New innovative means for conservation, harvesting and monitoring of water bodies..

1. Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka
Coordinator, ClimaAdapt Project,
WALAMTARI, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

2. CITY
River
Catchment of city
Green Belt
Ringroad
Cascades
Future cities – annular / circular / seggregated water harvesting
water bodies

4. INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
 Integrated water resources management is based on
the perception of water as an integral part of the
ecosystem, a natural resource and a social and
economic good, whose quantity and quality determine
the nature of its utilization. To this end, water
resources have to be protected, taking into account the
functioning of aquatic ecosystems and the perenniality
of the resource, in order to satisfy and reconcile needs
for water in human activities. In developing and using
water resources, priority has to be given to the
satisfaction of basic needs and the safeguarding of
ecosystems.

9. The ecosystem approach:
 The ecosystem approach is a strategy for the integrated
management of water bodies that promotes conservation
and sustainable use. It is based on the application of
appropriate scientific methodologies focused on levels of
biological organization which encompass the essential
processes, functions and interactions among organisms
and their environment. It recognizes that humans, with
their cultural diversity, are an integral component of
ecosystems.
 "Ecosystem" means a dynamic complex of plant, animal
and micro-organism communities and their non-living
environment interacting as a functional unit“

17. Reclaiming rivers

22. CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR
MANAGEMENT OF WATER BODIES

23. Water Level and discharge measuring using ultrasonic
sensor in RBC Flume
Ultrasonic sensor

24. Water Level in Field water tube (Bowman)
using ultrasonic sensor

25. Water level measurement in open
canal using three ultrasonic sensors

26. Glow Level – Color LEDs for
different water levels as signals
Water

27. Glow Level – Color LEDs for
different water levels as signals
Water

28. Glow Level for
Tube wells –
Colour LEDs for
different levels of
water in the tube
wells

29. Glow Level for
Tube wells –
Colour LEDs for
different levels of
water in the tube
wells

30. Glow Level systems
applied in a field

31. Glow Level along the
canals / streams / rivers

32. Soil Moisture
measurement in the
soil at various
depths using ER
sensors and Arduino

33. Sensors
Ultrasonic sensor for water level Temperature and relative humidity sensor

34. Microcontroller and GSM Board
Arduino Uno Microcontroller GSM BOARD FOR SENDING SMS

35. TWEET AND CLICK
TWEET sensor for water level with GSM CLICK sensor for soil moisture with GSM

36. In the last 7 months developed sensors for–the
parameters water level, soil moisture, relative
humidity, temperature ;etc.

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43. • Monitoring
• Control centre
• Sensors and Instrumentation lab at WALAMTARI
• Software development
• Operation and maintenance - Sensors,
instruments, transducers, communication
systems, power, etc.
• Decision support systems – Information
visualization and graphics, Artificial Intelligence,
analysis, reports, etc.
• Associated with CWPRS regarding capacity
building on canal automation
WATER
MANAGEMENT
CENTRE
(CNFMS)
WATER
MANAGEMENT

44. RBC Flumes and Filters

45. Field level monitoring

46. Portable sensors

48. Aqua Profiler
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49. River Surveyor

50. BIOCHAR
Biochar is another name for
charcoal used for particular
purposes other than combustion.
Like all charcoal, biochar is
created by the pyrolysis of
biomass.

51. BIOCHARCULTURE
Biocharculture is a holistic approach that has
been historically tested, traditionally
practiced, is culturally integral, economically
viable, socially responsible, environmentally
sustainable, and agreeable as a policy.
The uses of biochar—as part of
biocharculture—include its application in
the areas of soil management, livestock,
biomass energy, water purification, green
habitats, sanitation, food, health, etc.

52. BIOCHAR URBAN
GARDENS

53. FLOATIGATION
water
Plastic container
Float
(Styrofoam)

54. Perforated pipe
Sand
Biochar
Gravel
SEWAGIGATION

55. Road
Sewerage
Clean water for irrigation
Drip Irrigation

57. SMART FARMS AND FARMERS
 Smart farms and smart farmers are required now in
the present world of information based agriculture.
Farmers should evolve from hard working to smart
farmers. The traditional knowledge, experience and
skills are less relevant in agriculture as the
technologies are changing very fast. Water is an
important component in agriculture. This component
cannot be mobilized to the fields as easily as any other
input in agriculture.

58. CONCLUSIONS
 Conserve, protect and develop water bodies for human, environmental,
ecological sustainability
 Meet agricultural, industrial, urban, energy and other demands
 Promote cooperation between water supply planners and land use planners
 Promote more cooperation among all water users
 Optimize existing and future water supplies
 Promote cost-effectiveness
 Minimize the net energy used to supply water
 Protect cultural values linked to water resources
 Provide operational flexibility and coordinated infrastructure
 Promote increased fairness in relation to water transfers
 Comply with all applicable laws and regulations
 Educate all on the importance of water
 Adopt appropriate technologies for management of water resources