Water Resource Management

Abstract: Gravity is the motive force for the movement of the fluids. Water is the most used fluid of human. To utilize water perfectly men designed bridges, dams, channels, canals, levees, as well as both sanitary and environmental engineering. Therefore they developed fluid mechanics principles to problems dealing with the collection, storage, control, transport, regulation, measurement, and use of water. Before beginning a hydraulic engineering project, one must figure out how much water is involved. The hydraulic engineering is concerned with the transport of sediment by the river, the interaction of the water with its alluvial boundary, and the occurrence of scour and deposition. The hydraulic engineer actually develops conceptual designs for the various features which interact with water such as spillways and outlet works for dams, culverts for highways, canals and related structures for irrigation projects, and cooling-water facilities for thermal power plants. With changing climate, glaciers around the world are responding predominantly by shrinking. As they do so, more melt water is being stored in lake systems behind moraine dams at high altitude, especially in the Himalayas and the Andes. At the same time, to fuel economic growth with the high demands for electricity and resources, hydropower generation and high-altitude mining are becoming increasingly important. Therefore a new approach to the way we plan, manage, and use water is urgently needed. In order to achieve this goal we need good governance for efficiency and sustainability in water management.