Water Resources Management: Select Proceedings of ICWEES-2016 (Water Science and Technology Library Book 78)

Annotation This book contains two parts. The first part deals with some aspects of irrigation, encompassing farm irrigation systems, landscape gardening, energy assessment for drip irrigation, and micro-sprinklers. The second part is on water resources planning and management. It discusses water crisis, challenges in river health management, water supply systems, salt water intrusion, lake management, water supply demand assessment, integrated water resources management, among other topics. The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of water resources, hydrology, environmental resources, agricultural engineering, watershed management, earth sciences, as well as those engaged in natural resources planning and management. Graduate students and those wishing to conduct further research in water and environment and their development and management may find the book to be of value Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Identification of Farming Systems in Tribal Region of Zone IV-B of Rajasthan (India) (P. S. Rao, Hari Singh)....Pages 3-17 Energy Assessment of Rice Under Conventional and Drip Irrigation Systems (K. V. Ramana Rao, Suchi Gangwar, Arpna Bajpai, Lavesh Chourasia, Kumar Soni)....Pages 19-29 Response of Okra Under Microsprinkler and Surface Methods of Irrigation (S. P. Gupta)....Pages 31-37 Development of Universal Ultimate Total Green Chemistry and Eco-Agriculture for Sustainable Productivity (R. C. Yadav)....Pages 39-66 Landscape Gardening and Environmental Restoration: Concerns in Mughal Kashmir (Mumtaz Ahmad Numani)....Pages 67-77 Eco-Treatment Zone in Open Drain (Sayali Joshi, Pallavi Patil)....Pages 79-90 Front Matter ....Pages 91-91 Water Crisis: Issues and Challenges in Punjab (Ravishankar Kumar, Upma Vaid, Sunil Mittal)....Pages 93-103 Issues and Challenges of River Health Assessment in India (M. L. Kansal)....Pages 105-119 Coastal Reservoir—How to Develop Freshwater from the Sea Without Desalination (Shu-Qing Yang)....Pages 121-139 Leakage Detection Studies for Water Supply Systems—A Review (P. Darsana, K. Varija)....Pages 141-150 Quantification of Water Footprint of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, India (Deepa Chalisgaonkar, Sharad K. Jain, M. K. Nema, P. K. Mishra)....Pages 151-165 Salt Water Intrusion and Water Security Issues of Coastal Community: Case of Thane District (Maharashtra) (M. D. Omprakash, Nivedita Gadikar)....Pages 167-177 Study of Suction Versus Water Content of Soil of Turamdih Area Mixed with Bentonite and Its Implication on the Liner Property of Tailing Dam: A Case Study of East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, Eastern India (Brahm Deo Yadav, Sunil Kumar Gupta, Sahendra Singh)....Pages 179-191 Long-Term Water Planning: A Review of Kenya National Water Master Plan 2030 (J. Kibiiy, J. R. Kosgei)....Pages 193-208 Integrated Water Management at Local Government Level for Southern Africa (J. A. Du Plessis)....Pages 209-230 Integrated Water Resources Management in Malaysia: Some Initiatives at the Basin Level (Rahmah Elfithri, Mazlin Bin Mokhtar)....Pages 231-244 A Mechanical System for Lake Environment Management (S. M. Mathur)....Pages 245-249 Wetland Characterization and Implications on Agriculture in L. Victoria Basin (J. R. Kosgei)....Pages 251-268 Coastal Land Use/Land Cover and Shoreline Studies for Dakshina Kannada Coast, Karnataka, India (Shabnum Suhura, B. Nithyapriya, L. Revanth Reddy, Noelle Philipose, Mary Manisha, G. S. Dwarakish)....Pages 269-281 Management of Coalbed Methane and Coal Mine Produced Water for Beneficial Use in Damodar Basin of India (Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Subhashree Mishra, Awanindra Pratap Singh, Alka Damodhar Kamble, Mollika Bannerjee, Sunil Kumar Gupta)....Pages 283-296 Water Supply–Demand Assessment in Ur River Watershed in Tikamgarh District (V. C. Goyal, T. Thomas, S. Goyal, R. V. Kale)....Pages 297-320 Analysis of Spring Discharge in the Lesser Himalayas: A Case Study of Mathamali Spring, Aglar Watershed, Uttarakhand (Vikram Kumar, Sumit Sen)....Pages 321-338 Submerged Geotextile Sand Containers for Coastal Defence (Kiran G. Shirlal, Ramesh Reddy Mallidi)....Pages 339-349