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Watershed Planning and Management

Watershed Planning and Management

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Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo

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CUTM1137 (1-1-0)

Course Objectives

To give the students an overall idea about:

Proper use of all available resources of a watershed for optimum production with minimum hazards to natural resources.
Relate interdisciplinary topics such as the use of public policies, regulations, and management tools to effectively manage water resources for a sustainable future.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the concepts of watershed management and its effect on land, water, and ecosystem resources
Analyze public policies and practices of watershed planning
Assess the impact of watershed planning through case studies
Develop control and mitigation techniques for watershed problems

Course Outcomes

CO1: Understand the Concept of Watershed Planning & management (PO1)

CO2: Understand identify and analyze the major challenges and issues associated with watershed planning and management (PO1)

CO3: Students can develop watershed management plans for achieving long-term sustainability in the watershed (PO7)

Programme Outcomes (PO)

PO1: Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of
complex engineering problems.

PO7: Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.

Course Syllabus

Module-I 
Watershed Planning and Management

Characterization of watershed

Practice (3.5 hr):

Study of functional requirement of watershed development structures.

Study of watershed management technologies.

Module-II 
Watershed management - concept, objectives, factors.

Delineation of Watershed

Coding of Watershed

Module-III 

Water budgeting in a watershed.

Integrated watershed management - concept and components

Practice (4 hr)

Analysis of hydrologic data for planning watershed management.

Prioritization of watersheds.

Module-IV (2 hr)
Dryland Farming and Agriculture

Practice (5hr):

Practice on softwares for analysis of hydrologic parameters of watershed.

Visit to watershed development project areas.

Suggested Readings

Katyal, J.C., R.P. Singh, Shriniwas Sharma, S.K. Das, M.V. Padmanabhan and P.K. Mishra. 1995. Field Manual on Watershed Management. CRIDA, Hyderabad. Mahnot,Ghanshyam Das. 2008. Hydrology and Soil Conservation Engineering: Including Watershed Management. 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall of India Learning Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

SESSION PLAN

 

SESSION 1

Introduction to Watershed Planning

Lecture Notes Link: Watershed Planning & Management 

Video Lecture Link: Introduction to Watershed Management - YouTube

Practice-

Study of watershed management technologies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz4iUMOqpXU&t=611s

SESSION 2

Watershed characteristics such as size, slope, shape, drainage density, land use/land cover, geology and soils, and vegetation are important factors affecting various aspects of runoff.

Lecture Notes Link: CHARACTERISTICS-OF-WATERSHED

Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFHxLF6ODE&t=8s

SESSION 3

Watershed management - concept, objectives, factors

Lecture Notes Link: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

Practice-

Utility of hydrological data in planning

SESSION 4
Watershed Planning

Watershed management serves to integrate planning for land and water; it takes into account both ground and surface water flow, recognizing and planning for the interaction of water, plants, animals and human land use found within the physical boundaries of a watershed.

Lecture Notes Link: WATERSHED DELINEATION

Practice-

Exercises on delineation of watersheds and preparation of watershed map.

Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajF0DsuuY4k

SESSION 5

Coding of watershed

Lecture Notes Link: CODING OF WATERSHED

SESSION 6

Water budget in Watershed

Lecture Notes Link: BUDGETING WATER IN WATERSHED

Practice-

Prioritization of Watershed

SESSION 7

Integrated watershed management

Lecture Notes Link:Integrated watershed management

Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_IJ5vn0vk4&t=29s

Practice-

Study of role of various functionaries in watershed development programmes.

Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTGgDAgiI2k

SESSION 8

Prioritization of watersheds

Lecture Notes Link: Prioritization of watersheds

Practice-

Practice on software for analysis of hydrologic parameters of watershed

Video Lecture Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxX3yHl4xfs

SESSION 9

Drylands Agriculture

Lecture Notes Link: Dryland agriculture

SESSION 10

Dryland Management, Drought analysis

Lecture Notes Link: Dryland agriculture(2)

Practice-

Visit to watershed development areas

Our Main Teachers

I’m Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sahoo, a passionate professional in the field of Water Resources Engineering. With a strong educational background, I hold a Ph.D. degree in Water Resources Engineering from NIT Patna. Research Interest: Applied Hydrology Research Environmental Flow Modelling, River Engineering, Water Quality Modelling. Watershed modeling, Crop water modeling, Irrigation water management. Statistical Modelling: […]