JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Water Resources Engineering

Course Objectives:

• To understand different watershed behaviour
• To be able to interpret runoff data and quantify erosion by using various modelling methods.
• To understand land use classification and impact of land use changes on hydrological cycle parameters.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to

• Identify causes of soil erosion
• Plan and design soil conservation measures in a watershed
• Plan and design water harvesting and groundwater recharge structures
• Plan measures for reclamation of saline soils

UNIT - I

Introduction,- concept of watershed, need for watershed management, concept of sustainable development. Hydrology of small watersheds

UNIT - II

Principles of soil erosion- causes of soil erosion, types of soil erosion, estimation of soil erosion from small watersheds, Control of soil erosion, methods of soil conservation – structural and non-structural measures.

UNIT - III

Principles of water harvesting, methods of rainwater harvesting, design of rainwater harvesting structures.

UNIT - IV

Artificial recharge of groundwater in small watersheds-, methods of artificial recharge.

UNIT - V

Reclamation of saline soils -. Micro farming -, biomass management on the farm.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Murthy, V.V.N. and M.K. Jha Land and Water Management, Kalyani Publishers, 2015
• 2. Watershed Management by Madan Mohan Das and M.D. Saikia, Prentice Hall of India, 2013
• 3. Watershed Management Muthy, J. V. S., , New Age International Publishers, 1998

REFERENCES:

• 1. Watershed Hydrology by P E Black, Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, 1991
• 2. Watershed Hydrology by R Suresh, Standard Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 2007 R16 B.TECH CIVIL ENGG.