like size, shape, drainage patterns, geology, soil, land use, and groundwater potential. Remote sensing data can be integrated with socioeconomic data and used to delineate watershed boundaries, prioritize watersheds for development, and generate action plans. The document also outlines steps for watershed demarcation, characterization using tools like GEOMORIS, and prioritization using methods such as the sediment yield index.
1) Population in the area is projected to increase by 14% by 2020 and housing is projected to increase by 24%. This will result in increased demand for services like water management and recreation.
2) Agricultural and vacant land is expected to decrease by 7,500 acres by 2020, increasing impervious surfaces. This will impact drainage and water quality.
3) Drainage demands are expected to decrease slightly as drainage dependent lands decrease by 642 acres. Maintenance standards for drainage systems will need reevaluation and inspection of critical reaches will be important.
This document provides an overview of the key components and data layers for Ireland's Water Framework Directive maps that will be available on the Catchments.ie website. It describes the open source tools that will be used, the status and risk data that will be mapped, and over 140 datasets that will be accessible from various environmental agencies and departments. It also outlines the development of modular Wordpress plugins for the maps, upcoming dashboard features, and details on supporting public consultation on river basin management plans.
Presented by Charlotte MacAlister, Birhanu Zemadim, Teklu Erkossa, Amare Haileslassie, Dan Fuka, Tammo Steenhuis, Solomon Seyoum, Holger Hoff, Kinde Getnet, and Nancy Johnson to the Nile Basin Development ChallengeScience and Reflection Workshop, Addis Ababa, 4-6 May 2011
This document discusses integrated water resource management (IWRM) and quantitative methods for assessing groundwater resources using remote sensing and GIS. IWRM is defined as a systematic process for sustainably developing, allocating, and monitoring water resources considering social, economic and environmental objectives. Key aspects of IWRM planning include addressing water scarcity, degradation, policy frameworks, long-term planning, sector coordination, supply and demand assessments, and information systems. Quantitative groundwater assessment methods consider parameters like lithology, aquifer geometry, climate, and remote sensing can provide regional data to complement traditional point-based methods. Modeling involves formulating models, computations, applications and evaluation.
This document provides an overview of the methodology for assessing the Pretashkent Aquifer. It discusses collecting data on the aquifer's hydrogeology, environment, socioeconomics, and legal framework. Indicators will be used to simplify complex systems and provide opinions on the aquifer's status. Projections for 2030/2050 will indicate changes in groundwater availability and use. Maps, graphs, tables and a report will communicate the assessment results and identify issues and actions.
The National Water Census aims to provide stakeholders with tools to assess current and future water availability. The Delaware River Basin Focus Area Study is testing these tools at a local scale. It is developing water use databases, models to estimate streamflow and evaluate land use/climate change impacts, and relationships between streamflow and aquatic ecology to inform management decisions. The results will be delivered through online applications to help users construct local water budgets and test scenarios.
Lessons and opportunities for data and knowledge managementWaterCap
This document summarizes datasets from Kajiado County on water resources and finds they are missing key information like coordinates, permit details, and water quality data. It identifies lessons like a need for better coordination, monitoring, data management policies, and links between research and management. Opportunities exist in building capacity for improved data collection, analysis, sharing and decision-making using emerging technologies.
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This document analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the open access movement regarding agriculture in India. The strengths include faster and wider accessibility to transparent knowledge for all stakeholders and cost-effective sharing of information. Weaknesses are a lack of capacity building and infrastructure and evolving sustainable knowledge for all. Opportunities are improved access to need-based information and cost-effective availability of information. Threats are a lack of an ecosystem to facilitate open data/information/knowledge and use, and a lack of standards and mechanisms for quality control.
Content to Connectivity: The Prospective Digital Platform for Inclusive Growt...FRANK Water
This document discusses the need for open access to agricultural knowledge and connectivity in Indian agriculture. It notes that the Indian agriculture sector employs most people but contributes only about 13% to the economy. There are about 125 million farm households that need access to scientific agricultural knowledge to increase productivity. The document advocates building bridges through collaboration and synergies between various stakeholders to improve access to knowledge through digital platforms and connectivity, in order to promote inclusive growth and development in Indian agriculture.
Agroforestry research in India is increasingly being made openly accessible online. The National Research Centre for Agroforestry has developed an Agroforestry Database with information on multipurpose tree species used in agroforestry systems. This includes data on growth, climate requirements, production, and bibliographic references. The World Agroforestry Centre also provides open access to databases and other resources on agroforestry research worldwide. Open access journals on agroforestry and forestry research are also available to allow free sharing of research findings.
Ramoo of Sahaja Aharam brought the civil sector perspective on open access and asked some difficult questions like : what is the real meaning of it? What it doesn't mean? etc
The document discusses content development for agricultural decision support systems in India. It outlines a framework for developing location and crop-specific content to support the eSagu personalized agricultural advisory system and eAgromet weather advisory system. The framework involves developing detailed chapters on topics like crop varieties, soil types, cultivation practices, pest and nutrient management, etc. specific to different crops and regions. This localized content would help agricultural experts provide better advice to farmers through the advisory systems by improving their understanding of diverse local growing conditions and issues. Developing such comprehensive yet tailored content is challenging but critical for making systems like eSagu and eAgromet more effective.
A.K Jain, the head of AKMU , IARI shared his experience of implementation of Koha - Open Source ILS - Integrated Library System and CeRA - Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture.
last mile farmer reach using open agriculture and knowledge and Innovation ICTFRANK Water
Pritam of Digital Green shared his experiences of reaching the last mile to farmers using openly accessible knowledge and also making it openly available to the world on www through youtube channel.
Devika Madali of ISI shares experience working with agINFRA and RDA in building standards with respect to different aspects of open knowledge repositories.
Open Access and Natural Resource ConservationFRANK Water
An alternative look at open access of knowledge in agriculture and what it was traditionally like and what are things we could learn from our own traditional systems.
Open Access in Agriculture - ICAR Perspectice FRANK Water
Rameshwar Singh, Director of ICAR made a detailed presentation sharing the efforts made by ICAR in the last decade towards opening knowledge up and setting up means to measure the same to facilitate career growth of scientist.
Opening Data, Information and Knowledge for Agriculture Development FRANK Water
Ajit Maru,Senior Knowledge Officer at Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN, OiC, SRO at Global Forum on Agricultural Research presented where the international agricutural open access movement is heading towards.
Open data & knowledge solutions - a cgiar perspective dileepFRANK Water
This was a presentation made by Dr. G Dileepkumar of ICRISAT, sharing what is happening at CGIAR with respect to open access and how far has their initiative gone.
Program Schedule of Workshop on “Open Access to Agricultural Knowledge for In...FRANK Water
This document contains the program schedule for a two-day workshop on "Open Access to Agricultural Knowledge for Inclusive Growth and Development". The workshop was organized by ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management in Hyderabad, India, and included panels on the global and national state of open knowledge movements in agriculture. Day 1 involved panels on open knowledge perspectives and initiatives from organizations like CGIAR, FAO, ICAR and others. Day 2 focused on identifying strengths/weaknesses of open agriculture knowledge in India and actions to strengthen it through collaboration between public, private and community sectors.
Open access to data, information and knowledge has been a movement that has picked up a lot of speed in the past few years. We from weaver technologies were invited by ICRISAT to talk and share our experiences with Open data/ information on the occasion of open access week.
First among the series of visualization of ecological -sanitation research work conducted by University of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with Arghyam Foundation.
This is another presentation visualizing the work on Ecological Sanitation by University of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with Arghyam Foundation.
This is an advocacy presentation prepared from the research conducted on Ecological Sanitation and its benefits to agriculture by University of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with Arghyam foundation.
Visualization of NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES FRAMEWORK STUDY done by CEEWFRANK Water
This is set of infographics based on the report content (NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES FRAMEWORK STUDY ) for widespread sharing and dissemination.
This report was researched and prepared by CEEW, Delhi
Visualization of NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES FRAMEWORK STUDY done by CEEW
Data requirements for Ganga River Basin Management Plan
1. Data Requirements Basin Characteristics Hydro-meteorological Data Projects Data Data on Pollution Demographic Data
2. Basin Characteristics Basin delineation Drainage system – SRTM Landuse/Landcover Soil properties of the catchments – Global and National data sources River cross-section data
12. Percentage share of major water balance in Ganga Basin components w.r.t. precipitation
13. Projects Data Data on water utilizations for Agricultural Domestic Industrial and other uses Data on water resources projects including reservoirs and diversion facilities Existing Under implementation Proposed
15. Data on Pollution Point sources Domestic sewage Industrial Non-point sources Data on use of fertilizers Pesticides Data on water quality observations Surface Ground water CPCB, CWC, CGWB, State Pollution Control Boards, MOEF
20. Geospatial Database Management For integration of information across domains Processing raw data Managing generated information Storage Retrieval Analysis to generate Scenarios for different developmental pathways Sharable information with all the stakeholders