GIS Based Water Resources Decision Support System

Introduction

The product is a generic integrated watershed management tool for local level planning. A distributed Hydrological model namely SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) with GIS pre and post processor is the main component. This is used for sustainable watershed development using the scenario generation capability of the model. The same has been tested on two pilot projects one at Kolar Karnataka and the other at Bankura, West Bengal and many other Indian catchments of varied sizes. This product helps the end-user in integrated watershed management approach, concentrating on water resources management aspects in a watershed which comprises of many models to simulate the behaviour of major prevalent processes in the watershed. These models include, flow generating models, demand generating models and sediment Yield models.

Special Features:

Centralised database management system, watershed simulation model (SWAT) with GIS intengration (with Arc View), SWAT hydrological model with indigenous GIS package GRAM ++ developed at IIT, Bombay, Spatial District Profile, Peripheral Software for Weather generation, Soil characteristic generation, Soil Series of India View and query module.

Prospective Users:

Ministry of Water Resources, Water Resources Departments of State Governments, Ministry of Rural and Employment, CAPART, District planners, Ministry of Environment and forest and any other organization connected with water sector.

Keywords:

Water Resources, Water management, GIS, Database, Hydrological Model, Decision Support

Type of Technology:

Software

Glossary:

GIS - Geographical Information System; SWAT - Soil and Water Assessment Tool (Hydrological model)

Contact:

Managing Director
Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, INDIA
Tel : 91-011-26597167, 26857762, 26581013, 26597153
Fax : 91-011-26851169
E-mail : drkdpn@gmail.com