Subject Code: CE6L518	Name: Integrated Watershed Management	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Prerequisite: None Introduction to integrated approach for the management of watersheds; Watershed hydrology: runoff and sediment load estimation; Instrumentation, and monitoring of hydro-meteorological variables at watershed-scale; Discharge measurement, sediment (suspended and bed load) measurement; Control of soil erosion; GIS for integration of different aspects of watersheds; Rainwater management: rainwater harvesting, artificial recharge, types and design of water harvesting and recharge structures; Irrigation management: use of conserved water; Land degradation, soil quality and water quality aspects, soil conservation strategies, water conveyance structures-spillways, culverts, etc.; Droughts: causes, types, drought indices, control and adaptation strategies; Drainage: estimation of drainage coefficient, design of surface and subsurface drainage systems, control of soil salinity; Climate change: general circulation models (GCMs), IPCC climate change scenarios, impacts of climate change and land use change on watersheds; Case studies Books: Brooks, K. N., Ffolliott, P., F., and Magner, J. A., Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds, Fourth Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, New York, 2012. Das, M. M., Saikia, M., Watershed Management, PHI Learning, Delhi, 2012. Ven Te Chow, Maidment, D. and Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 2013. Heathcote, I. W., Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., NJ, 2009. Gregersen, H. M., Ffolliott, P. F., Brooks, K. N., Integrated Watershed Management: Connecting People to Their Land and Water, CAB International, UK, 2007. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Working Group Report II, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC. Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, Working Group Report III, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC. Mujumdar, P. P., and Kumar D. N., Floods in a Changing Climate: Hydrologic Modeling, International Hydrology Series, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2012.

Subject Code: CE6L518

Name: Integrated Watershed Management

L-T-P: 3-0-0

Credit: 3

Prerequisite: None
Introduction to integrated approach for the management of watersheds; Watershed hydrology: runoff and sediment load estimation; Instrumentation, and monitoring of hydro-meteorological variables at watershed-scale; Discharge measurement, sediment (suspended and bed load) measurement; Control of soil erosion; GIS for integration of different aspects of watersheds; Rainwater management: rainwater harvesting, artificial recharge, types and design of water harvesting and recharge structures; Irrigation management: use of conserved water; Land degradation, soil quality and water quality aspects, soil conservation strategies, water conveyance structures-spillways, culverts, etc.; Droughts: causes, types, drought indices, control and adaptation strategies; Drainage: estimation of drainage coefficient, design of surface and subsurface drainage systems, control of soil salinity; Climate change: general circulation models (GCMs), IPCC climate change scenarios, impacts of climate change and land use change on watersheds; Case studies
Books:

Brooks, K. N., Ffolliott, P., F., and Magner, J. A., Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds, Fourth Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, New York, 2012.
Das, M. M., Saikia, M., Watershed Management, PHI Learning, Delhi, 2012.
Ven Te Chow, Maidment, D. and Mays, L.W., Applied Hydrology, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 2013.
Heathcote, I. W., Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., NJ, 2009.
Gregersen, H. M., Ffolliott, P. F., Brooks, K. N., Integrated Watershed Management: Connecting People to Their Land and Water, CAB International, UK, 2007.
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Working Group Report II, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC.
Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, Working Group Report III, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC.
Mujumdar, P. P., and Kumar D. N., Floods in a Changing Climate: Hydrologic Modeling, International Hydrology Series, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2012.