Abstract
Water is the remarkable natural resource which is essential for every form of life on the planet “Earth,” and nowadays India is facing major water scarcity problems. These problems are due to climate change and urbanization. As the urbanization is increasing, the percentage of impervious land is increasing which is leading to increase in urban runoff and lesser recharge of underlying aquifers, leading to water scarcity at local scale as runoff is not tapped and utilized. Watershed modeling is considered as one of the most important aspects of planning and development for natural resources for water conservation measures. Watershed modeling is useful for completing and implementing plans, programs, and projects to sustain and increase watershed utilities that directly affect the biotic and abiotic communities within watershed boundary. In this paper, we have taken Rajiv Gandhi South Campus (RGSC), Barkachha, which is the extension of Banaras Hindu University and facing serious water scarcity problems. Here, firstly runoff was calculated by SCS-CN method using 10 years of rainfall data, and then flow accumulation and sink map were created using DEM. Watershed investigation has been done to suggest some hydraulic structures using flow accumulation, sink map, and runoff data, for the study area, mainly to enhance the availability of water for agricultural activity and university development.
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Shivhare, N. et al. (2017). Hydrological Planning of Watershed of RGSC, Mirzapur, UP, Using GIS Techniques. In: Garg, V., Singh, V., Raj, V. (eds) Development of Water Resources in India. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 75. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55125-8_1
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