NHP e-Bulletin

Modellers' Meet: The Second Modellers meet under NHP was organised during 6 - 7th December 2019 at New Delhi. The meet was organised by NIH , NPMU and the World Bank. Modellers from all over the country under NHP participated in the event. Models developed by various agencies were presented besides some Experts also have shared their experiences. The discussions were also held among three groups including the Groundwater Modelling and the way forward. Mapping of Modellers has been taken up in the MIS of NHP so that exchange of views and knowledge sharing can happen among the practitioners.

A team of NPMU led by Sh. N.K. Manglik, Sr. Joint Commissioner met Dr K.B. Raju, Finance Consultant to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh; Smt. Aparna Upadhyay, Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Uttar Pradesh; Sh. Himanshu Kumar, Basin Planning Expert and other Senior Administrative Officers of Govt of U.P. in the Office of Uttar Pradesh Project Corporation, Lucknow to discuss in detail about the works carried out under NHP on 12th December 2019. Government of U.P. intends to develop a dashboard with the objective of having all the land and water-related data on a single platform as a step toward Integrated Water Resources Management.

A One-day training was organised by District Advisory committee on 19th December 2019 in Buxar district of Bihar under National Hydrology Project for better management and enhanced safety of the Government owned borewells. Numbers of Gram Pradhans and Village Secretaries have taken part in this one-day training program.

In India-WRIS, several new modules like Inland Navigation Waterways, Water Audit, Online Web Editor for Kerala, Sikkim, Goa & Chhattisgarh, etc were made live. Additional features Like percentage data for a parameter measured on-site is being added in the existing Data Availability Module. Designing of Water Quality Module has been initiated both for Surface and Ground Water. Development of a Module for entering static data of reservoirs online, along with structure gate details is ongoing. In addition, login and feedback module will be soon made live for India-WRIS users. The 2nd Phase of the Groundwater module is under development which will help to capture the data related to the drilling details of Wells and other related features.

Please visit the IndiaWRIS website for SW & GW data for nationwide data. Thousands of data available now since its launch on 30 July 2019.

http://indiawris.gov.in/wris/#/

Andhra Pradesh – Surface Water

Andhra Pradesh (Surface Water) has strengthened their Real time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS) Network in the State. The Agency has installed 32 No. of Network Stations with 04 No. of AWLR Reservoir stations. AWLR stations at Gollapalli Reservoir, Pathikonda Reservoir, Krishnagiri Reservoir & Gambhiramgedda Reservoirs have been completed. Besides these 18 No.s of AWLR Stations on River are installed. AWLR stations at Chandraiah drain at Gudivada, Kattaleru at Tiruvuru, Budameru at Velagaleru, Ippalavagu at Koduru (Khabhampadu), Lazzabanda drain at Pedana, Lingala (Muniyeru anicut at Polampalli), Kalvapalli, Nivagam, Veeragattam, Madapam, Govada, Ganaparthi , Yetikoppaka, Salur, Nellimarla, Itchapuram, Jampana, Paradespalem are completed. In addition 10 No of Automatic Weather Stations are installed. AWS stations at Gollapalli Reservoir, Kalyani Dam, Veligallu Project, Prakasam Barrage, Gajuladinne Project, Gundlakamma Reservoir, Thotapalli Barrage, Tadipudi Reservoir, Sri Tenneti Viswanatham Pedderu Reservoir, Tandava Reservoir are completed.

Punjab

Installation of rooftop Solar Power plant was an activity under approved Project Implementation Plan of Punjab. Designing, Supply, Installation and Commissioning of 75 KW Solar Power System at Water Resources Bhawan, including warranty and O&M for 5 years as per specifications complete in all respects was allotted to M/s Oakridge Energy Pvt Ltd at a contract price of Rs. 33,37,500/-. The installation and commissioning of 75 KW Solar Power System at Water Resources Bhawan, Sector-68, Mohali was completed on 12th December 2019. The plant would run at a Capacity Utilization factor (CUF) of 16%.

The work was carried out by Punjab IA as per Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) specifications with the help of a technical committee member from Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA).

Capacity Utilization Factor(CUF) = Energy measured (KWh)/(365 x 24 x installed capacity of the plant)

Installed Capacity = 75 KW

Expected Generation (KWh) = 16 x 365 x 24 x 75/100

= 105120 KWh (units) per annum

Thus, the plant would generate an expected 105120 KWh (units) per annum which would result in a saving of approximately Rs 10 Lakh per annum. Hence the cost of this project would be recovered in less than 4 years. The warranty for Solar panels which has been given directly by the manufacturer M/s Waree Industries is for 25 years.

Survey of India

The NHP progress up to December 2019 is as follows-

• LoA has been issued to L 1 vendor for CORS NETWORK in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
• Approximately 4000 Sq Km area of rivers basins has been surveyed using LiDAR technology under the 0.5m DEM activity.
• Field work has been started to connect the Hydromet stations with SOI Bench Mark (BM) across India.
• 36 No. of sheets have been prepared under 3-5 m DEM/Gdb activity

Kerala

A TAMC Team visited Kerala during 18th to 20th December 2019 to conduct the technical audit of ground water hydro-met sites and to access its performance. Linking of existing ground water stations of the IA into WIMS (e-SWIS) fetching Historical data of ground water monitoring stations was also taken up. A review of DWLR / Piezometer Bids was also done. The Status and issues regarding Ground water studies were discussed.

• Total two stations were visited with team of IA in Thiruvananthapuram district.
• Both stations have piezometers installed in project HP-I (Total 350 PZs were installed) during 1998 – 2000 including DWLR which are not in working condition after five year of AMC. Five years data are available.
• Water sample collected in one station to ascertain the process adopted.

Bihar

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA), based Tube well Operation is now functional in Bihar. A total of 38 Irrigation Tubewell (One in each District) installed are operational. 553 (539 currently working) DWLR Installed across Bihar and receiving telemetric data daily (measured twice a Day) under National Hydrology Project.

Some of the Snapshots/Glimpses of the data being recorded are given below:

Tamil Nadu

Under NHP, a new Video Conferencing Facility has been established on 18th December 2019. This consists of 3 connections which connects the headquarters Chennai with field headquarters at Madurai and Thanjavur. After this facility is established, it has been easier for the administration to have technical discussions and review the progress of works. Technical lectures are also being conducted to enrich the knowledge of the Engineers and Geo Scientists of this wing.

Rajasthan

• Government of Rajasthan has decided for development of Decision support system for Mahi, Chambal & Banas basins through NIH Roorkee. In this regard, a meeting was conducted with Dr A.K. Lohani, Scientist-F, NIH, Roorkee on 19.12.2019 at Jaipur.
• Six Officials of Rajasthan undertook exposure visit to Narayanpur, Karnataka to observe the functioning of Canal SCADA automation work during 02-04 Dec, 2019.
• Two exposure visits were organized to Bhakra-Nangal-Pong dam were organized during 16-18 Dec & 18-20 Dec with 19 & 20 no of participants respectively. During the 3-day program, the participants have visited Nangal dam, Bhakra dam & pong Dam; they also visited the powerhouse & tunnel. After completion of this dam visit, they also visited RTDSS system in Chandigarh.

Telangana

• As a part of awareness raising activity under National Hydrology Project, Ground water department, Telangana organized awareness raising programmes on “Ground water issues, Management and Augmentation” in 3 districts of Telangana during the months of September and October, 2019 on Jal-Shakthi Abhiyan focus areas and in villages where groundwater is over exploited.

  The awareness activity at district level is organized by the District Ground Water Dept Officials and officials from Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, MoRD, Irrigation, Agriculture, Rural Development, Horticulture, other allied sectors and Local public representatives participated in the programmes along with NGO’s. During the programmes 55 farmers, 30 School Teachers and 750 School children were enlightened with Jal Shakthi Abhiyan activities, Groundwater availability, conservation & management for effective utilization through audio visuals, posters, physical models, interactions on water demand for agriculture and other domestic needs.

• Under Purpose Driven Study (PDS) under NHP the Ground Water Department, Govt. of Telangana has taken up the “Groundwater Model Development in Micro Basin of Hard Rock in Krishna and Godavari River Basins of Telangana” Under this study a field inspection was carried out on 18.12.2019 jointly by the Scientists from NIH, Belagavi & Officers from Ground Water Department, Govt. of Telangana and inspected the existing and upcoming schemes of surface water irrigation and groundwater development in the area. A detailed plan of activities under this study were also discussed with Director & NHP Nodal Officer, Ground Water Department.

Review Meeting of NHP related activities in presence of World Bank and NPMU

World Bank Team leader Mrs. Anju Gaur and NPMU members visited Chennai between 16.12.19 and 20.12.19 for a series of meetings with Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Principal Secretary to PWD, Engineer in Chief and Chief Engineer General PWD, Chief Engineer SWARMA and Chief Engineer IWS. The visiting team appreciated that the CE has been delegated with the admin powers to process the procurements and nominations for trainings. During the meeting with the Chennai Metro water, it was interesting to note how ED of Metro water appreciated water budget exercise by WRO and requested to make it a dynamic one. The team leader opined that this is the major value addition of NHP and can be offered to all the cities struggling to assess its available water sources.

Meeting at CGWB Faridabad on Ground Modeling Framework & GWR Assessment

Meeting on Ground Modeling Framework & GWR Assessment was organised under National Hydrology Project on 18th December 2019 by Central Ground Water Board at Bhujal Bhawan HQ, Faridabad. The detailed presentation was made by Mr. Peter Ravenscroft, GW Expert of TAMC on GW Resource Assessment, GW Modelling Frame work and four manuals being drafted by TAMC, where CGWB input was required (1. Field Manual for Groundwater Quality Monitoring, 2. Design and Construction of Monitoring Wells, 3. DWLR and DWLQR installation, inspection & audit, 4. Guide on processing high-frequency monitoring data) The meeting was attended by most of the Scientists and two Members of the CGWB with lively discussion on all the subjects with good input from CGWB.

Meeting with Superintending Hydrogeologist and Team at State Data Center, GWD at Kerala on 18th December 2019.

• Detailed planning of visit and audit process and format for GW Network audit.
• Discussion on each items of PIP and its reporting of progress on MIS-NHP.
• Discussed with Mr. Mayank Kapoor (Finance) and Mr. Desh Raj (Procurement) regarding the use of fund under establishment of SPMU (PIP code-D3.1.01).
• Visit Data Centre and discussion on further planning under NHP.
• Station creation of existing groundwater monitoring stations on WIMS (eSWIS).
• Historical data of existing groundwater monitoring stations on eSWIS, discussion regarding data available in .mdb file format.
• Historical data groundwater monitoring station provided for district Thiruvananthapuram by IA

One day training on “Overview of WIMS- Water Information Management System”

A training was organised by Central Water Commission on “Overview of WIMS- Water Information Management System” during 11th December 2019 under National Hydrological Project at Flood Forecast Department, CWC, New Delhi. The Training Modules of WIMS (Surface Water/Ground Water) Station Management were also covered during the training.

One-Day Hands-on Training Program on WIMS

One-Day Hands-on Training Program on WIMS- Water Information Management System (Surface Water) was organised on 10th Dec-2019 at MTNL Building, CGO Complex, New Delhi. The Modules covered during this training were Station Management - Search Station, Add Station, Edit Station, Data View-Telemetry, Manual Data Entry , Data Validation, User Management, Create User /Edit User, Create Role/Edit Role and Telemetry Management(Sensor Hub Configuration) , Add Data Logger Id, Add and edit Sensor Configuration (INSAT/GPRS), etc

5 days training on "Python for Application in Water Resources Modelling and Data Analysis"

The Water Resources Department, Government of Gujrat organized a training program on "Python for Application in Water Resources Modelling and Data Analysis" under National Hydrology Project at National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat on 16-20th December 2019, which was attended by 18 participants from BBMB, CWPRS, Gujarat, Maharashtra, NRSC, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Training program on "Water Quality Management and Best laboratory Practices"

A Three-day training program on "Water Quality Management and Best laboratory Practices" conducted at IIPA Delhi from 17th to 19th December 2019 by CPCB under National Hydrology Project. The training programme was divided into different sessions comprising of planning and execution of water quality monitoring, water quality management of surface water and ground water, laboratory quality management and best practices, fundamental of HPLC, sewage management and its impact on water bodies, microbiological analysis of surface water, restoration of polluted water bodies. In addition to these 2 field visits were arranged including – one to Sanjay lake, Delhi to impart training about the D.O fixation and sampling of water and the second one to laboratories of CPCB, where participants got a chance to interact with scientist's and laboratory staff of different laboratories.

Training on “Basic Hydrology “at Vijayawada

Andhra Pradesh Surface Water conducted a Training Programme on “Basic Hydrology” at Vijayawada from 3rd December 2019 to 5th December 2019 with the objective of imparting the basic understanding about Measurement of Stream flow Data, Flood estimation and Flood Frequency Studies, Catchment Water Yield and Reservoir Sedimentation. 42 participants attended the training including participants from Telangana and Tamil Nadu.

One day workshop on “Laboratory Accreditation procedure, Preparedness and Introduction to OHSAS” under NHP

Workshop on Laboratory Accreditation procedure, Preparedness and Introduction to OHSAS has been organized on 27dec 2019 at Bhopal under NHP, by Central Pollution Control Board. 25 officers attended this workshop. The main take away from this workshop are - certification important for laboratory to determine Quality (Strict compliance of certification methodology), Quality control in a laboratory (micro level compliance of procedure), Quality Assurance in a Laboratory (quality policy for traceability). The accreditation process provides an impartial third party assessment for quality and technical competencies and consistency of operation.