Electric energy is the backbone of modern civilization and national economy. It has been thought as one of the safest and cleanest forms of energy. The consumption of electric energy both at homes and at industries in ...

A river basin is a natural unit of water availability, its assessment and development to meet demand for various purposes. Need for adopting basin as an unit of planning is emphasized with supporting recommendations by ...

An area is said waterlogged when soil pores within the root zone of the crops are saturated to such extent that normal circulation of air within the soil pores is totally cutoff. Waterlogged soils create anaerobic conditions ...

Water resources have diminished with time and space in many catchments due to poor management of the watersheds and over utilization of the resources. Water is a renewable though limited resource and therefore the need for ...

Dams are unique hydraulic structures designed to conserve and regulate fluctuating river discharges by creating water reservoirs, which enable to satisfy several vital human needs. On the other hand dams pose considerable ...

The dissertation aims at using the nailing technology and geosynthetics in river bank protection work. With a view to suggest the technique, analytical work and field experiment with flexible polymer ropes in controlling ...

The hydraulic gates are moving facilities provided in dams, barrages, hydropower projects, reservoir and, canal for flow control. Hydraulic gates are most important component of any water resources projects. Thus it needs ...

The river stage is a function of channel geometry and fluvial properties of a stream or a channel. On some occasion, it. becomes necessary to study and manage the water level variation in- a channel through suitable channel ...

The design for a dam, which is to be constructed across a stream channel must consider diversion of the stream flow around or through the dam site during the construction period. In the case of important schemes the river ...

The art of modeling an alluvial river of multi-channel configuration is still in a developing stage and a lot of ground yet remains to be covered. Unlike modeling approach for a single channel stream, the multi-channel ...