About the Workshop:

The management of the all precious water resource continues to be a challenging domain not only to individuals, or even to countries but to the whole of man kind. The water management problems are compounded by hostile and unpredictable weather conditions, geography, population and many other constraints.

The present water management practices and policy adapted by many countries are largely fragmented and may not be sustainable. The workshop discusses current global, regional and national situations, tools and techniques to improve sustainability with focus on water demand management, watershed management, groundwater and agricultural water management, and implications of unsustainable practices.

Objectives:

The objectives of the workshop are to:

• discuss key elements of sustainable water management

• introduce concepts and technologies to reduce urban water demand and improve water efficiency

• discuss current thinking and tools on watershed management and flooding

• enhance understanding for sustainable practices for urban run-off management

• discuss current practice, implications and solutions for groundwater and irrigation water management

Resource Persons :

Mr. P. Ramachandran

(Rtd) Assistant Director (Geophysics)

WRO, PWD , Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Mr. A.L.Valliappan

(Rtd) Deputy Director (Geology)

WRO, PWD , Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

List of Topics to be Covered

• Basics of Ground water - current scenario

• Watershed Concepts

• Hydrogeological studies

• Geophysical techniques

• Drilling of borewells

• Yield analysis

• Conducting Pumpset and arriving hydrological parameters

• Water quality

• Ground water management and sustainability

• Case studies

• Hanumann Nadhi basin

• Madurai corporation under urban development projects

• Present Rameshwaram problem

Participation:

Faculty members, undergraduate students, post graduate students of all discipline in engineering, research scholars and industrial persons are welcome to participate in this workshop.

Registration Fee:

For Faculty, Research scholar, Industry - Rs. 750/-

Student - Rs. 600/-

For more information please visit www.vickramce.org

Last date of Registration: 1.09.2014

Contact :

Asso. Prof. V. Dass Mohan

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