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Subject: Soil and Water Engineering × Author: Banjeet Singh × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Development of web enabled water resource information system for SAS Nagar and Patiala district
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2016) Banjeet Singh; Samanpreet Kaur
    India is the largest groundwater user in the world, with an estimated usage of around 230 cubic kilometers per year, more than a quarter of the global total. With more than 60 per cent of irrigated agriculture and 85 per cent of drinking water supplies dependent on it, groundwater is a vital resource for rural areas in India. Thus it is of great importance to compile up to date information about the water requirement for the irrigation & drinking purpose for all the districts in Punjab. Remote sensing and Geographic Information system (GIS) are the technologies that can provide efficient & effective information system to tackle the water quality & water supply planning parameters. Thus, under the present study, a web enabled water resource information system has been developed in GIS environment for the SAS Nagar and Patiala district, Punjab by using the open source software - MS4W and pmapper. This system provides digital information of natural i.e. drainage & man made features like roads, canals, tube well with its location etc for the study area. Such an information system can be very helpful for the administrators and can serve as a decision support system for the planners and policy makers so that the areas where the problem related to water quality can be indentified and focused upon. The system can provide an effective and meaningful direction for the planning and development of both districts.