Water Management and Water Governance : Hydrological Modeling

This book focusses on hydrological modeling, water management, and water governance. It covers the applications of remote sensing and GIS tools and techniques for land use and land cover classifications, estimation of precipitation, evaluation of morphological changes, and monitoring of soil moisture variability. Moreover, remote sensing and GIS techniques have been applied for crop mapping to assess cropping patterns, computation of reference crop evapotranspiration, and crop coefficient. Hydrological modeling studies have been carried out to address various issues in the water sector. MODFLOW model was successfully applied for groundwater modeling and groundwater recharge estimation. Runoff modeling has been carried out to simulate the snowmelt runoff together with the rainfall and sub-surface flow contributions for snow-fed basins. A study has been included, which predicts the impact of the land use and land cover on stream flow. Various problems in the water sector have been addressed employing hydrological models such as SWAT, ArcSWAT, and VIC. An experimental study has been presented wherein the laboratory performance of rainfall simulator has been evaluated. Hydrological modeling studies involving modifications in the curve number methodology for simulation of floods and sediment load have also been presented. This book is useful for academicians, water practitioners, scientists, water managers, environmentalists, and administrators, NGOs, researchers, and students who are involved in water management with the focus on hydrological modeling, water management, and water governance. 

Prof. Ashish Pandey did his B. Tech. in Agricultural Engineering from JNKVV, Jabalpur and obtained M.Tech. in Soil and Water Engineering from JNKVV, Jabalpur. He received Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. Prof. Pandey joined IIT Roorkee in 2007 and is presently working as Professor at the Department of WRD&M, IIT Roorkee. His research interests include Irrigation Water Management, Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Hydrological Modeling of Watershed, Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Water Resources. He guided 10 Ph.D. and 78 M.Tech. students at IIT Roorkee. He published 155 research papers in peer reviewed and high impact international/national journals/seminars/conferences/ symposia. He has also co-authored a textbook on “Introductory Soil and Water Conservation Engineering”.

Prof. Pandey also served as Guest Editor for two issues of J.  Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE). He is Editor, Indian J. Soil Conservation.  His laurels include Eminent Engineers Award-2015 given by the Institute of Engineers (India), Uttarakhand State Centre, DAAD scholarship and ASPEE scholarship. He was offered prestigious, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, Japan and BOYSCAST fellowship of DST, GOI. He is a Fellow member of (1). Institution of Engineers (India); (2). Indian Association of Hydrologists (IAH) and (3). Indian Water Resources Society (IWRS).
Dr. S.K. Mishra is a 1984 Civil Engineering graduate of the then Moti Lal Nehru Regional Engineering College (presently MNNIT), Allahabad. He obtained his M.Tech degree in Hydraulics and Water Resources from IIT Kanpur in 1986; and doctoral degree from the then University of Roorkee (presently IIT Roorkee) in 1999. He served the National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee at various scientific positions during 1987 - 2004. During the period, he also visited Louisiana State University, USA, as a post doctoral fellow during 2000-01 and Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay as a Visiting Faculty during 2002-03.

Dr. Mishra joined IIT Roorkee in 2004 and is presently working as Professor. Besides having been the Head of the Department of Water Resources Development and Management, he is also presently holding Bharat Singh Chair of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India. He is specialized in the fields of hydraulics and water resources, environmental engineering, design of irrigation and drainage works, dam break analysis, surface water hydrology. He has published more 250 technical articles in various international/national journals/seminars/conferences/ symposia. His reference book on Soil Conservation Service Curve Number Methodology published by Kluver Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, has received a significant attention of the hydrologists/agriculturists/soil water conservationists around the globe. Of late, he has been associated with the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering as a Gust editor of two special issuesand the Executive Vice President and Editor of Indian Water Resources Society. He has visited several countries during the period and is on the role of several national/international professional bodies. Among several others, the Eminent Engineers Award and Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award are worth citing.

Dr. Mitthan Lal Kansal, currently working as NEEPCO Chair Professor & Head in the department of Water Resources Development & Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee (India).  He is a Civil Engineering graduate with post graduation in Water Resources Engineering.  He obtained his Ph.D. from Delhi University (India) and holds the Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor in the department WRD&M, IIT Roorkee and served at Delhi Technical University, Delhi (erstwhile, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi), NIT Kurukshetra, IIT Delhi and NIH, Rookree (India) at various levels.  Hehas published more than 150 research papers and two books.  He has got best paper awards from Indian Building Congress, Indian Water Works Association, and received star performer award from IIT Roorkee. He acted as reviewer for several International Journals and research agencies.  He has visited various countries as International Expert and Visiting Professor.  Dr. Kansal acted as International expert for RCUWM of UNESCO and IUCN, etc. He is working as Executive Vice President of Indian Water Resources Society and served as expert panel member for All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), India.  He has contributed substantially by providing consultancy services to various national and international agencies of repute.  He has worked in various administrative capacities such as Associate Dean of Students Welfare and as Chairman, Co-ordinating Committee of Bhawans at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and national expert for several bodies. 

 

R.D. Singh did B.E. Civil Engineering and M.E. Civil Engineering with Specialization in Hydraulics & Irrigation Engineering from University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee). He did MSc in Hydrology from University College Galway, Ireland. Presently, he is working as Visiting Professor, Department of Water Resources Development & Management, IIT Roorkee. He worked as Director, National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee for more than 9 years.  Before taking over as Director NIH, he was holding the charge of Nodal Officer Hydrology Project-II, a World Bank Funded Project for Peninsular region of India completed by NIH during the year 2016. During his service at NIH, he had worked on more than eighty sponsored/consultancy projects for solving the real-life problems in water sector. He had also worked as well as guided eleven International Collaborative projects at NIH. He has research & development experience of more than 40 years in different areas of Hydrology and Water Resources. He has an extensive experience in flood estimation, flood management, drought management, hydrological modeling, environmental impact assessment and climate change & its impact on water resources etc. He has published more than 316 research papers in the reputed International & National Journals, International & National Seminar/Symposia, Workshops, etc He has received C.B.I.P. Medal, Institution of Engineers Certificate of merit, Union Ministry of Irrigation award and best Scientist award form from NIH, Roorkee He guided three Ph.D. and fourteen M.E. & MTech. and one M. Phil dissertations. He has widely travelled abroad for different assignments

 

Professor V.P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Distinguished member of ASCE, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, and an Honorary Member of AWRA. He has published extensively in the areas of hydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, and water resources (more than 1290 journal articles; 30 textbooks; 70 edited reference books; 105 book chapters; and 315 conference papers). He has received more than 95 national and international awards, including three honorary doctorates. He is a member of 11 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH), Chair of  Watershed Council of American Society of Civil Engineers, and is currently President of American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. He has served/serves as editor-in-chief of three journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series.