State Ground Water Department, Kerala and National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, jointly organised a training programme under National Hydrology Project on “Ground Water Flow Modelling using MODFLOW” for the officers in the Water Resources Department of Southern States (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Goa) from 14th to 18th January 2019 at IIITM-K Techno park, Thiruvananthapuram. Dr.Vishwas Mehta IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Kerala, inaugurated the training programme. Shri J .Justin Mohan, Director Ground Water Department, Kerala, presided over the function. 35 Scientists and Engineers from the Water Resource department of southern states attended the training programme.

The participants and the faculties appreciated such hands on training on the MODFLOW software and expressed need of such trainings in future. A short field visit was also made to a nearby watershed. Valedictory session was conducted on 18th January 2019. Dr N.C Ghosh from National Institute of Hydrology presided over the function Dr.Surgeet Singh. Dr Sruthy, Sri Rajaneesh Goyal from NIH and Sri Sabu K Damodar Nodal Officer Kerala GW , Sri .C. T Rajesh Superintending Engineer, Sri Sajeev Kumar, Senior Finance Officer ,Sri Shajatnan Executive Engineer -H, Sri Abul Kalam Account Officer , Sri Gopakumar and other senior officers of Groundwater Department, Kerala attended the session and distributed certificates to the participants.

A 5- days training programme organised on River Basin Modelling at MNIT Jaipur under National Hydrology Project.

A national level training program on the topic “River Basin Modelling " was jointly organized by Water Resources Department, Government of Rajasthan and National Institute of Hydrology, Bhopal from 07-11 January,2019. A batch of 31 participants was part of the training program.

The aim of the course was to introduce the officials with basic of modelling and its related software such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and WEAP. A field visit to Dravyawati Riverfront Project was also included in the training program.

A one-day workshop cum training on ‘Bid Evaluation and use of STEP’ is being organized on 31st January, 2019 in the World Bank premises – H T Building, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi under National Hydrology Project. This training would be useful for the officials involved in bid evaluation and procurement process and would focus on general and specific issues being experienced by Implementing Agencies in Bid Evaluation and use of STEP.

The National River Water Quality Laboratory, CWC, New Delhi is accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) in accordance with Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 in the discipline of chemical and biological testing. 10 more other water quality laboratories of CWC located at Hyderabad, Varanasi, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Agra, Kochi, Pune, Gandhinagar, Bhubaneshwar and Chennai got NABL Accreditation in chemical discipline.

The water quality data is totally computerized and disseminated in the form of water quality year books, status reports and bulletins. The water quality data is used by different agencies for planning of water resources project, research purposes and sewerage treatment plant etc. Central Water Commission is monitoring water quality at 429 key locations covering all the major river basins of India. CWC is maintaining a three tier laboratory system for analysis of the physio-chemical parameters of the water.

The level-I laboratories are located at 429 field water quality monitoring stations, where physical parameters such as temperature, colour, electrical conductivity/total dissolved solids, pH and dissolved oxygen of river water are observed. There are 18 level-II laboratories located at selected CWC Division’s offices throughout India to analyse 25 nos. physio-chemical characteristics and bacteriological parameters of water. 5 level-III/II+ laboratories are functioning at Coimbatore, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Varanasi where 41 parameters including heavy metals/toxic parameters and pesticides are analysed.

The Purpose Driven Study (PDS) is a component (C) of the project to develop cost effective measures to address water management and environmental issues in an area &to upscale on larger scale. A study on “Impact of Urbanization on Groundwater Quality & Quantity and its Management in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Area, Hyderabad” has been taken up with consultancy support on technical aspects with National Geophysical Research Institute(NGRI), Hyderabad. As a part of the activity, a contract agreement has been signed by Director, Ground Water Department, Telangana (Client) with Director, National Geophysical Research Institute(CSIR-NGRI) (Consultant), Hyderabad on Purpose Driven Studies , Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Area, Hyderabad 18.01.2019

Objective of study

• To identify and characterize the potential contamination sources which poses a hazard to groundwater, the environment and health in and around Hyderabad city.
• To develop a conceptual model of groundwater flow and pollutant migration in the urban aquifer of GHMC area.
• To formulate a strategy for the protection of groundwater resources, and the management and restoration of contaminated groundwater, identify scope of follow-up investigations or risk assessments as appropriate.
• To upscale the results of PDS in similar environment on larger scale.