<Hydroinformatics for Integrated Water Resources Management>

World’s water resources are under severe stress due to demands arising from increasing human population and the resulting pollution due to deforestation, urbanization and intensification of agriculture. The impact to the water resources is further compounded due to climate change. Hence, hydrologic models are increasingly used to understand the impact of human activities on hydrology and water resources with an aim to help planners and administrators to strategically design developmental activities with minimal impact on hydrology and water resources. There are several feedback mechanisms in the hydrologic system (For e.g., if the soil nutrient is not sufficient, then the crop will not grow/develop at the optimal rate; hence, the crop evapotranspiration will less; thus, lack of soil nutrient can affect the water balance). Hence, an integrated modelling framework is essential to understand the effect of different management activities on water quantity and quality. This course will present the concepts of using Hydroinformatics tools such as GIS, Remote Sensing and integrated hydrologic models such
as Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)