NATIONAL HYDROLOGY PROJECT An Overview Respected Secretary, WR, RD & GR, Chairman, CWC, Chairmn, CGWB, Jt Sec (A) & Project Coordinator, NHP, Ms. Meike van Ginneken, Practice Manager, World Bank, Sr Officers from Central & State Impl Agencies, Project Coordinators/ Nodal Officer of various PMU, friends – it’s my privilege to present an overview of National Hyd Project. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 23.05.2017, New Delhi

Project Development Objective: National Hydrology Project (NHP) Project Development Objective: To improve the extent, reliability and accessibility of water resources information and to strengthen the capacity of targeted water resources management institutions in India. Information is the key to water resource planning and that’s the theme or goal of NHP

Implementing Agencies HP 1 1995-2003 HP2 2006-2014 NHP States 9 19 37 UT - 2 Central agencies 6 8 RBO 1 Total 15 28 49 River Basin State map NHP: Major Highlights Pan-India coverage Web-based National Database – IndiaWRIS River basin based water accounting. Advavnced Flood forecasting system We have started our journey with small steps during HP-I. HP-I involved 15 IAs participated during 1995-2003. Milestone.... Thereafter HP-II was implemented during 2006-2014. Milestone... Now, NHP is having pan india coverage with major new initiative in RTDAS, Web based national database-IndiaWRIS, institutionalisation of data collection, management & analysis. HP-I: Major Highlights Manual Data Collection Desktop data management HP-II: Major Highlights Real Time Data Acquisition Web-based data management

National Hydrology Project (NHP) Project Components: Water Resources Data Acquisition System (WRDAS) Water Resources Information System (WRIS) Water Resources Operation and Planning (WROP) Institutions Capacity Enhancement Total Cost - INR 3640 Crore + INR 39.77 Crore for NWIC World Bank Loan – USD 175 Million IBRD Duration - 8 years NHP with supports from WB. 50% from WB & 50% GOI – as central sector scheme in which grant-in-aid is being given to IAs

What is new under NHP? National Water information system Standardization of RTDAS Integration of state and central data and make it accessible to states in river basin scale through establishment of NWIC. Introduction of state WRIS Improve accessibility through use of Cloud based database management, web-based applications, standard telemetric system including INSAT, VSAT. Minimize duplicity for all including spatial and temporal data River Basin approach – collaborative modeling IWRM & Water budgeting for River basin with information on water availability in tributaries, streams level Flood forecasting & Inundation Modeling Standardisation of RTDAS through Framework agreement on equipment Establishment of NWIC and transparent data policy for free flow of data Every state has to create it state’s node of WRIS There should not be any duplicity in sites Under NHP, we will be adopting river basin approach in various studies so that future water resources development should take place considering basin as a model. At present CWC is doing an FF activity for whole of india. Under NHP, advanced approached to FF is being taken up by CWC

Decision making tools: NHP Concept Database Decision Making: Better Planning and Operational Decisions in Water Management Improved Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits Communication Framework Modelling & Analysis Decision making tools: Basin Planning, FF, etc. This is the concept of NHP in which database will be created which will be input for various modelling & analysis, then using DSS tools, scenario will be generated and the result will be disseminated. These information will be used by various stake holder for better planning, decisions making, disaster management which will ultimately lead to better economic, social & environmental benefits Scenario Generation Beyond Project Within Project

Better Basin Planning and Operational Decisions in Water Management D. Institutional Capacity Enhancement C: Water Resources Planning & Operation System B: Water Resources Information System Centre of Excellence GIS Layers High Resolution DEM Weather Forecast Generic Hydrological Products Remote Sense Imageries Collaboration with National/ International Institutes DSS for River Basin Planning AP States-WRIS Maharashtra Karnataka Telangana Krishna Basin WRIS Flood management This is depiction of working of various activities of NHP A: Water Data Acquisition System Reservoir Operation Capacity Building Groundwater management Outreach and Awareness Meteorological Monitoring River/Reservoir Monitoring Groundwater Monitoring Water Quality Monitoring SCADA for canal/ reservoir Community monitoring/ crowd sourcing State Data Centers Irrigation management

A: Water Resources Data System A1 Water Resources Data Acquisition A2 Data Centers

Hydro-met Instruments to be installed under NHP Water Resources Data Acquisition System Hydro-met Instruments to be installed under NHP Automatic Weather Stations Water Level Recorder Water Quality Station River Flow (ADCP) Digital GW Recorder Snow Pillow

Water Resources Data Acquisition System Type and number of equipment (approx.) Category Type of Station Number Meteorological Rain gauges 2,000 Automatic weather stations 500 Surface water level monitoring Rivers 1,300 Dams/barrages (integrated) 650 Canals 300 SCADA in irrigation systems 50 Total 2,300 Groundwater Groundwater level/flow monitoring 7,000 Water quality sampling Water quality sampling sites 1,700

COMPONENT A – PRESENT STATUS To establish and integrate a country-wide hydro-met monitoring network system: Proposal for development of additional modules of centralized database management software: Automatic Data acquisition system for both SW & GW SMS based Applications Module for communication of Data Module for Inventories of H.O & Met equipment at each site. Module for linkage of various data with India-WRIS Development of e-training modules and e-courses etc. Frame Work Agreement for standardization of Equipment is ready Hydro-met network for 8 states discussed & finalized Band width allocation for data acquisition has been made by ISRO Earth Receiving Stations (ERS), CWC is ready Proposal for State Data Centre received from some states

NWIC (India-WRIS) Satellite Sensors Cellular Tower Cloud server Satellite Telemetry Satellite Earth Receiving Station Sensors Data Collection Platform (DCP) Manual data entry/SMS based etc. Cellular Tower Feedback in design NWIC (India-WRIS) Cloud server Internet Lease line Internet Lease line Flow of data indicating data collection, real time transmission through satellite, storage, dissemination, State Data Center (State-WRIS) (Local Server with eSWIS and eGEM software) Spatial & Remote Sensed Information Spatial & Remote Sensed Information

B: Water Resources Information System B1. National WRIS B2. Regional/ State WRIS

Water Resources Information Products The states should follow the IndiaWRIS standards for integration, The purpose of State-WRIS is to “serve” and exchange with other stake holders such as Drinking, Agriculture and watershed department. Development of State-WRIS Digitization of Water related data

National Water Informatics Centre Objectives of NWIC To create the GIS platform with the participation of all the Implementing Agencies. India-WRIS is envisaged to play the pivotal role. Institutional linkages for sharing of data through web map services/web feature services. Maintenance, updation, and management of national level water resources database and generate new data sets. Dissemination of customized Information and application products for various applications (DSS etc.). Develop platform for web based data processing and services Capacity building activities Collaboration with National and International Institutes

India-WRIS NWIC MOWR, RD & GR SOI IMD NRSC Elevation Model SOI NWIC Met & Forecast Data IMD Remote Sense Data NRSC River Basin Data Water Resources Agencies and other Water Allied Stakeholders for Application and R&D Ground Water Data Centralized Data India WRIS CGWB River Basin Data River Basin Data Hydro-met Data CWC River Basin Data Water Quality Data River Basin Data CPCB Hydro-met data River Basin Data Training, R&D data NIH State WRIS River Basin Data State WRIS State WRIS

Knowledge products DEM: 20 M ha ( 0.5m) 3 m – whole country Centralized Procurement of High Resolution DEM Centralized procurement of RS products: real time ET Centralized arrangement for weather forecast

Proposed for LIDAR under NHP B: Digital Terrain model Entire India: Existing IndiaWRIS in process of acquiring 10 m. Will aim to improve to 3-5 m using existing information or Satellite based remote sensing based information. LIDAR is proposed for inundated area for 0.5 m DTM. NPMU is coordinating with NRSC to avoid duplicity. States need to coordinate with other state departments to acquire LIDAR imageries if already taken. Proposed for LIDAR under NHP LIDAR done by NRSC

C: Water Resources Operation and Planning C1. Development of Analytical Tools and Decision-support Platform C2. Purpose Driven Support C3. Piloting Innovative Knowledge Products

C: Water Resources Operation and Planning C1. Development of Analytical Tools and Decision-support Platform - River Basin management - Flood Forecasting and reservoir operation - Irrigation management and operation

Advanced flood forecasting with improved lead time Focus will be on identification of Flood Prone area and development of forecast with more than 3 days lead time 21

Disaster Response: Flood forecasting Disaster Response will be equipped with the streamflow forecast and inundated area 22

Water Resources Management Challenges : Trans-boundary issues (international/inter-state) Increasing Demand for water and competition for water among the different sectors Inefficient Water Management Drought Floods Deteriorating water quality

IWRM Studies Approach Proposed under NHP MoWR, RD&GR - responsible for developing the river basins assessment and planning systems at Macro level (River basin level) main stream and first order tributaries of the river; major and medium reservoirs in the river basin etc. The States - responsible to develop detailed Micro level (sub-basin level) river basin assessment & planning tools. 2nd and higher order tributaries of the river; Medium and minor schemes in the river basin etc. Though both the Macro and Micro level systems will be standalone, yet integrated. National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) to provide all the data available with them to the States for the development of Micro level models.

COMPONENT C – PRESENT STATUS IWRM STUDIES EoI for IWRM Study in Krishna, Godawari & Mahanadi basin has been floated – under evaluation Other basins are also in pipeline. Development of systems for Integrated Flood Forecasting 1-D Modeling with lead time of 3 days for Flood Prone area of entire country is almost completed and model will be tested in the coming monsoon season. Bid document for development of dashboard has been prepared. 2-D modeling will be carried out in collaboration with NRSC. The delivery of 10-m DEM from SoI has started.

Purpose Driven Support Specialized studies – R & D component Some key topics includes: Salinity intrusion in coastal aquifers Cloud burst Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Water Quality Studies Irrigation system benchmarking Effectiveness of groundwater recharging Impacts of checkdams on flow regime of rivers/ rivulets Dam Break Analysis

D: Institutional Capacity Enhancement D1. Water Resources Knowledge Centre D2.Professional Development D3/4.Project management and operational support 27

Component – D (Institutions Capacity Enhancement) Water Resources Knowledge Centre River basin modelling / Excellence centers: - Krishna / Mahanadi / Damodar - Goa Groundwater modelling center: AP/Telangana Centre of Excellent for Water Management - North East Centre of Excellence for Water, Guwahati - CWC Centre of Excellence, Hyderabad Facilitate knowledge exchange: With internationally reputed Institutes - States may consider reforming WALMIs Centers of Excellence does not mean construction of state of art “Building” only. “Excellent water managers” who could work on water related issues and exchange best practices are must for these Centre of Excellence. Major Challenge would be to establish a center that can continue after NHP

Professional Development Training - Training need assessment of Implementing agencies - Customized training - National level training - International training - Web-based training courses Study tours (International/ National) for cross learning Involvement of local universities for capacity building (identifying local universities by State IAs to build their capacity) Development of Master Degree course in Water Resources/ Flood Management in collaboration with IITs. Development of Centre of Excellence for R&D Collaboration with international institutions (UNESCO-IHE, UNESCO WATER, ICE-WARM etc) We are hopeful that successful implementation of various objective of NHP with the active participation of all Implementing Agencies will usher a better water governance and management in the country. Dissemination of un-intruupted exchange of data on real time among all the stake holder will reduce the conflict and lead towards efficient utilization of water.

Project Management Activity Status Signing of Memorandum of Agreement by IAs 49 Opening of Bank A/c 47 ( Delhi, Goa) Project Implementation Plan (PIP) Completed except Delhi Total Release of Fund during 2016-17 Rs 47.84 Crore Revalidation of Unspent amount of 2016-17 Conveyed to IAs Annual Work Plan (2017-18) 39 under approval Release of funds to IAs during 2017-18 Release of 140 Crore under process Loan Agreement Signed with World Bank 18th April, 2017 Effective Date for Loan Agreement 5th May, 2017 Technical Assistance & Management Consultancy (TAMC) Advanced stage of evaluation Status of NPMU/ CPMU/ SPMU All constituted except Delhi Financial/ Procurement/ Hydromet Manual Finalised We are hopeful that successful implementation of various objective of NHP with the active participation of all Implementing Agencies will usher a better water governance and management in the country. Dissemination of un-intruupted exchange of data on real time among all the stake holder will reduce the conflict and lead towards efficient utilization of water. Only then vision of Our PM – Har Khet ko Paani – will be fulfiled.

Issues Need Attention Status of Hydro-met system installed during HP-I & HP-II and Need to explore possibility of procuring Data Services Finalisation of Hydro-met Sites – details of proposed sites along with longitude & latitude Two options Option 1: Commission Hydromet system Framework Agreement for empanelling the make and models is almost ready by CWC. IAs will procure integrator services. IAs will prepare financial bid along with the framework agreement for newly proposed Hydromet stations. However duplication should be avoided. IMD data: CWC & IMD is having MoU for sharing of data. Option 2: Procure data services Some firms are already providing services for AWS (Agriculture/insurance department). Now some firms are showing interest for GW Data/ HIS as well. We are hopeful that successful implementation of various objective of NHP with the active participation of all Implementing Agencies will usher a better water governance and management in the country. Dissemination of un-intruupted exchange of data on real time among all the stake holder will reduce the conflict and lead towards efficient utilization of water.

Creation of State Nodes of WRIS - Actions for States Issues Need Attention Creation of State Nodes of WRIS - Actions for States Administration and policy Match data policy with National Data dissemination policy. Sign MOU with other departments such as Agriculture, drinking water supply and others to exchange the information and serve through development of applications. Minimize duplicity Weather data is collected by several agencies: agriculture, revenue, disaster, university: can we all integrate and use this project to fill the gap. Join Central portal Join central web database management and IndiaWRIS. We are hopeful that successful implementation of various objective of NHP with the active participation of all Implementing Agencies will usher a better water governance and management in the country. Dissemination of un-intruupted exchange of data on real time among all the stake holder will reduce the conflict and lead towards efficient utilization of water.

Issues Need Attention To follow the Maintenance & Payment clause of Hydro-met system Constitution of State Level Standing Committee (SLSC) for NHP Physical & Financial Progress – MIS Constitution of IWRM unit at State/Central Level

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