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WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
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3340604
Code: 3340604
Credits: 5
Semester 4
Electronics
Water Resources Management
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Water Resources Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Water Resources Management (subject code 3340604) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 4 divides the course into 7 units, covering 54 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 (3340604)Unit 1 Introduction
- 1.1. Scope of W.R.M.
- 1.2. Necessity of W.R.M.
- 1.3. Role of various agencies in W.R.M.: - Agriculturists - Meteorologists - Geologists - Industrialists - Scientists - Biologists - Water quality Control (Authority) - Mechanical Engg. - Electrical engg.- Economists - Social workers- NGO’s - Politicians - General Public
Unit 2 Hydrology
- 2.1. Define Hydrology
- 2.2. Hydrological cycle
- 2.3. Forms of precipitation
- 2.4. Precipitation occupancy & its types.
- 2.5. Measurement of rain fall
- 2.5.1. Rain gauges Non Recording Recording - Float type - Tipping bucket - weighing bucket
- 2.5.2. Methods of determining average rainfall b. Arithmetic average method Teaching Scheme (In Hours) Total Credits (L+T+P) Examination Scheme Theory Marks Practical Marks Total Marks L T P C ESE PA ESE PA 150
- 3. 0 2 5 70 30 20 30 Basic Transportation Engineering Course code: 3340604 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/13-14 Gujarat State 3 affecting it. c. Theissen polygon method d. Isohytel method
- 2.5.3. Determine optimum no. of rain gauges for given catchment area.
- 2.6.1. Factors affecting runoff
- 2.6.2. Runoff calculation using empirical formula only
- 2.7. Evaporation, Transpiration & Evapo - transpiration
- 2.7.1. Factors affecting evaporation.
Unit 3 Ground Water
- 3.1. Sources of water
- 3.2. Importance of ground water and present scenario
- 3.3. Terms related to groundwater engineering: Aquifer, Aquiclude, Aquifuge, Aquitard, porosity, Specific yield, Specific retention, storage coefficient, coefficient of permeability, coefficient of transmissibility, Yield, specific yield
- 3.4. Types of well - Open, Tube and flowing well - concept, location and importance
- 3.5. Necessity of recharging
- 3.5.1. Artificial recharging as today’s need.
- 3.5.2. Types of artificial recharge - Spreading method. - Pit method / khet-talavadi - Induced recharge method - Recharge well method. - Sub-surface dam. - Check dam series - Ponds - Unlined canals
Unit 4 Storage Works
- 4.1. Survey and investigations. a. Investigations for hydrologic data b. Geological data. c. Topographic investigations. d. Collection of legal data, water right. Basic Transportation Engineering Course code: 3340604 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/13-14 Gujarat State 4
- 4.2. Site selection for reservoir
- 4.3. Methods of estimating reservoir capacity
- 4.4. Storage zones
- 4.5. Reservoir losses
- 4.6. Reservoir sedimentation and its control
- 4.7. Classification of storage works .
- 4.8. Factors for selecting type of dam
- 4.9. Concept of low and high dam
- 4.10. Component parts of gravity and earthen dam
Unit 5 Distribution Works
- 5.1. Purpose of distribution works
- 5.2. Component parts & sketches.
- 5.4.1. Comparison of weir and barrage.
- 5.4.2. Causes of failure of weir and remedial measures
- 5.5. Safe exit gradient
- 5.6. Control of silt entry Scouring sluices, silt excluder, silt ejector, head egulator.
- 5.7. Classifications of canal -Ridge and contour Functions of each according to network. Line diagram of network of canal.
- 5.8. Canal Alignment Factors influencing canal alignment .
- 5.9. Regime & semi-regime conditions.
- 5.10. Canal lining. a. Advantages. b. Types of canal lining materials c. Methods of canal lining.
- 5.11. Regulation works.
- 5.12. C.D. Works. -Types , functions & sketches
- 5.13. Outlets. - types, situation, functions & sketches
- 5.14. Water-logging, effects, causes & Basic Transportation Engineering Course code: 3340604 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/13-14 Gujarat State 5 prevention
Unit 6 Watershed Development
- 6.1. Concept of ‘watershed’
- 6.2. Characteristic of watershed, size, shape, physiography, slope, climate, drainage, land use, vegetation, geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, socio-economics.
- 6.3. Watershed management & people’s participation..
- 6.4. Role of co-operative society in watershed management.
Unit 7 Water Harvesting Structures
- 7.1. Necessity of Rain water harvesting
- 7.2. Importance of Rain water harvesting
- 7.3. Rain water harvesting methods - Check dams. - Nala / Gully plugging - Percolation tank. - Khet-talawadi - Roof harvesting - Vegetation and plantation
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