Water Resource Management Plan of a Micro-Watershed using Geospatial Techniques

TLDR: In this paper, a water resource management planning has regard to all the competing demands for water and seeks to allocate water on an equitable basis to satisfy all uses and demands, and to make any developmental programme successful, site specific management plan has to be generated and implemented depending on the needs of the field.

Abstract: Water resource management planning has regard to all the competing demands for water and seeks to allocate water on an equitable basis to satisfy all uses and demands. Agriculture is the mainstay of the state of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh’s economy is predominantly agriculture based. It is the main occupation of the people. Paddy is the principal crop and the central plains of Chhattisgarh are known as rice bowl of central India. To make any developmental programme successful, site specific management plan has to be generated and implemented depending on the needs of the field (Khalkho et al., 2014). Agriculture is the largest user of the world's freshwater resources, consuming 70%. Geospatial technologies such as remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) have been found to be effective tools for delineating rainwater harvesting potential zones and selecting sites for rainwater harvesting structures, and play a vital role in the planning and management of water International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 02 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com