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Water Resources Systems Planning and Management
1st Edition - September 12, 2003
Authors: Sharad K. Jain, V.P. Singh
Hardback ISBN:
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eBook ISBN:
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This book is divided into four parts. The first part, Preliminaries, begins by introducing the basic theme of the book. It provides an overview of the current status of water… Read more
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This book is divided into four parts. The first part, Preliminaries, begins by introducing the basic theme of the book. It provides an overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, and advantages and disadvantages of systems techniques. An understanding of how the hydrological data are measured and processed is important before undertaking any analysis. The discussion is extended to emerging techniques, such as Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Neural Networks, and Expert Systems. The statistical tools for data analysis including commonly used probability distributions, parameter estimation, regression and correlation, frequency analysis, and time-series analysis are discussed in a separate chapter.
Part 2 Decision Making, is a bouquet of techniques organized in 4 chapters. After discussing optimization and simulation, the techniques of economic analysis are covered. Recently, environmental and social aspects, and rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected people have come to occupy a central stage in water resources management and any good book is incomplete unless these topics are adequately covered. The concept of rational decision making along with risk, reliability, and uncertainty aspects form subject matter of a chapter. With these analytical tools, the practitioner is well equipped to take a rational decision for water resources utilization.
Part 3 deals with Water Resources Planning and Development. This part discusses the concepts of planning, the planning process, integrated planning, public involvement, and reservoir sizing.
The last part focuses on Systems Operation and Management. After a resource is developed, it is essential to manage it in the best possible way. Many dams around the world are losing some storage capacity every year due to sedimentation and therefore, the assessment and management of reservoir sedimentation is described in details. No analysis of water resources systems is complete without consideration of water quality. A river basin is the natural unit in which water occurs. The final chapter discusses various issues related to holistic management of a river basin.
Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I. Preliminaries. 1. Introduction to water resources systems. 2. Acquisition and processing of water resources data. 3. Emerging techniques for data acquisition and systems modeling. 4. Statistical techniques for data analysis. Part II. Decision Making. 5. Systems analysis techniques. 6. Economic considerations. 7. Environmental and social considerations. 8. Rational decision making. Part III. Water Resources Planning and Development. 9. Water resources planning. 10. Reservoir sizing. Part IV. Systems Operation and Management. 11. Reservoir operation. 12. Reservoir sedimentation. 13. Water quality modeling. 14. River basin planning and management. Appendix A. Appendix B. Index.
- No. of pages: 882
- Language: English
- Published: September 12, 2003
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444514295
- eBook ISBN: 9780080543697
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Sharad K. Jain
Sharad Jain is the Director General of the National Water Development Agency in New Delhi. He has both R & D and teaching experience of more than 35 years in the field of hydrology and water resources. His research interests include Hydrology; Water Resources Planning and Management; Advanced Tools such as Artificial Neural Networks; and Remote Sensing and Decision Support Systems. He developed a software package for Reservoir Analysis and worked with International and Indian Standards. Jain has organized about 35 short-term courses on International Water, Environment, Energy, and Society (WEES-2009) and developed a web-based course on “Hydrologic measurement and analysis of data” for NPTEL (E-learning program of IITs) and is a Consultant to Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna) under their IWAVE program. administrative duties. , NWDA contribute towards the use of water for the benefit of society.
Affiliations and expertise
Director General, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India, Director General of the National Water Development Agency, New Delhi, IndiaVS
V.P. Singh
V.P. Singh is a Professor of Water Engineering at Texas A and M University. Over his career he has won numerous awards including the Engineering Medal of Achievement (University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 2017) and the Ven Te Chow lecture and Award (International Water Resources Association, 2017). He has published numerous books and journal articles and his research focuses on surface-water Hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology, Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering, Environmental Quality and Water Resources. Principal research topics have encompassed: 1. Watershed modeling, 2. Erosion and Sediment Transport in Upland Watersheds, 3. Streamflow Forecasting, 4. Dam Break Analysis, 5. Entropy-Based Modeling, 6. Network Design, 7. Groundwater Modeling, and 8. Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, Professor of Water Engineering at Texas A and M University, Texas, USA