In: Civil Engineering
Concept of sustainable development is popular and the importance of resource optimisation is widely spread throughout the globe.
Sustainable development means "fulfilling the needs of present and saving the resources for the future generations"
Sustainable development can only be achieved by using the resources effectively.
The word optimisation "using resources effectively"
While coming to water resources what place very important role in all living organisms on the earth and for humans it is very very essential and we can't imagine our day without water.
There were lot of methods to use water effectively and this concept is known as optimisation of water resources.
Earlier there are lot of resources and less population so that there is no necessity that the water should be optimised but now the population is growing rapidly and the demand is increasing and the supply becomes very critical.
Before talking about the usage of the water, we do understand the terms supply, demand and availability of water.
The demand can be estimated by the needs of human being such as drinking purpose, sanitation, irrigation, hydraulic power...etc. more than 60% of water is using for irrigation globally.
Availability of water can be calculated approximately by using hydrology modelling. And the supply is planned accordingly.
Due to global warming, hydrological cycle is getting disturbed and the prediction of getting rains becomes tough i.e "hydrological modelling" is becoming tough. Due to the atmospheric changes the hydrological cycle got disturb and for this when you have a set of "Reservoir maintenance" for storing the flood water and that will be used for the future needs.
Many summits taking place on optimisation of water resources globally by UN and other bodies. Saving water is in sustainable goals by UN now.
Many governments trying to change there agriculture pattern and giving scope for waterr management systems and research on water resources.
I am presenting before you software tools and techniques on water resources and it's optimisation.
WEAP ( water evaluation and planning )
SWAT ( soil and water assessment tool )
RIBASIM ( River Basin Simulation Model)
Hydrological modelling's
IHACRES ( Identification of unit Hydrographs And Component flows from Rainfall, Evaporation and Streamflow data )
HEC-HMS ( hydrologic engineering centre river assessment system )