Online Training program on Approaches for management of Groundwater Quantity and Quality with special focus on Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)

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A training having title- “Approaches for Management of Groundwater Quantity and Quality with special focus on Managed Aquifer Recharge” was conducted under the project “Capacity development program on-site suitability mapping for managed aquifer recharge (MAR) under varying climatic conditions using remote sensing and machine learning-based hydrological modelling tools” sponsored by Asia Pacific Network for Global Change and Research. The training was conducted by Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee along with National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Kindai University, Japan and Pusan National University, Korea. The dates for the training program were 6th June to 10th June, 2022. The training was conducted in online mode and the schedule for the training is as under.

Date

 10:00 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:15 11:15-12:15 12:15-13:15 13:15 – 15:00

15:00 – 17:00

Jun 06, 2022 (Mon)

 Inaugural Session TEA S-01 S-02 LUNCH

P-1
Jun 07, 2022 (Tue)

S-03

TEA

S-04

 S-05

LUNCH

P-2
Jun 08, 2022 (Wed)

S-06

TEA

S-07

 S-08

LUNCH

P-3
Jun 09, 2022 (Thu)

S-09

TEA

S-10

S-11

LUNCH

P-4
Jun 10, 2022 (Fri) S-12 TEA S-13 S-14

LUNCH

 Feedback and Interaction with Participants & Valedictory Session

 

Lr. No.

 Topic Lr. No.

Topic

S-01

Water Resources of India: Current situation and future challenges (JVT)

S-08

 Climate Change and its impact on groundwater resources (MPM)

S-02

Water Resources Management in Changing Environment (RDS)

S-09

 Water source sustainability (surface and groundwater) (YM)

S-03

 Characteristics of groundwater, and type and function of aquifers- a case study on ASR (GK)

S-10

 Potential of water reuse in groundwater recharge (SJ)

S-04

 Remote sensing-based data sets for water resources assessment and management (AP)

S-11

 Fundamental of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Site Suitability Mapping (NP)

S-05

Groundwater: Principles and processes (SS)

S-12

 Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR): Current Development and challenges (BY)

S-06

 Vadose zone and its importance in groundwater quantity and quality

(BKY)

S-13

 Contaminants in groundwater and their impacts on different ecosystems (BJD)

S-07

 Groundwater quality issues, monitoring, and assessment (SK)

S-14

 Application of Machine Learning tools in water resources management (AS)
Practical Demonstration/Tutorials

P-1

 Estimation of soil hydraulic properties (GK)

P-2

 Basics of water quality analysis (BY/BJD)

P-3

 RS & GIS data processing: QGIS and Google Earth Engine (NP)

P-4

 Site Suitability Mapping of MAR using MCDA (BY/ AR/ KJ)

This list of Speakers is as under:

  1. J.V. Tyagi
  2. R.D. Singh
  3. Surjeet Singh
  4. Ashish Pandey
  5. Gopal Krishan
  6. Yutaka Matsuno
  7. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka
  8. Sumant Kumar
  9. Sanghyun Jeong
  10. Nitesh Patidar
  11. Basant Yadav
  12. Ashutosh Sharma
  13. Mohit Prakash Mohanty
  14. Brajesh Kumar Yadav
  15. Akansha Rawat (TA)
  16. Mr. Kartik Jadav (TA)

There were 60 participants across states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. These participants were executives from various state departments such as, Irrigation Department, Sanitation and Water Supply Department, Groundwater Department and Water Resources department.

Inaugural Function

Valedictory Function