I draw your attention to the following Australian Groundwater Modelling
School - November 2006:

4th Australian Groundwater Modelling School
<http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-Aust_Modelling_School\
-QLD.pdf>:
/Concepts, Application (GMS), Calibration and Predictive Uncertainty
Analysis (PEST)/

*When: *Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 November 2005

*Where:  *DPI Conference Centre, Ground Floor, Primary Industries
Building, 80 Ann St, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

*Who should attend: *The course is aimed at those who either undertake
groundwater modelling as part of their work, or who review the work of
others. Though prior modelling experience is not essential, it will be
an advantage. Topics discussed in the course will be both theoretical
and practical, all of which are important for the construction,
calibration and assessment of groundwater models. These topics will be
illustrated using state-of-the art software by presenters who have had
collectively over 60 years groundwater modelling experience both in
Australia and overseas. Hands-on experience in the use of MODAEM,
MODFLOW, MODPATH, MT3DMS, and PEST through the GMS graphical user
interface is an important part of the course.

/*Special Offer to Course Attendees: GMS will be offered to course
participants at 25% discount (up to $500 USD).

*/*TO REGISTER:  Please see Form on the Internet at:
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-Aust_Modelling_School-\
QLD.pdf

Course Leaders*
*Norm Jones* (author of GMS), Jeff Davis (VP of EMS-I), John Doherty
(author of PEST), Noel Merrick (Director NCGM)
Norm L. Jones, PhD is a professor in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. His research area
is the application of computer graphics and computational geometry to
ground water modeling. Dr. Jones manages the development of the GMS
graphical user interface and is the director of the Environmental
Modeling Research Laboratory at BYU. He has taught numerous university
courses and ground water modeling short courses. He has also authored
more than 90 books, reports, and technical articles and is the primary
author of the GMS reference manual and tutorials.

*R. Jeffrey Davis, *M.Sc. P.E. Vice President of EMS-I. Jeff worked as a
lead developer of the GMS software for 8 years at Brigham Young
University's Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory before coming to
EMS-I as a lead groundwater modeling consultant. He has considerable
experience in the practical application of GMS to modeling problems and
has taught numerous groundwater modeling courses worldwide.
*
John Doherty, *PhD is the author of PEST. First as an exploration
geophysicist and then as a groundwater modeller, John has had over 26
years experience in both the practical and theoretical aspects of
groundwater exploration and management.  As a modeller, he has worked in
the private, public and tertiary sectors, developing models and
modelling software for salinity risk assessment, mining, agricultural,
water supply and remediation applications.  He presently heads his own
company, Watermark Numerical Computing, while also supervising a number
of postgraduate students at the University of Queensland. John has had
many years of experience in presenting modelling courses to groundwater
industry professionals.  He is able to bring a unique blend of theory,
practice and experience to these courses with a presentation style that
is both interesting and entertaining.

*Noel Merrick,* PhD is currently Acting Director of the National Centre
for Groundwater Management at the University of Technology, Sydney
(UTS), where he is Senior Lecturer in Groundwater Modelling. He is also
a Research Scientist with the Institute for Water and Environmental
Resource Management at UTS. With over 30 years professional experience,
he consults actively in real-world modelling projects. His particular
interests are modelling of groundwater resources, optimisation
approaches to groundwater management, groundwater geophysics and
software development. He has trained many of Australia's groundwater
modellers and was part of the team that developed groundwater modelling
guidelines for Australian conditions, in particular peer reviewing of
models. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Physics and Mathematics, a
Graduate Diploma in Data Processing, a Masters Degree in Geophysics, and
a PhD in Groundwater Management.

*Course Fees*
AU$1800 (plus GST), includes presentations, notes, tutoring, morning and
afternoon teas and lunches.

*TO REGISTER:  Please see Registration Form on the Internet at:
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-Aust_Modelling_School-\
QLD.pdf
*


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I'm a engineering in Vietnam, my work is designed a canal protection for a small
river. This river uses for transportation. I wonder that how to take into the
effect of ship to my structures. Anyone know any model and paper talk about
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Dear Prof. Rao,
I am interested in your work. I am siezing this
opportunity to register my support for the suggestion
by Pradeep Raj. Please, let me have a copy when the
publication is ready.
Best regards.
Bolaji. G. A. (Nigeria)

--- Pradeep Raj <pradeepraj7532025@...> wrote:

> Dear Prof R.J. Rao
> Good to know that you have developed geophysical
> methods which have wide applications  - I would like
> to know whether you have published them, if you
> have, kindly give me details. Otherwise publish them
> and take a patent preferably US
> Regards
> Pradeep Raj
>
> "Prof. R. Jagadiswara Rao" <jagadiswara@...>
> wrote:
> This message is in reply to Y. Srinivasa Rao's
> message at
> http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrm/message/21 on
> "Groundwater
> study - Electrical resistivity methods - Theoretical
> master curves -
> Curve matching software".
>
> The subsurface structure at any given point at the
> surface (by way
> of finding true resistivity and thickness of
> horizontal geological
> layers) could be determined fairly accurately by
> matching field
> curves of electrode spacing and apparent resistivity
> obtained by
> Wenner/Schlumberger method with any of the available
> albums of
> master curves.
>
> Curve matching used to be performed in the past by
> matching the
> field curve drawn on a transparent logarithmic graph
> paper with one
> or other of a master curve chosen from an album.
> Very often the
> exact match between the field curve and the
> appropriate master curve
> could be obtained only by appropriate manipulation
> of field curve. I
> could however have access to an album of master
> curves when I
> attended a UNESCO-sponsored course, seminar and tour
> in the Moscow
> State University during 1978. I shall be happy to
> share the album
> with Srinivasa Rao or any other participant of this
> group finding
> use with it.
>
> Most commercial firms have now access to
> sophisticated curve
> matching software programmes which allow for
> accurate interpretation
> of resistivity data and thereby avoid subjective
> errors. In view of
> their high commercial value, these software
> programmes are not made
> available in the Internet on free basis.
>
> I have been using electrical resistivity methods in
> conjunction with
> other exploration methods since 1968 as a part of a
> training
> programme to students and less-educated youth for
> locating
> particularly pipeline-like fractures carrying
> artesian/ confined
> groundwater within hard rocks of south India. As
> curve matching
> methods are cumbersome, costly, time-consuming and
> prone for
> subjective errors, I found it extremely convenient
> to make use of an
> adaptation of an inverse slope method to obtain
> thickness and true
> resistivity of horizontal geological formations just
> by using a
> pocket calculator and thereby avoid preparation of
> any field curve
> and curve matching. The methodology has been so
> simplified that it
> could be taught even to less-educated people to
> become successful
> barefoot geologists/geophysicists. Many water
> diviners who make use
> of gadgets such as twig, coconut and pendulum in
> locating
> groundwater found it advantageous to practice these
> scientific
> methods also to achieve a higher success rate. The
> cost of
> exploration could be made sufficiently low by the
> prospector
> visiting the field with the equipment almost alone
> by training the
> local people to assist him in the survey.
>
> This understanding of the subsurface structure is
> useful not only in
> the exploration of minerals, oil & natural gas and
> groundwater but
> also in geotechnical engineering, watershed
> management and
> artificial groundwater recharge. This knowledge is
> particularly
> helpful to those engaged in watershed management
> works to identify
> sites best suited for artificial recharge of
> groundwater through
> maximising infiltration from those best suited for
> rainwater
> harvesting for domestic use/ drinking/ irrigation by
> maximising
> surface runoff. It is worthwhile for NGOs engaged in
> such works to
> procure the necessary equipment besides training
> their staff to take
> up such surveys.
>
> I shall be happy to impart training to NGOs/
> individuals who can
> come and stay at Tirupati for some time in
> electrical resistivity
> and other scientific exploration methods, which I
> have developed
> during the past 37 years.
>
> You can contact me at:
> Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
> Former Professor of Geology, Sri Venkateswara
> University &
> Chairman, Rayalaseema Vikas Parishad (RVP)
> 63A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
> Tirupati, AP 517502, India
> Telephone: +91-877-2249433
> Mobile: +91-94401-84012
> Email: jagadiswara@..., rvp_org80@...
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Dear Prof R.J. Rao
Good to know that you have developed geophysical methods which have wide
applications  - I would like to know whether you have published them, if you
have, kindly give me details. Otherwise publish them and take a patent
preferably US
Regards
Pradeep Raj

"Prof. R. Jagadiswara Rao" <jagadiswara@...> wrote:
This message is in reply to Y. Srinivasa Rao's message at
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrm/message/21 on "Groundwater
study - Electrical resistivity methods - Theoretical master curves -
Curve matching software".

The subsurface structure at any given point at the surface (by way
of finding true resistivity and thickness of horizontal geological
layers) could be determined fairly accurately by matching field
curves of electrode spacing and apparent resistivity obtained by
Wenner/Schlumberger method with any of the available albums of
master curves.

Curve matching used to be performed in the past by matching the
field curve drawn on a transparent logarithmic graph paper with one
or other of a master curve chosen from an album. Very often the
exact match between the field curve and the appropriate master curve
could be obtained only by appropriate manipulation of field curve. I
could however have access to an album of master curves when I
attended a UNESCO-sponsored course, seminar and tour in the Moscow
State University during 1978. I shall be happy to share the album
with Srinivasa Rao or any other participant of this group finding
use with it.

Most commercial firms have now access to sophisticated curve
matching software programmes which allow for accurate interpretation
of resistivity data and thereby avoid subjective errors. In view of
their high commercial value, these software programmes are not made
available in the Internet on free basis.

I have been using electrical resistivity methods in conjunction with
other exploration methods since 1968 as a part of a training
programme to students and less-educated youth for locating
particularly pipeline-like fractures carrying artesian/ confined
groundwater within hard rocks of south India. As curve matching
methods are cumbersome, costly, time-consuming and prone for
subjective errors, I found it extremely convenient to make use of an
adaptation of an inverse slope method to obtain thickness and true
resistivity of horizontal geological formations just by using a
pocket calculator and thereby avoid preparation of any field curve
and curve matching. The methodology has been so simplified that it
could be taught even to less-educated people to become successful
barefoot geologists/geophysicists. Many water diviners who make use
of gadgets such as twig, coconut and pendulum in locating
groundwater found it advantageous to practice these scientific
methods also to achieve a higher success rate. The cost of
exploration could be made sufficiently low by the prospector
visiting the field with the equipment almost alone by training the
local people to assist him in the survey.

This understanding of the subsurface structure is useful not only in
the exploration of minerals, oil & natural gas and groundwater but
also in geotechnical engineering, watershed management and
artificial groundwater recharge. This knowledge is particularly
helpful to those engaged in watershed management works to identify
sites best suited for artificial recharge of groundwater through
maximising infiltration from those best suited for rainwater
harvesting for domestic use/ drinking/ irrigation by maximising
surface runoff. It is worthwhile for NGOs engaged in such works to
procure the necessary equipment besides training their staff to take
up such surveys.

I shall be happy to impart training to NGOs/ individuals who can
come and stay at Tirupati for some time in electrical resistivity
and other scientific exploration methods, which I have developed
during the past 37 years.

You can contact me at:
Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
Former Professor of Geology, Sri Venkateswara University &
Chairman, Rayalaseema Vikas Parishad (RVP)
63A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
Tirupati, AP 517502, India
Telephone: +91-877-2249433
Mobile: +91-94401-84012
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This message is in reply to Y. Srinivasa Rao's message at
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrm/message/21 on "Groundwater
study - Electrical resistivity methods - Theoretical master curves -
Curve matching software".

The subsurface structure at any given point at the surface (by way
of finding true resistivity and thickness of horizontal geological
layers) could be determined fairly accurately by matching field
curves of electrode spacing and apparent resistivity obtained by
Wenner/Schlumberger method with any of the available albums of
master curves.

Curve matching used to be performed in the past by matching the
field curve drawn on a transparent logarithmic graph paper with one
or other of a master curve chosen from an album. Very often the
exact match between the field curve and the appropriate master curve
could be obtained only by appropriate manipulation of field curve. I
could however have access to an album of master curves when I
attended a UNESCO-sponsored course, seminar and tour in the Moscow
State University during 1978. I shall be happy to share the album
with Srinivasa Rao or any other participant of this group finding
use with it.

Most commercial firms have now access to sophisticated curve
matching software programmes which allow for accurate interpretation
of resistivity data and thereby avoid subjective errors. In view of
their high commercial value, these software programmes are not made
available in the internet on free basis.

I have been using electrical resistivity methods in conjunction with
other exploration methods since 1968 as a part of a training
programme to students and less-educated youth for locating
particularly pipeline-like fractures carrying artesian/ confined
groundwater within hard rocks of south India. As curve matching
methods are cumbersome, costly, time-consuming and prone for
subjective errors, I found it extremely convenient to make use of an
adaptation of an inverse slope method to obtain thickness and true
resistivity of horizontal geological formations just by using a
pocket calculator and thereby avoid preparation of any field curve
and curve matching. The methodology has been so simplified that it
could be taught even to less-educated people to become successful
barefoot geologists/geophysicists. Many water diviners who make use
of gadgets such as twig, coconut and pendulum in locating
groundwater found it advantageous to practise these scientific
methods also to achieve a higher success rate. The cost of
exploration could be made sufficiently low by the prospector
visiting the field with the equipment almost alone by training the
local people to assist him in the survey.

This understanding of the subsurface structure is useful not only in
the exploration of minerals, oil & natural gas and groundwater but
also in geotechnical engineering, watershed management and
artificial groundwater recharge. This knowledge is particularly
helpful to those engaged in watershed management works to identify
sites best suited for artificial recharge of groundwater through
maximising infiltration from those best suited for rainwater
harvesting for domestic use/ drinking/ irrigation by maximising
surface runoff. It is worthwhile for NGOs engaged in such works to
procure the necessary equipment besides training their staff to take
up such surveys.

I shall be happy to impart training to NGOs/ individuals who can
come and stay at Tirupati for some time in electrical resistivity
and other scientific exploration methods, which I have developed
during the past 37 years.

You can contact me at:
Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
Former Professor of Geology, Sri Venkateswara University &
Chairman, Rayalaseema Vikas Parishad (RVP)
63A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
Tirupati, AP 517502, India
Telephone: +91-877-2249433
Mobile: +91-94401-84012
Email: jagadiswara@..., rvp_org80@...

 
I am a grass root researcher in the field of water resource including surface
and ground. I would like to join the ground water research management group to
exchange ideas from time to time from different parts of the country and world
as well. At present I am undertaking an action research project on social
regulations in water management in differnt parts of AP. Please forward me the
details to become yahoo groups of gwrm.
thanking you
With Regards,
Looking forward for the better...
Sri

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Dear Sir/Madam


I would like to control "Processing Modflow v.5.1.7"
from another program. For example, I need open a
project and run it externally. Is it possible? (Is
there any command line option for it? any switch?).

Thanks, in advance.
Sincerely yours,
M. Mortazavi

Hi All,

I am contacting you from the HR department of BOSS International (India). It
would be great if you can refer somebody or Guide us or apply yourself  as we
are recruiting a Water Resource Engineer (Hydraulics Engineer) for our
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We are looking for a candidate who has good experience (5+) in the field. Job
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Dear Researchers,

I have been exploring for the last few days, but i did not find any software
related to curve matching of Electrical resistivity methods of
wenner/schlumberger arrays in groundwater study.

I had studied in some literature, they have used Russian software IPI7.63 or
Resist softwares. But i could not find them any concerned information where they
will be available.

What's my humble request is :

1.  if any one knows about the latest software to be useful to find out the
thickness and resistance of layers of subsurface from curve matching study from
master curves of wenner/schlumberger arrays.

2. or at least any one finds the master curves available in softcopy at any
website or with any one personnel ?

Thanking you,

yours faithfully,

Y. Srinivasa rao





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on
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Data Processing, Interpreting and Design
Two-Week Course
July 11 - 20, 2005
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ISTANBUL-TURKEY
Introduction
The Water Engineering Research and Development Center (WERDEC) was
established in December 2001 under the auspices of Water Foundation
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· Organization of conferences, symposiums, national and
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I have a problem with Proceeding MODFLOW 5.1. It gives me a runtime
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this error?


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Dear Senaka Samarasinghe

Thank you for your message.  I read very carefully the resources
available in the internet on the efforts being made by your
Government since 1997 with the assistance of the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) and the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) to establish
an Interim National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) under the
Ministry of Irrigation and Water Management with key specialised
staff appointed on a temporary basis to facilitate the emergence of
the NWRA.

The draft bill was no doubt prepared very carefully by assigning
specific roles to the NWRA in national/ regional/ long-term river
basin planning using river basin as the unit, coordination and
collection of all data related to water from all concerned agencies,
issuing water rights to all big/ small stakeholders in different
seasons, improvement of data management/ monitoring/ evaluation/
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stakeholder mobilisation for conservation and protection using
watershed as the unit and for controlling all riverine activities,
providing education and dissemination of information to the public,
and finally collaborating with the various sector agencies to develop
a national water resources plan.

Passing of this draft bill into a law is absolutely needed to
introduce water sector reforms to regulate water use by competing
water users, conserving water to optimum extent, making water of
adequate quality and quantity available to all sections of
populations in a cost-effective manner, and preventing any
degradation of surface and ground water quality. Unfortunately, the
draft bill not only aims at modernising the water resources
management but also incorporates Water Resources Policy, Act and
Regulations. Your government is naturally afraid to pass the bill and
give such powers to the NWDA, a budding national agency in its
incipient stage of development, which has yet to have a capacity
building programme to demonstrate its capabilities to take up such
gigantic tasks and responsibilities. By giving such sweeping powers
to the NWDA, there appears to be a genuine fear on the part of your
government that the water scenario of the country may change from bad
to worse.

There should be no difficulty for your government to pass the bill
almost immediately, if it is revised to make your agency responsible
initially to take up the scientific component, but not the regulatory
component of the draft bill. Once such a bill is passed, your
organisation will get adequate resources to make an impact on the
water resources planning and development of your country in a big
way. After that, it is question of time for the NWRA to get the
additional responsibility to become a regulatory agency to promote
planned development of your country's water resources.

Preparation of such a revised draft bill has to be taken up carefully
by taking into account the intimate relationship existing between the
surface and ground waters and other factors peculiar to your country.
Your country being an island, there is enormous wastage of water as
runoff to the sea. Wastage of surface runoff requires creation of
adequate live storage by constructing reservoirs of a very large
capacity to utilise the 75% dependability yield of the river waters.
Such constructions can lead to environmental degradation and conflict
with environmental activists and the land losers. The ideal approach
would be to take up construction of subsurface dams at suitable
locations across all the rivers of the country in an environmentally
friendly way without involving any land submergence. Such
constructions allow for reducing the present wide disparity in the
availability of water in wet and dry seasons, and make adequate water
available for all the stakeholders on sustainable basis. You can know
something about subsurface dams from my message on "Unseen waters" at
http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/may/env-subsurf.htm.

I inform you that I am a Ph.D. and a retired Professor of Geology
from Sri Venkateswara University, India. I live at Tirupati, located
close to Chennai (Madras). I have been actively engaged in the study
of water resources at grassroots to advanced levels since 1965 as a
teacher, researcher, extension worker and consultant to offer
pragmatic solutions to government, industry, NGOs, farmers and
individuals to obtain water (particularly ground water) of adequate
quality and quantity in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. Most
of my works remained unpublished until I started publicising them
since 1999 mainly through Internet. This has led to the receipt of a
Water Voice Messenger Award in the 3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto in
March 2003 besides invitations to participate in a few national and
international conferences.

I have enough expertise not only to assist in the preparation of the
revised draft bill but also impart training for the NWRA staff in
equipping the necessary infrastructure for taking up various works.
If you are interested to take my services and can invite me to your
country to know how useful I would be, I can send my detailed
curriculum vitae.

Kind regards,

Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
63 A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
Tirupati, AP 517502, India
jagadiswara@...

--- In gwrm@..., "Senaka Samarasinghe" <senaka39@s...>
wrote:
> Dear Prof. R. Jagadiswara Rao,
>
> Your reply is quite interesting. As I was attached to National Water
> Resources Authority you answer is very helpful for me.
>
> For the last ten years, we are trying to approve a Water Policy to
Sri
> Lanka. Every Government comes in to power they are afraid to take
this Bill
> to the Parliament. They say that we are trying to sell water either
within
> Sri Lanka or multi national companies.
>
> Please give me an answer for this. So that I can submit it to
relevant
> Authorities
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Senaka Samarasinghe
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Prof. R. Jagadiswara Rao <jagadiswara@y...>
> To: <gwrm@...>
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:00 PM
> Subject: [gwrm] Re: Community level social regulations in Ground
> Watermanagement
>
>
> Dear Rama Mohan
>
> I am a retired Professor of Geology settled at Tirupati. I have been
> actively engaged in the study of water resources at grassroots to
> advanced levels since 1965 as a teacher, researcher, extension
worker
> and consultant to offer pragmatic solutions to government, industry,
> NGOs, farmers and individuals to obtain water (particularly ground
> water) of adequate quality and quantity in a cost-effective and
> sustainable manner. Most of my work remained unpublished until I
> started publicising it since 1999 mainly through Internet. This has
> led to the receipt of a Water Voice Messenger Award in the 3rd World
> Water Forum, Kyoto in March 2003 besides invitations to participate
> in a few national and international conferences.
>
> I am happy to know that you have been working in rural water
> management for the past one decade and presently working with Centre
> for World Solidarity to introduce social regulations in ground water
> management in four villages in Andhra Pradesh. I congratulate you
for
> achieving some success in bringing water equity and control to
> provide drinking water, besides introducing the concept of making
> irrigation water available to those who don't own bore wells. Your
> success is evidently because of your appreciation that controlled
> extraction of deep ground water rather than revival of traditional
> minor irrigation works such as tanks can meet the rural water needs
> on a more sustainable basis.
>
> I agree with you that ground water is a public property and anyone
> can exploit it to the extent required/possible. Although your NGO
> cannot prevent people who can afford from developing deep ground
> water, you can develop additional deep ground water for sharing by
> those who cannot develop it on their own. By taking up such a work
on
> a large scale, you may yourself become a culprit for accelerating
> ground water depletion.
>
> To achieve success, it is important for your NGO to take up the
> following works.
>
> . Take drainage basin rather than village as unit
>
> . Quantify the quantum of ground water that could be withdrawn
> on sustainable basis by taking into account rainfall, evaporation,
> transpiration, infiltration, surface/ground water runoff,
> surface/ground water conveyed into/outside the basin
> naturally/artificially
>
> . Establish a strategy for all round development of people in
> the basin through optimum use of the available water by introducing
> various water conservation methods including
>
> o Motivating people to adopt one-child norm
> o Evolving methods for primary workers to become secondary and
> tertiary workers
> o Plugging unproductive losses of water through evaporation and
> transpiration
> o Preventing surface/ground water leaving the basin
> o Obtaining as much surface/ground water as possible from
> outside the basin
> o Introducing improved methods of irrigation such as drip/pulse
> irrigation
> o Using hydrophilic soil amendments to prevent evaporation of
> soil moisture
> o Encouraging farmers from growing dry crops instead of water-
> intensive crops
> o Finding good marketing facilities from farmers to get good
> return from their produce
> o Transforming some weed crops such as Prosopis juliflora that
> need very little irrigation water into a cash crop for use in
biomass
> power plants that presently deplete forests
>
> I hereby offer my services in anyway you want for the success of
your
> work, which can include training for taking up the above works
> effectively.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
> Former Professor of Geology, S.V. University
> 63A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
> Tirupati, AP 517502, India
> Email: jagadiswara@y...
> Mobile: 94401-84012
>
> --- In gwrm@..., "Rama Mohan R.V." <rvrm2@y...> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am Rama Mohan working in Rural Water Management
> > since 10 years in India. I presently work in Centre
> > for World Solidarity, a non-profit organization
> > located in Hyderbad, India.
> >
> > I am looking for cases of ground water management and
> > regulations by communities in rural areas either in
> > India or overseas.
> >
> > I am sending a brief of what we are doing in 4
> > villages in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is
> > titled  "Social Regulations in Ground Water
> > management" with specific focus on irrigation. As a
> > part of this, we are working to develop community
> > level social regulations on use and managemnt of
> > Ground water. Ground water levels had fallen to
> > alarming levels in these districts and
> > over-exploitation continues unchecked. In this
> > scenario, only few bore well owners gulp all the water
> > and poor people not having bores are denied their
> > right. So far, we could acheive some success in
> > drinking water equity and control. In irrigation
> > water, we could cultivate the concept of  sharing of
> > water by borewell owners  with people without any bore
> > well or source of irrigation. This is a pilot project
> > coming to end by Sept 2005.
> >
> > Ultimate goal of this project is to advocate that
> > lands rights are not water rights and groundwater is a
> > public property and ensure the rights of poor and
> > water loosers. After implementing one and half years,
> > we would like to explore and learn from similar
> > experiences elsewhere.
> >
> > Can any one help find out and link us / provide
> > contact within your reach any such projects being
> > implemented. We would like to visit for exposure and
> > sharing of our own experience.
> >
> > Thanking You in advance,
> >
> > R.V.Rama Mohan
> >
> > CWS, Secunderabad
> > India

Dear Prof. R. Jagadiswara Rao,

Your reply is quite interesting. As I was attached to National Water
Resources Authority you answer is very helpful for me.

For the last ten years, we are trying to approve a Water Policy to Sri
Lanka. Every Government comes in to power they are afraid to take this Bill
to the Parliament. They say that we are trying to sell water either within
Sri Lanka or multi national companies.

Please give me an answer for this. So that I can submit it to relevant
Authorities

With kind regards,

Senaka Samarasinghe
----- Original Message -----
From: Prof. R. Jagadiswara Rao <jagadiswara@...>
To: <gwrm@...>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:00 PM
Subject: [gwrm] Re: Community level social regulations in Ground
Watermanagement


Dear Rama Mohan

I am a retired Professor of Geology settled at Tirupati. I have been
actively engaged in the study of water resources at grassroots to
advanced levels since 1965 as a teacher, researcher, extension worker
and consultant to offer pragmatic solutions to government, industry,
NGOs, farmers and individuals to obtain water (particularly ground
water) of adequate quality and quantity in a cost-effective and
sustainable manner. Most of my work remained unpublished until I
started publicising it since 1999 mainly through Internet. This has
led to the receipt of a Water Voice Messenger Award in the 3rd World
Water Forum, Kyoto in March 2003 besides invitations to participate
in a few national and international conferences.

I am happy to know that you have been working in rural water
management for the past one decade and presently working with Centre
for World Solidarity to introduce social regulations in ground water
management in four villages in Andhra Pradesh. I congratulate you for
achieving some success in bringing water equity and control to
provide drinking water, besides introducing the concept of making
irrigation water available to those who don't own bore wells. Your
success is evidently because of your appreciation that controlled
extraction of deep ground water rather than revival of traditional
minor irrigation works such as tanks can meet the rural water needs
on a more sustainable basis.

I agree with you that ground water is a public property and anyone
can exploit it to the extent required/possible. Although your NGO
cannot prevent people who can afford from developing deep ground
water, you can develop additional deep ground water for sharing by
those who cannot develop it on their own. By taking up such a work on
a large scale, you may yourself become a culprit for accelerating
ground water depletion.

To achieve success, it is important for your NGO to take up the
following works.

. Take drainage basin rather than village as unit

. Quantify the quantum of ground water that could be withdrawn
on sustainable basis by taking into account rainfall, evaporation,
transpiration, infiltration, surface/ground water runoff,
surface/ground water conveyed into/outside the basin
naturally/artificially

. Establish a strategy for all round development of people in
the basin through optimum use of the available water by introducing
various water conservation methods including

o Motivating people to adopt one-child norm
o Evolving methods for primary workers to become secondary and
tertiary workers
o Plugging unproductive losses of water through evaporation and
transpiration
o Preventing surface/ground water leaving the basin
o Obtaining as much surface/ground water as possible from
outside the basin
o Introducing improved methods of irrigation such as drip/pulse
irrigation
o Using hydrophilic soil amendments to prevent evaporation of
soil moisture
o Encouraging farmers from growing dry crops instead of water-
intensive crops
o Finding good marketing facilities from farmers to get good
return from their produce
o Transforming some weed crops such as Prosopis juliflora that
need very little irrigation water into a cash crop for use in biomass
power plants that presently deplete forests

I hereby offer my services in anyway you want for the success of your
work, which can include training for taking up the above works
effectively.

Best wishes

Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
Former Professor of Geology, S.V. University
63A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
Tirupati, AP 517502, India
Email: jagadiswara@...
Mobile: 94401-84012

--- In gwrm@..., "Rama Mohan R.V." <rvrm2@y...> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am Rama Mohan working in Rural Water Management
> since 10 years in India. I presently work in Centre
> for World Solidarity, a non-profit organization
> located in Hyderbad, India.
>
> I am looking for cases of ground water management and
> regulations by communities in rural areas either in
> India or overseas.
>
> I am sending a brief of what we are doing in 4
> villages in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is
> titled  "Social Regulations in Ground Water
> management" with specific focus on irrigation. As a
> part of this, we are working to develop community
> level social regulations on use and managemnt of
> Ground water. Ground water levels had fallen to
> alarming levels in these districts and
> over-exploitation continues unchecked. In this
> scenario, only few bore well owners gulp all the water
> and poor people not having bores are denied their
> right. So far, we could acheive some success in
> drinking water equity and control. In irrigation
> water, we could cultivate the concept of  sharing of
> water by borewell owners  with people without any bore
> well or source of irrigation. This is a pilot project
> coming to end by Sept 2005.
>
> Ultimate goal of this project is to advocate that
> lands rights are not water rights and groundwater is a
> public property and ensure the rights of poor and
> water loosers. After implementing one and half years,
> we would like to explore and learn from similar
> experiences elsewhere.
>
> Can any one help find out and link us / provide
> contact within your reach any such projects being
> implemented. We would like to visit for exposure and
> sharing of our own experience.
>
> Thanking You in advance,
>
> R.V.Rama Mohan
>
> CWS, Secunderabad
> India
>
>
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Dear Rama Mohan

I am a retired Professor of Geology settled at Tirupati. I have been
actively engaged in the study of water resources at grassroots to
advanced levels since 1965 as a teacher, researcher, extension worker
and consultant to offer pragmatic solutions to government, industry,
NGOs, farmers and individuals to obtain water (particularly ground
water) of adequate quality and quantity in a cost-effective and
sustainable manner. Most of my work remained unpublished until I
started publicising it since 1999 mainly through Internet. This has
led to the receipt of a Water Voice Messenger Award in the 3rd World
Water Forum, Kyoto in March 2003 besides invitations to participate
in a few national and international conferences.

I am happy to know that you have been working in rural water
management for the past one decade and presently working with Centre
for World Solidarity to introduce social regulations in ground water
management in four villages in Andhra Pradesh. I congratulate you for
achieving some success in bringing water equity and control to
provide drinking water, besides introducing the concept of making
irrigation water available to those who don't own bore wells. Your
success is evidently because of your appreciation that controlled
extraction of deep ground water rather than revival of traditional
minor irrigation works such as tanks can meet the rural water needs
on a more sustainable basis.

I agree with you that ground water is a public property and anyone
can exploit it to the extent required/possible. Although your NGO
cannot prevent people who can afford from developing deep ground
water, you can develop additional deep ground water for sharing by
those who cannot develop it on their own. By taking up such a work on
a large scale, you may yourself become a culprit for accelerating
ground water depletion.

To achieve success, it is important for your NGO to take up the
following works.

• Take drainage basin rather than village as unit

• Quantify the quantum of ground water that could be withdrawn
on sustainable basis by taking into account rainfall, evaporation,
transpiration, infiltration, surface/ground water runoff,
surface/ground water conveyed into/outside the basin
naturally/artificially

• Establish a strategy for all round development of people in
the basin through optimum use of the available water by introducing
various water conservation methods including

o Motivating people to adopt one-child norm
o Evolving methods for primary workers to become secondary and
tertiary workers
o Plugging unproductive losses of water through evaporation and
transpiration
o Preventing surface/ground water leaving the basin
o Obtaining as much surface/ground water as possible from
outside the basin
o Introducing improved methods of irrigation such as drip/pulse
irrigation
o Using hydrophilic soil amendments to prevent evaporation of
soil moisture
o Encouraging farmers from growing dry crops instead of water-
intensive crops
o Finding good marketing facilities from farmers to get good
return from their produce
o Transforming some weed crops such as Prosopis juliflora that
need very little irrigation water into a cash crop for use in biomass
power plants that presently deplete forests

I hereby offer my services in anyway you want for the success of your
work, which can include training for taking up the above works
effectively.

Best wishes

Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
Former Professor of Geology, S.V. University
63A, 2nd Cross West, Vidyanagar
Tirupati, AP 517502, India
Email: jagadiswara@...
Mobile: 94401-84012

--- In gwrm@..., "Rama Mohan R.V." <rvrm2@y...> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am Rama Mohan working in Rural Water Management
> since 10 years in India. I presently work in Centre
> for World Solidarity, a non-profit organization
> located in Hyderbad, India.
>
> I am looking for cases of ground water management and
> regulations by communities in rural areas either in
> India or overseas.
>
> I am sending a brief of what we are doing in 4
> villages in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is
> titled  "Social Regulations in Ground Water
> management" with specific focus on irrigation. As a
> part of this, we are working to develop community
> level social regulations on use and managemnt of
> Ground water. Ground water levels had fallen to
> alarming levels in these districts and
> over-exploitation continues unchecked. In this
> scenario, only few bore well owners gulp all the water
> and poor people not having bores are denied their
> right. So far, we could acheive some success in
> drinking water equity and control. In irrigation
> water, we could cultivate the concept of  sharing of
> water by borewell owners  with people without any bore
> well or source of irrigation. This is a pilot project
> coming to end by Sept 2005.
>
> Ultimate goal of this project is to advocate that
> lands rights are not water rights and groundwater is a
> public property and ensure the rights of poor and
> water loosers. After implementing one and half years,
> we would like to explore and learn from similar
> experiences elsewhere.
>
> Can any one help find out and link us / provide
> contact within your reach any such projects being
> implemented. We would like to visit for exposure and
> sharing of our own experience.
>
> Thanking You in advance,
>
> R.V.Rama Mohan
>
> CWS, Secunderabad
> India
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com

Dear All,

I am Rama Mohan working in Rural Water Management
since 10 years in India. I presently work in Centre
for World Solidarity, a non-profit organization
located in Hyderbad, India.

I am looking for cases of ground water management and
regulations by communities in rural areas either in
India or overseas.

I am sending a brief of what we are doing in 4
villages in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is
titled  "Social Regulations in Ground Water
management" with specific focus on irrigation. As a
part of this, we are working to develop community
level social regulations on use and managemnt of
Ground water. Ground water levels had fallen to
alarming levels in these districts and
over-exploitation continues unchecked. In this
scenario, only few bore well owners gulp all the water
and poor people not having bores are denied their
right. So far, we could acheive some success in
drinking water equity and control. In irrigation
water, we could cultivate the concept of  sharing of
water by borewell owners  with people without any bore
well or source of irrigation. This is a pilot project
coming to end by Sept 2005.

Ultimate goal of this project is to advocate that
lands rights are not water rights and groundwater is a
public property and ensure the rights of poor and
water loosers. After implementing one and half years,
we would like to explore and learn from similar
experiences elsewhere.

Can any one help find out and link us / provide
contact within your reach any such projects being
implemented. We would like to visit for exposure and
sharing of our own experience.

Thanking You in advance,

R.V.Rama Mohan

CWS, Secunderabad
India


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INTERNATIONAL GROUNDWATER CONFERENCE

on Groundwater (Perspectives, Problems and Challenges)

IGC - 2006, New Delhi, February 1-4, 2006

Organized by School of Environmental Sciences, JNU,
New Delhi-110067 in collaboration with
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, New Delhi-110016 & KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Themes for IGC-2006

TS-1 Water Resources Assessment
TS-2 Recharge Process and Artificial Recharge
TS-3 Water and Environment
TS-4 Models and its application in soft and hard rock
aquifer system
TS-5 Management Aspects of Groundwater

Call for Papers

All abstracts (not exceeding 250 words on a 3.5"
floppy or CD along with a hard copy in duplicate)
should reach Dr. AL Ramanathan, Organizing Secretary,
Conference Secretariat (IGC-2006), School of
Environmental Sciences, JNU, New Delhi-110067 on or
before 15th June, 2005. Acceptance will be
communicated by July 11, 2005. Authors will have to
submit full manuscript of the paper(s) (with original
figures, if any) to the Conference Secretariat by
October 10, 2005. Necessary instructions regarding
preparation of the manuscript(s) will be sent along
with the acceptance and author(s) are requested to
submit the final text in electronic form (CD or 3.5"
floppy).

Please contact for further details:

Dr. AL. Ramanathan
Conference Organizing Secretary (IGC-2006),
School of Environmental Sciences, JNU,
New Delhi-110067, India
+91 (0) 11-26704314 or 26704316
+91 (0) 11-26106501
alr_jnu@..., alrjnu@...

Dr.M. Thangarajan
Conference Chairman (IGC-2006),
NGRI, Hyderabad
+91-040-23434698 (O),
+91-040-27175156 (R)
mthangarajan@..., or
mthangarajan@...

Dr. A.K. Keshari
Conference Co-organizing Secretary,
IIT, New Delhi
akeshari@...,
akeshari@...,

Dr. Prosun Bhattacharya
Conference Co-organising Secretary,
KTH, Sweden
prosun@...


Web: www.jnu.ac.in; www.envisjnu.net



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We would like to draw your attention to the following opportunities
for further study during 2005 that may be applicable to your area of
profession:

Centre for Groundwater Studies Short Courses 2005

Centre for Groundwater Studies is a non profit groundwater Research
and Education organisation. One of our major contributions as a
research centre is a series of short courses we run throughout the
year designed for a range of Groundwater industry personnel including
professional, technical and community environment groups.

CGS' collaborative approach with industry, government and private
consultants in groundwater research and education provides the
foundations for its short courses. The aim of this short course
program is to improve understanding of groundwater as a key natural
resource, particularly focussing on developing a national awareness
of the environmental impacts of groundwater processes.

Accreditation: A major advantage for attendees at CGS short courses
is that they can be used to gain credits toward postgraduate degrees
at Flinders University, South Australia. (Masters, GradDip, GradCert)

Outlined below are the short courses planned for 2005, with links to
our website containing further information.


12th Getting to Know Groundwater and Surfacewater.
Thurs 26 - Fri 27 May 2005
Currie Hall, University of WA
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/FLYER-A4-12th-GTKG-SW-
WAMay05.pdf

*4th NAPLs and Groundwater.
Mon 27 - Thurs 30 June 2005
International House, University of Melbourne
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer-4th-NAPLs-
MELB.pdf

*29th Australian Groundwater School.
Mon 11 - Sat 16 July 2005
Aquinas College, Adelaide University
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer-29th-GWS-SA-
July-2005.pdf

*1st Geochemical and Reactive Transport Modelling Course. (PHREEQC,
MT3DMS, PHT3D)
Mon 29 Aug - Fri 2 Sept 2005
DPI Conference Centre, Brisbane
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/FLYER-
1st_geochem_and_reactive_transport_modelling.pdf

*4th Australian Groundwater Modelling School. (Concepts; Application
is GMS; PEST)
Tues 8 - Fri 11 Nov 2005
DPI Conference Centre, Brisbane
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-
Aust_Modelling_School-QLD.pdf

*2nd Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport Modelling. (From Theory to
Application)
Mon 14 - Fri 18 Nov 2005
DPI Conference Centre, Brisbane
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer-2ndGW-
Flow&SoluteTransport-Modelling-QLD-05.pdf

*30th Australian Groundwater School.
Mon 12 - Sat 17 Dec 2005
New College, UNSW
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer-30th-GWS-SYD-
Dec-2005.pdf

Introduction to Groundwater Modelling
Introduction to Groundwater Chemistry
Mon 28 Nov 2005
These two courses are pre-conference workshops run in association
with the Joint NZ Hydrological Society and International Association
of Hydrogeologists
Carlton Hotel, Auckland, 28 November 2005 -1 December 2005
http://www.hydrologynz.org.nz/society-conferences.html#nzhs05


*These courses can be used towards accreditation for a postgraduate
award at Flinders University.
http://www.groundwater.com.au/edu/accreditation.pdf
http://www.scieng.flinders.edu.au/courses/groundwater/

If any additional information is required about any of our courses,
or about CGS in general, please do not hesitate to contact:
Mr Trevor Pillar, CGS Manager for Communication and Industry
Education.
Phone: +61 8 8201 5632
Fax: +61 8 8201 5635
Email: karen@...

Further information can also be found by exploring our website at
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/content.asp

A publicly available preview of the BC Water Resources Atlas is at
http://srmapps.gov.bc.ca/apps/wlap_wrbc/
<http://srmapps.gov.bc.ca/apps/wlap_wrbc/>  .

There's the odd spelling mistake to be fixed, more layers and some major
query functionality to come in the next delivery. When that is ready we will
then advertise to the public. Please feel free to provide any comments and
suggestions for improvement you may have.

Rod.

Rodney D. Zimmerman, M.Sc., P.Eng.
Water Data Interpretation Specialist
Water, Land and Air Protection
Province of British Columbia, Canada
rod.zimmerman@...
(250) 387-9464

Thanks for invitation to be a member of the GWRM Group, which I joined today.
Let me introduce myself. Until August 2004 I was employed by the University of
the West Indies, Mona campus, Kingston, Jamaica as Professor, Chair and
Coordinator of Water Resources Management (WRM) programme leading to MSc in WRM.
In my 43 years international career I worked as hydrogeologist in almost all
parts of the world, including many projects and visits to India. The latest
visit was in December 1999, when I taught a 15-day workshop in New Delhi at J.
Nehru University on Mathematical Modelling and Ground Water Information Systems
as a part of a UNDP project with Dept. of Technology and Science of Indian
Government.

I am probably best known as the co-author of Ground Water for Windows (GWW)
software that creates Ground Water Information Systems (GWIS). I hope to
actively participate in discussions in the WRM group. My CV is uploaded to the
Internet in the site www.geocities.com/jkaranjac2001.

Regards to all members of the group.
======================
Dr. Jasminko Karanjac, Consultant Hydrogeologist
e-mail: karanjac@...
tel. +381-11-163983 +381-64-311-0304 (cel)
www.geocities.com/karanjac

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Greetings to the members of the group,

My name is Volker Friehmelt, and I have joined the group "Groundwater
Research and Management".

Let me first introduce myself: I am working as a chemist and research
scientist for BUTEC Umwelttechnik GmbH, continuing the business of former
Battelle Ingenieurtechnik GmbH in Germany, providing all the experience,
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Dear Aradhana Chopra

If you read my message on "Rainwater harvesting as understood in India" at
http://ap.world.water-forum3.com/wv/en/show.2402, you will know that the present
tendency in India
is to use the term "rainwater harvesting" mostly as a synonym to "groundwater
recharging", while
it is used in ancient India and in the rest of the world (both now and in the
past) mostly to
harvest rainwater for some immediate use.

From the topic of your research, it is clear that you intend using rainwater
harvesting for
recharging aquifers. For this purpose, you have to assess the actual quantum of
additional
rainwater you collect through rainwater (rooftop) harvesting and how much of
that could be used
for recharging. Your programme should take into account various components of
the hydrological
cycle including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration,
hydrological characters
of the geological materials, modifications made to enhance recharge etc.

If you need any further information, I shall be happy to furnish the same.

Rao
Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
Former Professor of Geology
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, AP 517502, India

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As a starting point, I feel R.A.Faddes's book might give you very good idea
about the concepts, definitions of saturated and unsaturated zones.

You can consult his early papers also



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Indian Institute of Technology
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India

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sir,

i have enrolled my self in the PHD programme in the rainwater harvesting and the
aquifer modelling. II would be highly thankfull to you if you could  provide  me
any infromation related to the subject.

aradhana Chopra


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In connection with research on "Basin wide integrated flood risk
management using a distributed hydrology model", Vu Minh Thien
wanted to know the definitions of unsaturated and saturated zones
(http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/gwrm/message/1).

The land portion of the earth's surface is covered by soil or rock
containing some open spaces or voids filled with air and/or water. A
portion of water at surface (rainwater, running water, stagnant
water etc.) infiltrates or percolates continuously into the
underground in a vertical direction under the influence of gravity
to fill these voids. When all the voids are completely filled with
water, the percolating water is said to join the water table or the
top of the unconfined aquifer to flow in a lateral or groundwater
flow direction.

The zone below the water table where all voids are filled completely
with water is called zone of saturation. The zone of saturation is
underlain by an impervious formation such as aquiclude (clay) or
aquifuge (hard rock).

The zone above the water table where voids are filled partly by air
and partly by water is called the unsaturated, aerated or vadose
zone.

Rao
Dr. R. Jagadiswara Rao
Former Professor of Geoloy
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati, AP 517502, India

BlankRecently International Water Management Institute, IWMI-Tata Water
Policy Program and National Institute of Hydrlogy, Roorkee organised an
international Workshop on Creating Synergy between Groundwater Research and
Management in South Asia in which participants from India, China, Nepal and
Bangladesh participated and presented more than 15 well researched and
commissioned papers. Dr. saleem romani, Chairman, CGWB was chief Guest and
presented two papers on separate themes. IWMI was represented by Dr. tushaar
shah (key note Speaker), Karen Villholth, Bharat Sharma,Upali Amarasinghe,
Sunder Rajan, and Mattia Ceillo. Brief note on the Background and workshop
schedule is enclosed.


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Hello Sir,

First of all i would like to thank you for responding
to my mail. Its very kind of you that you are ready to
help.

To be specific i want to find out the pattern of soil
water in unsaturated zone before it reaches the
groundwater table. Please, can you suggest me which
model will be best suited.

Or else can you provide me with some field data which
you might be having, so that i can validate my SWAP
model. The data which i need is all types of
meteorological data, details about the study area,
type of soil, hydraulic functions of that soil type,
soil moisture contents at various depths for regular
intervals of time for one crop period, and details of
the crop, i.e like leaf area index, rooting depth,
crop height with respect its developement stage.

I will be very thankful to you if you can help me in
either way.

Thanking You Sir,

Sunil Gurrapu



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I am not familiar with SWAP but I have used other models.  If you
can be specific about your concerns, may be I can help you.

Tamer Elkady, Ph.D.
GeoSyntec Consultants
USA


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> I am an M.tech Student from NITK - Surathkal, India. I
> am Working on Unsaturated zone modeling as a part my
> academic project. I am mainly concentrating on water
> transport in unsaturated zone. I am using SWAP model
> for this purpose. Is anyone aware of this model,
> please do help me. I am having many doubts in running
> this model.
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> Sunil Gurrapu.
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Hello Sir/Madam,

I am an M.tech Student from NITK - Surathkal, India. I
am Working on Unsaturated zone modeling as a part my
academic project. I am mainly concentrating on water
transport in unsaturated zone. I am using SWAP model
for this purpose. Is anyone aware of this model,
please do help me. I am having many doubts in running
this model.

Thanking you,

Sunil Gurrapu.



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Dear Sirs, Madams,

I'm a water engineering student in master degree. I am doign my thesis with the
title is Basin wide integrated flood risk management using a distributed
hydrology model. The model has 5 components: 1 river flow, 2 surface overflow, 3
interception and Evapotranspiration, 4 Unsaturated zone, 5 Saturated zone.I
don't understand much about the Unsaterated zone and saturated zone. Now I have
data about soil type base on BUSTR Soil Classification Form. Please tell me how
to define the Unsaturated zone and Saturated zone. Anyone have experience in
this field please give me an advice.

Thanking you,


Vu Minh Thien

Water Resources Engineering and Management

School of Civil Engineering

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),

P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang,Pathumthani 12120,

Thailand(Mail box: 1064)

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