BTAS3109 Watershed Planning and Management 2(1+1)

Subject Name Course Type Credits T-P Pre - requisites

Watershed Planning Theory + Practical 3 2-1 NIL

and Management

Course Objectives:
To make students understand the basic theoretical aspects and implementation of following topics in the
real-world situations.
 This subject aims at making the students to understand the hydrologic extremes of floods
 Estimation of severity and extent of damages and the mitigation measures to combat them.
 To know about various Structural and non –structural measures of flood control
 To know about the construction and design of structural

Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students are expected to be able:
 Students know the different methods of design flood estimation
 Idea on hydrograph and its components.
 perform channel reservoir routing
 They carryout flood inundation modelling and suggest suitable flood control measures.
 Students exposed to various approaches, measures of flood.

Evaluation System
Methods % of mark
Three internal 20
Internal Practical 30
External Theory Exam 30
External Practical 20
Total 100

MODULE – I (6 hours)
Watershed - introduction and characteristics. Watershed development - problems and prospects,
investigation, topographical survey, soil characteristics, vegetative cover, present land use
practices and socio-economic factors.
MODULE – II (8 hours)
Watershed management - concept, objectives, factors affecting, watershed planning based on land
capability classes, hydrologic data for watershed planning, watershed codification, delineation and
prioritization of watersheds – sediment yield index.
Water budgeting in a watershed. Management measures - rainwater conservation technologies -
in-situ and ex-situ storage, water harvesting and recycling.
MODULE – III (9 hours)
 Dry farming techniques - inter-terrace and inter-bund land management. Integrated watershed
management - concept, components, arable lands - agriculture and horticulture, non-arable lands -
forestry, fishery and animal husbandry. Effect of cropping systems, land management and cultural
practices on watershed hydrology.

MODULE – III (7 hours)

Watershed programme - execution, follow-up practices, maintenance, monitoring and evaluation.

Participatory watershed management - role of watershed associations, user groups and self-help
groups. Planning and formulation of project proposal for watershed management programme
including cost-benefit analysis.

Pedagogy

Module Topic Pedagogy Instructional Hrs

I a) Introduction , classification of CRT 2
flood
b) Estimation of peak discharge 7
Subtotal (9) 9
II a) Flood routing CRT 3
b) Flood control 5

Subtotal (8) 8
III a) ) Earthen embankments CRT 6
b) Subsurface dam 1
b) Check dam 1
Subtotal (8) 8
Total 25
 LESSON PLAN

S. No Date Portion Book and sites

1 Lecture 1, 19/06/19 Watershed-introduction and

characteristics;
2 Lecture2, 20/06/19 Watershed Characteristics;

3 Lecture3, 21/06/19

5 Lecture5, 24/06/19 Watershed development - problems and

prospects, investigation, topographical
survey, soil characteristics, vegetative cover,
present land use practices and socio-
economic factor;
6 Lecture6, 25/06/19 Watershed Management – Problems and
Prospects;
7 Lecture7, 26/06/19 Watershed planning based on land capability
classes;
8 Lecture8, 27/06/19 Hydrologic data for watershed planning;

9 Lecture9, 28/06/19 Water budgeting in a watershed;

10 Lecture10, Watershed codification;

11 Lecture11, 1/07/19 Watershed delineation;

12 Lecture12, Watershed prioritization;

02/07/19

13 Lecture13, Watershed - sediment yield index;

03/07/19

14 Lecture14, Watershed Management measures;

05/07/19

Lecture14, Rainwater conservation technologies - in-situ

storage;
Lecture14, Rainwater conservation technologies - in-situ
08/07/19 storage;

Lecture14, Water harvesting and recycling;

09/07/19
Lecture14, Water recycling;
10/07/19

Lecture14, Dry farming techniques - inter-terrace;

11/07/19

Lecture14, Dry farming techniques - inter-bund land

12/07/19 management;

Lecture14, Arable lands - agriculture and horticulture,

15/07/19 Non-arable lands - forestry, fishery and
animal husbandry;
Lecture14, Effect of cropping systems, land management
16/07/19 and cultural practices on watershed
hydrology;
Lecture14, Watershed programme - execution, follow-up
17/07/19 practices, maintenance, monitoring and
evaluation;
Lecture14, Participatory watershed management - role of
18/07/19 watershed associations, user groups and self-
help groups;
Lecture14, Planning and formulation of project proposal
19/07/19 for watershed management programme
including cost-benefit analysis;
Lecture14,

Lecture14,
22/07/19

Lecture14,
23/07/19

Lecture14,
24/07/19

Lecture14,
25/07/19

Lecture14,
26/07/19

Lecture14,

Lecture14,
29/07/19

Lecture14,
30/07/19
Lecture14,
31/07/19

Lecture14,
01/08/19

Lecture14,
02/08/19

Lecture14,

Lecture14,
13/08/19

Lecture14,
14/08/19

Lecture14,
16/08/19

Lecture14,

Lecture14,
19/08/19

Lecture14,
20/08/19

Lecture14,
21/08/19

Lecture14,
22/08/19

Lecture14,

Lecture14,
26/08/19

Lecture14,
27/08/19

Lecture14,
28/08/19

Lecture14,
29/08/19
Lecture14,
30/08/19

Lecture14,
31/08/19

Lecture14,
03/09/19

Lecture14,
04/09/19

Lecture14,
05/09/19

Lecture14,
06/09/19

Lecture14,

Lecture14,
16/09/19

Lecture14,
17/09/19

Lecture14,
18/09/19

Lecture14,
19/09/19

Lecture14,
20/09/19

Lecture14,
21/09/19

Lecture14,
23/09/19

Lecture14,
24/09/19

Lecture14,
25/09/19
Lecture14,
26/09/19

Lecture14,
27/09/19

Lecture14,
28/09/19

Lecture14,
30/09/19

Lecture14,
01/10/19

Lecture14,
03/10/19

Lecture14,
04/10/19

Lecture14,
09/10/19

Lecture14,
10/10/19

Lecture14,
11/10/19

Lecture14,
14/10/19

Lecture14,
15/10/19

Lecture14,
16/10/19

Lecture14,
17/10/19

Lecture14,
18/10/19

Lecture14,
19/10/19
 Lecture14,
21/10/19

Lecture14,
22/10/19

Lecture14,
23/10/19

Lecture14, Watershed management - concept, objectives,

24/10/19 factors affecting, watershed planning based
on land capability classes, hydrologic data for
watershed planning;
Lecture14, watershed codification, delineation and
25/10/19 prioritization of watersheds – sediment yield
index.;
Lecture14, Water budgeting in a watershed. Management
26/10/19 measures - rainwater conservation
technologies - in-situ and ex-situ storage,
water harvesting and recycling;
Lecture14, Dry farming techniques - inter-terrace and
28/10/19 inter-bund land management. Integrated
watershed management - concept,
components, arable lands - agriculture and
horticulture, non-arable lands - forestry,
fishery and animal husbandry;
Lecture14, Effect of cropping systems, land management
29/10/19 and cultural practices on watershed
hydrology;
Lecture14, Watershed programme - execution, follow-up
30/10/19 practices, maintenance, monitoring and
evaluation;
Lecture14, Participatory watershed management - role of
31/10/19 watershed associations, user groups and self-
help groups;
Lecture14, Planning and formulation of project proposal
01/11/19 for watershed management programme
including cost-benefit analysis;

Practicals-

Practical 1 Exercises on delineation of watersheds using toposheets; 22/06/19

Practical 2 Surveying and preparation of watershed map; 29/06/19

Practical 3 Quantitative analysis of watershed characteristics and 06/07/19

parameters;
Practical 4 Watershed investigations for planning and development; 20/07/19

Practical 5 Analysis of hydrologic data for planning watershed 27/07/19

management;
Practical 6 Water budgeting of watersheds; 03/08/19

Practical 7 Prioritization of watersheds based on sediment yield index; 17/08/19

Practical 8 Study of watershed management technologies; 24/08/19

Practical 9 Practice on softwares for analysis of hydrologic parameters of 31/08/19

watershed;
Practical 10 Study of role of various functionaries in watershed 07/09/19
development programmes;
Practical 11 Techno-economic viability analysis of watershed projects; 21/09/19

Practical 12 Visit to watershed development project areas; 28/09/19

Question Bank

1. What causes floods?

2. Explain the factors affecting the storm water discharge.
3. What is time of concentration? What is its role in determination of the storm water
runoff?
4. Explain critical rainfall duration. Why rainfall of this duration will generate maximum
runoff?
5. Write short notes on the estimation of storm water runoff.
6. What is coefficient of runoff?
7. A catchment is having total area of 60 hectares. The rainfall intensity relation with
duration for this catchment is given by the relation I = 100/(t+20), where I is in cm/h and
t is duration of rain in min. (a) Draw the graph of rainfall intensity relation with duration
at 10 min interval? (b) What will be the storm water runoff from this catchment if the
average imperviousness factor is 0.63, and time of concentration is 35 min? (c) If
 population density of the area is 350 persons per hectare and water consumption is 170
LPCD, what will be the design discharge for separate system and combined system?
8. How is peak flow determined?
9. What is a recurrence interval?
10. How does a flash flood occur?
11. Where else do flash floods occur?
12. What are ‘earthen dams’ and what circumstances are they preferred?
13. Enumerate the different types of earthen dams, and draw neat sketches showing each
type.
14. What is meant by ‘pore water pressure’: and what is its significance in the design of
earthen dam?
15. What are the different types of earth dams that are usually adopted. State where each
type is adopted?

Reference-
1. Michael, A.M. and T.P. Ojha. 2003. Principles of Agricultural Engineering. Volume II. 4th
Edition, Jain Brothers, New Delhi.
2. Murthy, V.V.N. 2002. Land and Water Management Engineering. 4th Edition, Kalyani
Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Suresh, R. 2014. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. Standard Publisher Distributors,
New Delhi.
4. Mutreja, K.N. 1990. Applied Hydrology. Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., New York,
Delhi.
5. Subramanya, K. 2008. Engineering Hydrology. 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Co., New Delhi.
6. Bureau of Reclamation. 1987. Design of Small Dams. US Department of Interior,
Washington DC, USA.