India’s Waters Advances in Development and Management

Introduction
Notes

Environmental Characteristics
Introduction
Geographical Characteristics
India—Geological History
Physiography
Drainage System
Climate
Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Characteristics
Floods and Droughts
Groundwater
River Basins
Water Resources
Climate Change
Note

Development and Management of India’s Waters—Overview
Historical Perspective
British Period
Development after Independence

Futures Challenges and Proposed Responses
Introduction
NCIWRDP 1999—Findings and Recommendations
NCIWRDP 1999—A Review
Estimate of Utilizable Water Resources and Demand—Water Balance
Water Requirement
Review of the Official Demand Estimates and Proposed Modifications
Interlinking of India’s Rivers
Review of Proposal of Interlinking of Rivers
Second India Studies—Water
India Water Partnership Study
World Bank Study
Review of the World Bank and Other So-Called Expert Studies
Reflections on Governance
Integrated Water Resources Management
Recent Modification by GOI of Water Demand Estimates
Overview of Current Official and Other Studies
Conclusion
Notes

Revolutionizing Development of India’s Waters—New Concepts, Policies, and Technologies
Introduction
Study of Current Policy and Management
Perspective of Development
Challenges
Future Perspective
Some Conceptual Revolutions about Management of Water
Some Unique Indian Environment Characteristic Features
Proposed Creative Approach and Some Novel Technologies and Advances
Estimate of Water Availability Revolution
Further Advances in Water Management
Environmental Systems Management
Modernization of Socioeconomic System
Policy Planning—Societal Environmental Systems Management
Challenge of Climate Change
Conclusion
Notes

Revolutionizing the Development of India’s Waters
Introduction
Development of Indus Basin
Development of GBM Basin
Revolutionizing Developmental Strategy of GBM Basin
Development of Himalayan Region
Development of Alluvial Plains
Development of Vindhyan Region
Development of Brahmaputra–Meghna Region
Development of Delta Region
International Interaction in GBM Basin Current Scene—Nepal and India
International Interaction in GBM Basin Current Scene—India and Bangladesh
GBM Conflict Resolution
Scientific Development of GBM
Development of Peninsular Region
Climate Change
River Basin and National Water Planning
Further Advances—Sustainable Development and Water
Conclusion
Notes

Some Perspectives and Institutional and Cultural Revolution
Introduction
Current Scene of Water Management in India
Challenge of Management of Water
Paradox
Background of Water Management in India
Institutional Revolution
Transformation
Involvement of Foreign Agencies
Notes
Conclusion
References

Appendix 1
Estimate of Water Demand by NCIWRDP 1999
Water Requirement for Irrigation
Water Demand for Domestic Use
Water Requirement for Industries
Water Requirement for Power Development
Water Requirement for Inland Navigation Development
Water Required for Environment and Ecology
Water Requirement to Compensate Evaporation Losses fromReservoirs
Total Water Requirement
Basin and State Water Requirement
Return Flows
Water Balance
Conclusion

Appendix 2
Political Economy of Water
Conclusion
Notes
Index

Biography

Professor Chaturvedi is a globally recognized pioneer of water resources engineering in India, along with collaborations he has led in the U.S., Sweden, the former Soviet Union, Italy and the United Kingdom.He is a unique combination of a professional engineer and an academician. He has designed and has been on the Board of Consultants of several major projects in India. He is the founder of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and Applied Mechanics at IIT Delhi, where he was the Dean (Research) later. On retirement from IIT Delhi in 1985, he joined the Planning Commission, Government of India until leaving for the U.S. to join the University of Texas, Austin in 1989. Dr.Chaturvedi has published three books.He is currently working in the area of sustainability science as an independent scholar, guiding research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and engaged in writing three books on the subject spending about a year and half at Harvard University recently.Dr.Chaturvedi is a founding member and Fellow of the IWRA and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has been identified as Distinguished Alumni of his Alma Mater, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.Professor Chaturvedi and his wife, Professor Vipula Chaturvedi, established the Vipula and Mahesh Chaturvedi Foundation, providing support for projects that advance science and the human condition.