Beneficial Aspects of Flood and Rain in Countries Where the Drinking Water is Naturally Contaminated with Fluoride Where Fluorosis is a Major Public Health Problem
Floods, although considered destructive, have beneficial aspects too. This report is about one such instance where flood waters are considered extremely beneficial in countries where drinking...
Indian Programme on Deep Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Effects of Sewage Effluent Irrigation on Paddy
Paddy, the staple food of South India, occupies about an area of 38 million hectares in India [1, 1987]. Being a semi-aquatic plant, its water requirements are many times more than most...
Flash Floods and Their Control in the Indian Arid Zone
Flash floods are common hydrologic phenomena in the arid north west India. Drainage basins of high relief, a large percentage of surficial bed rock, sparse vegetation, and shallow soils...
Construction of Performance Contours on the Storage-Yield Plane of a Within-Year Reservoir System
The reservoir storage-reliability-yield (S-R-Y) relationships developed in the past have considered only the probability of failure to meet the target requirements, but not the likely...
Water-Related Hazards: India's Experiences
The geographical position of India (N 8° and 37°; E 70° and 97°) and its physical features are such that a variety of climatic conditions prevail over different parts of the country. Its...
Wetland Designs for Environmental Protection—Application in India
In many developing countries raw sewage are discharged into rivers and lakes. This practice causes severe degradation of regional water quality, and often results in serious public health...
Studies on Herbal Desalination
India has a rich background traditional technologies. Varahamihira, an omni talented scientist of A.D 505–587 in his treatise entitled Brihatsamhita, suggested the use of five herbs for...
Riprap and Concrete Armor to Prevent Pier Scour
Local scour is not a product of recent times or modern building practices. The annals of the Institute of Civil Engineers, in London, contain references throughout the 1800s and early...
Constructional and Environmental Aspects of Structural Materials at Antarctica and Indian Himalayas
Effect of Reservoir Hedging on Crop Yield Under Deficit Irrigation Conditions
In case of irrigation projects, irrigation scheduling at the field has a direct bearing on yield crops. Hence, the various reservoir operating policies considered have to be evaluated...
Geotechnical Aspects of Kakinada Port, India
Ports '95
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Evaluation of the Recharge Techniques Adopted for Conjunctive Use of Surface and Groundwater in the State of Haryana (India)
Borehole Injection Studies in Deccan Trap Basalts Near Nagpur
Artificial Recharge of Groundwater in Punjab India
Ralegan Sindi watershed a Case Study of Artificial Recharge of Ground Water
Fifty Years of Planning for Water Power in South Asia
River Basin Management in India
Hydropower Potential of the Brahmaputra Basin
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