2nd International Conference on

SuStainable Water ManageMent

6-8 November 2019, Pune, India

WRD, Govt. of Maharashtra

Organised by : Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Water resources rD & gr, govt. of india

under the aegis of national Hydrology ProjectHosted by : Water resources Department, govt. of Maharashtra

Central Water Commission

Central ground Water board

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2nd International Conference on

Sustainable Water Management 6-8 November 2019 at Pune, Maharashtra

PROGRAMME

Day 1: 6th November, 2019 (Wednesday)

9:00 – 10:00 hrs. Registration

10:00 – 11:00 hrs. Inaugural Session - Welcome Address by Mr. I. S. Chahal, Pr. Secretary, WRD, Maharashtra - Address by Mr. Akhil Kumar, JS (IC&GW)/ Project Coordinator, NHP - Address by Mr. Tony Huber, Counsel General, Australian Consulate, Mumbai - Address by Mr. U. P. Singh, Secretary, Deptt. Of Water Resources, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti - Launch of Mobile Application of India-WRIS, e-Module of learning of Hydro-met system and Training

Resource Book for Jaldoots - Address by Hon’ble Minister of WRD, Maharashtra - Address by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra - Address by Hon’ble Minister of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India - Vote of Thanks by Mr. Khalil Ansari, Chairman, Organizing Committee

11:00 – 11:15 hrs. Inauguration of Exhibition and Poster Competition

11:15 – 11:30 hrs. High Tea

11:30 – 13:00 hrs. Plenary Session Chair: Mr. U.P. Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti and DOWR, RD&GR, Govt. of India, Co-Chair: Mr. I. S. Chahal, Principal Secretary, WRD, Maharashtra

1. Development in Water Sector in Maharashtra, a Perspective – Mr. Rajendra Pawar, Secretary, CAD, Govt. of Maharashtra 2. Water Resources Management Initiatives in India – Mr. R. K. Jain, Chairman, Central Water Commission 3. Water Resources Planning and Management, World Bank Perspective – Mr. Tapas Pal, World Bank 4. Sharing of Australian Experiences in Water Management and relevance in Indian Context – Prof. Nick Schofield, CEO, Australian

Water Partnership

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

Technical Sessions

Regency Ball Room 1 (14:00 – 15:30) TS 1A: Basin Approach for Sustainable Water Resource Development Chair: Dr. C.D. Thatte, Former Chairman, CWC Co-Chair: Mr. Pradeep Saxena, Comm (Indus), DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS 1. Planning & Managing River on the

basin wide scale: from Theory to Practice in India – Ms Birgit Vogel, IEWP

2. Flows for Multiple Benefits in Basin Plans: Achieving Sustainable Water Resource Development – Mr. Simon Tilleard

3. Experience of Rhine River Basin Management - Mr. Ben Van De Wetering (India-EU)

4. RiverWare for River System Operations and Planning – Dr. Edith A Zagona

5. River Basin Planning: A guide for India as part of the National Hydrology Programme – Mr. David Winfield

Regency Ball Room 2 (14:00 – 15:30) TS 1B: Alternate sources of Water - Desalination, reuse & recycle of waste water Chair: Mr. K.P. Bakshi, Chairman, MWRRA Co-Chair: Mr. Mullai Vendhan, NIOT 1. Costing and evaluation

of desalination Technologies-a case study in India. – Mr. Mullai Vendhan, National Institute of Ocean Technology

2. Use of Waste Water in Irrigation Sector - Mr. H. K. Verma, ICID

3. Feasibility of treated water from Sewerage Treatment Plants for use in Irrigation with Suitable Conveyance System – Mr. Sabarna Roy

4. Create an Eco-System for Wastewater Reuse – Mr. Sudeep Kumar Sinha

Regency Ball Room 3 (14:00 – 15:00) TS 1C: Best Practices & Management in Water Conservation Chair: Mr. Naveen Mahajan, Secretary, Rajasthan Co-Chair: Mr. D.M. More, Former DG, MERI 1. Initiative for enhancing Water Use

Efficiency- Mr. N Mahajan, Rajasthan

2. Water conservation practices in Rajasthan, MARVI – Dr. Basant Maheshwari

3. ACWADAM – Mr. Siddharth Patil and Mr. Dhaval Joshi

4. Self Employed Women Association – Gujarat

(15:00 – 15:30) Media campaign by Mission Paani (CNBC & News 18)

15:30 – 16:00 hrs. Tea Break

16:00 – 18:00 hrs. Brainstorming Session Chair: Mr. U P Singh, Secretary, DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS Co-Chairman: Mr. R. Pawar, Secretary, CAD, Maharashtra 16:00 – 17:00: Best Practices of Water Conservation in Maharashtra

i) Water Conservation practices by WUA in Maharashtra – Mr. Popat Rao Pawar ii) Initiatives by Paani Foundation iii) Panel Discussion

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Co-Chairman: Mr. Eknath Dawale, Secretary, Agriculture, Maharashtra 17:00-18:00 Best Practices of Water Conservation – States Initiative

Presentation by Rajasthan (Mukhya Mantri Jal Swablamban Yojna – Ms Shushila Yadav), Telangana (Mission Kakitiya – Shri Shridhar Deshpandey), Maharashtra (Jal Yukt Shivir)

18: 30 – 22.00 hrs. Cultural Programme followed by Conference Dinner at RAGA Lawn

Day 2 November 7th, 2019 Thursday

09:30 – 11:00 hrs TS 2A: Water Information – key to Empowerment of stakeholder Chair: Prof. Nick Schofield, CEO, AWP Co-Chair: Dr. Simon J Langen, IWMI Mr. Khalil Ansari, ED, MKVDC 1. Water Data – Vital for Informed

Decisions: Karnataka Water Resources Information System – Mr. B G Gurupadaswamy, Dr. P Somasekhar Rao & Mr. Teju Kumar N

2. Meeting the Information Needs of Australia’s Water Sector – Ms. Janice Green

3. Water Information from Seamless Modelling System across Scales at NCMRWF – Mr. Raghavendra Ashrit, Mr. Kuldeep Sharma, Mr. Sushant Kumar & Mr. Ashis K Mitra

4. Hydrometric Monitoring-The Role of Capability Building in Management – Mr. John Teres BA

5. Impact of Stakeholder’s Participation in Planning of Sustainable Drainage Systems –Ms. Divya Sree Madichati & Constantin Moeller

09:30 – 11:00 hrs TS 2B: Extreme Event Management – Flood & Drought Chair: Mr. G. V. V Sarma, Member, NDMA Co-Chair: Mr. R. K. Sinha, Member (RM), CWC 1. Embracing Uncertainty for Water

Resources Risk and Reliability Analysis – Mr. Michael Kane & Dr. Jonathan Quebbeman

2. An Integrated Reservoir Operation solution for extreme hydro-meteorological events of 2019 of Chambal Basin- Mr. Sharad Chandra, Mr. Lakshminarayan S. & Mr. Vasanthakumar V, CWC

3. Operational Agromet Advisory Service for Addressing Floods and Drought Risks for Sustainable Crop Management in the Country – Mr. R Balasubramanian, Mr. K Ghosh, Mr. K. K. Singh, Mr. S.D. Attri & Mr. S.C. Bhan

4. Approaches of Drought assessment in the country – Dr. Manoj Yadav, MNCFC, DAC&FW

5. Non-Structural Measures for Flood Mitigation – Mr. Mayuraksha Bardhan

6. Introducing Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) to flood prone farmers in the Muzaffarpur District, Bihar, India Mr. Giriraj Amarnath, Mr. Niranga Alahacoon, Mr. Surajit Ghosh, Mr. Alok Sikka, Mr. Mohammed Aheeyar, Mr. Brahmanand P.S., Mr. Ambast S.K. and Mr. Pramod Aggarwal

09:30 – 11:00 hrs TS 2C: Initiatives under NHP Chair: Mr. R. K. Jain, Chairman, CWC Co-Chair: Mr. N V Shinde, DG, MERI 1. Initiative and challenges under

NHP- Mr. Rakesh Kashyap 2. Comparison of river basin model

solutions on the Narmada river basin test problem – Dr. Nesa Ilich, Mr. Mukesh Sinha and Mr. Neeraj Kumar Manglik

3. Integrated Crop and Water Management Decision Support System- Mr. S. K. Garg, NWIC

4. Sensitivity Analysis of VIC hydrological Model to soil parameter- Mr. Arivoli E, NRSC

5. Grooming of Young Water Professional- Ms. Vanh Mixap, AWP

6. Hydraulic Response of Krishna River with Hippargi, Almatti Resrvoirs: Case Study of July-August 2019 Floods Mr. Hanumant Dhumal, Dr. Sunil B Thakare, Pallavi Gavali and Mohamed Niyaz

11:00 – 11:30 hrs. Tea Break

11:30 – 13:00 hrs TS 3A: Ground Water Management & Recharge Chair: Mr. K.C. Naik, Chairman, CGWB Co-Chair: Mr. V.V . Gaikwad, Former Secretary, Maharashtra, Mr. S.D. Kulkarni, ED, TIDC

1. The current challenges in sustainable

ground water management in India – Mr. G.C. Pati, Member, CGWB

2. Beyond GEC: Expanding the horizon of Ground Water Assessment in India- Mr. Peter Ravenscroft, Dr. K.J. Anandhakumar & Dr. Raja Ram Purohit

3. Groundwater evaluation using isotope tracers - Dr. Tirumalesh Keesari, BARC Mumbai

4. Crucial Role of Community led Regulation of deep Aquifer Management- Mr. V. Tiwari, Member, Law, Maharashtra Water Regulatory Authority

11:30 – 13:00 hrs TS 3B: Climate Change – Impact on Water Resources Chair: Mr. G. Asok, Add. Secretary & Mission Director, NWM Co-Chair: Dr. Sharad Jain, Director, NIH 1. Climate change and its implications on

Himalayas – Mr. David Molden, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal

2. Spatio Tempo Characterization of future projected Meteorological drought in India- Mr. M. K. Jain, IIT Roorkee

3. Reservoir operation for extreme events using Decision support system – A case study of Bhakra and Beas Dams – Mr. D.K. Sharma, BBMB

4. Ensuring Sustainable Groundwater Management in view of Climate Changes – Mr. Sanjay Marwaha

5. Detection of Climate Change Signals in the historical climate data set in Chambal Basin, Madhya Pradesh- Mr. T. Thomas, NIH

11:30 – 13:00 hrs TS 3C: Spatial & Remote Sensing Technology in Water Resources Chair: Lt. Gen. Girish Kumar, Surveyor General, SoI Co-Chair: Mr. A.V. Surve, ED, VIDC 1. Every drop counts: a satellite

based water accounting system – Ms Elga Salvadore, IHE

2. Estimation of satellite derived actual Evapotranspiration over India using surface energy balance approach - Ms. Nidhi Mishra, NRSC

3. Stream Flow Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Regression – Prof Shreenivas Londhe, Dr. Pradnya Dixit & Dr. Preeti Kulkarni

4. Applications of Remote Sensing and DGPS Technology in Water Resources Department in Maharashtra – Mr. Sunil Gaikwad, Mr. Santosh Wagh,

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5. Assessment of Groundwater Potential Zones using RS-GIS Techniques: A Case Study from Upper Bhima Basin, Maharashtra – Mr. Himanshu Gaikwad, Ms. Bhavana Umrikar, Ms. Mandira Majumdar & Mr. C Krishnaiah

6. Real time ground water monitoring and forecast for DSS – Dr. Venugopal

6. A Web-based seasonal geomorphological monitoring system: Case study from Ayeyarwady River Basin Mr. Dhyey Bhatpuria

Mr. Makarand Kulkarni, Mr. Sanjay Deshmukh & Mr. Nagendra Shide

5. Creation of Digital Elevation Model & Geo-Database – Mr. SV Singh, SoI

13:00 – 14:00 hrs. Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30 hrs TS 4A: Water Security – Jal Jeevan Mission, Water Governance & Policy Chair: Mr S K Halder, Member WP&P, CWC Co-Chair: Mr. M. K. Srinivas, DG, NWDA, Dr. Dipanakar Saha, Member (Rtd.), CGWB

1. Jal Jeevan Mission – Ms Renjitha M.H., DS, DODW&S, Govt. of India

2. Policy Suggestion and Institutional Reform for Sustainable Water Management- Mr. Vijay Saran, CE, CWC & K. S. Chaitanya, DD, CWC

3. Water Security Challenges– ILR – Mr. M.K. Srinivas, DG, NWDA

4. Integrated state plan for sustainable development – Maharashtra Water Regulatory Authority

5. Water Resources Sustainability – Looking for Solutions Beyond Water Sector – Mr. Nandakumaran P. & Mr. Pratul Saxena

6. Better information for policy planning in the canal irrigation sector: An illustration from the Sina irrigation system in Maharashtra, India by Upali Amarasinghe, Alok Sikka, Vidya Mandave Sunil Gorantiwar and Sunil K. Ambast, and R.K. Panda

14:00 – 15:30 hrs TS 4B: Advanced technologies in Water Management Chair: Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, ACS, Jharkhand Co-Chair: Mr. Swapan Mehra, CEO, IORA Ecological Solutions 1. Advance technologies in water

management – Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, ACS, Jharkhand

2. Advanced Technologies of Magnetic Water – Mr. Girish Nathuram Chandane & Mr. Yusuf Abdul Sattar Inamdar

3. Next Generation Water Information Systems – Challenges and chances – Mr. Klaus Kisters

4. IOT based smart digital irrigation rice in India- Mr. Viraj Loliyan, Mechatronics

5. Advances in Ground Water Sampling – Dr. R. C. Jain, Chairman (Retd.), CGWB

14:00 – 15:30 hrs TS 4C: Water Quality and Sediment Management Chair: Dr. V.V. Bhosekar, Director, CWPRS Co-Chair: Mr. A P Kohirkar, ED, GMIDC Mr. Hans G Enggrobe, WB

1. River Ganga- Anthropogenic

factors affecting water quality- Mr. D. P. Mathuria, ED, NMCG

2. International Practices in Sediment Management-Mr. Hans Ingrove, WB

3. Assessment of Sediment load for different flood conditions in lower Ganga and its tributaries- Mr. N. N. Rai, Director, CWC

4. An Overview of Surface Water Quality of Five River Basins of Maharashtra State in recent years – Mr. AA Dabhade & Mr. AP Khairnar

5. Urban Hydrology, Groundwater Quality, Pollution & Management of Hussainsagar Catchment Area, Hyderabad – Mr. Mahesh Kumar Kodepaka, Mr. Raprolu Devendra Prasad & Mr. Chitram Rakesh Chander

6. Increase in Ammoniacal-N level in River Yamuna at Wazirabad Reservoir – Ms. Pooja Tripathi & Ms. Suniti Prashar

15:30 – 16:00 hrs. Tea Break

16:00 – 17:30 hrs. Industry Session Chair: Mr. D K Sharma, Chairman, BBMB Co-Chair: Mr. Khalil Ansari, ED, MKVDC Presentation by: (1) Tremble, (2) Vassar Lab, (3) Xylem, (4) Mechatronics, (5) DHI, (6) Royal Haskoning DHV, (7) ESRI India (8) RTI

17:30 18:00 hrs Valedictory Session - Summary & Recommendations of the Conference by Mr. Akhil Kumar, Project

Coordinator, NHP & Joint Secretary (IC&GW), DoWR, RD & GR, MoJS - Address by Mr. I.S. Chahal, Pr. Secretary, WRD, Maharashtra - Address by Mr. K.C. Naik, Chairman, CGWB - Address by Mr. R.K. Jain, Chairman, CWC - Address by Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Minister of State, Ministry of Jal Shakti - Address by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate

Change and Information & Broadcasting - Vote of Thanks by Secretary, CAD, Maharashtra

18: 30 – 22.00 hrs. Cultural Programme followed by Conference Dinner at RAGA Lawn

Day 3 November 8th, 2019 Friday

09:00 – 16:00 hrs (Optional)

Technical Visit: I. Bhatghar Dam – Heritage Project

II. Hivare Bazar

III. Nira Left Bank canal – Participatory Irrigation Management

IV. Purandar Lift Irrigation Scheme

V. Tata Power Station Lonawala (Khapoli)

VI. Khadakwasla Dam