Water Resource Management
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The official GTU curriculum for Water Resource Management (subject code 2173512) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Tech · Semester 7 divides the course into 4 units, covering 26 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2173512)Unit 1 Introduction
- Discuss the concepts & importance of water resource management
- Scope of WRM, necessity of WRM, Role of various agencies in WRM like water quality control
- general public
Unit 2 Hydrology
- Define Hydrology
- Hydrological cycle
- Forms of precipitation
- precipitation occupancy and its types
- measurement of rain fall
- methods to determine average rainfall
- factors affecting runoffs
- factors affecting evaporation
Unit 3 Ground Water
- Source of water
- Importance of ground water and present scenario. Terms related to groundwater engineering
- specific yield
- specific retention
- storage coefficient. Types of well
- tube and flowing well
- location & its importance. Types of artificial recharge
- spreading method
- pit method
- recharge well method
- check dam series
- unlined canals
Unit 4 Water shed development
- Concept of water shade
- Characteristic of watershed
- hydrogeology. Water shed management & peoples participation Role of cooperative society in water shade management Water Harvesting Structures: Necessity of rain water harvesting Importance of rain water harvesting Rainwater Harvesting Methods Check Dams Percolation tanks Roof harvesting Vegetation & Plantation