1. National Hydrology Project
, Pune, India
National Hydrology Project
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

2. NHP Journey HP-I (1995-2003) HP-II (2006-2014) NHP
9 States; 6 Central Agencies
Manual Data Collection
Desktop data management
Data collection & management
13 States; 8 Central Ias
Real Time Data Acquisition
Web-based data management
Data Collection, management & analysis
Pan-India; 10 Central IAs
Standardization of RTDAS as national level
Web-based National Database – IndiaWRIS
Institutionalization of data collection, management and analysis

3. Objectives
To establish and integrate a country-wide hydromet monitoring network system.
To provide upto date and reliable hydromet data to stakeholders
To develop systems for improved flood forecasting.
To develop tools for improved river basin assessment and planning.
Capacity building of the Implementing Agencies
Duration: 8 years ( ) Budget : ~ 600 Million USD

4. Implementing Agencies
HP2
New
Total
States 19 18 37 UT 2
Central agencies 6 8
RBO 1 28 21 49
River Basin State map

5. 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
States-WRIS
Maharashtra
Karnataka AP
Telangana
Krishna Basin WRIS
Flood management
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

6. What is new under NHP? Pan India coverage Extension of HP-I & HP-II
Standardization of equipment
Framework Agreement & standardization of specifications
States to design their network in consultation with CWC and CGWB
Procurement to be done by Implementing Agencies (IAs)
CWPRS to provided technical support to all IAs
Basin approach – collaborative modeling
Flood forecasting & Inundation Systems
River basin assessment and planning (SW & GW) Systems
Institutional Strengthening
Promoting Centres of Excellence
Capacity building of Officers of IAs
Learn from failures and build on success of self and others through collaboration

7. 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
States-WRIS
Maharashtra
Karnataka AP
Telangana
Krishna Basin WRIS
Flood management
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

8. Water Resources Data Acquisition System (…so far)
Hydro-met equipment & network
Experience of HP-I & HP-II
What was done?
Standardized :
Equipment specifications
Data collection, storage and dissemination
developed software – WISDOM, SWDES, GWDES, GEMS
Mixed experience
Some manufactures did not provide adequate support
The software developed were Hardware and software dependent
In HP-II, web based systems for data storage and dissemination e.g. e-SWIS and e-GEMS
Data validation was not adequately handled
Wide spectrum in States’ response to DSS

9. Existing Hydro-met stations
Water Resources Data Acquisition System (…so far)
Existing Hydro-met stations

10. Water Resources Data Acquisition System

11. Water Resources Data Acquisition System
What is the Mantra for NHP?
'Count what is countable, measure what is measurable. What is not measurable, make measurable..!’
Galileo
Way Forward: Framework Agreement
Standardisation of specifications
Empanelment of equipment
To be done atleast once in year
Procurement of hydromet equipment will include procurement of equipment, integrator services and data services with a long-term (10 years) commitment

12. 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
Digital GW Recorder
Snow Pillow

13. 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
State Data Center (State-WRIS)
(Local Server with eSWIS and eGEMS software)
Spatial & Remote Sensed Information
Spatial & Remote Sensed Information

14. 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
5,000
Water quality sampling
Water quality sampling sites
1,700

15. 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
States-WRIS
Maharashtra
Karnataka AP
Telangana
Krishna Basin WRIS
Flood management
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

16. Water Resources Information System
National Hydrology Project
Database system for entry, storage, validation and visualization
National Web-based Platform for data dissemination to wider stakeholders
State WRIS Chapter

17. 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
Water Quality Data
CPCB
River Basin Data
Training
NIH
River Basin Data
Hydro-met data
River Basin Data
State WRIS
State WRIS
State WRIS

18. Water Resources Information System
Water Resources Products in WRIS/SWRIS
Access to spatial information including more than 80 layers of IndiaWRIS
Real time hydromet and reservoir level data.
High Resolution elevation map for India ranging from (0.5 to 3m)
Weather forecast (1, 3,5, 7 days and seasonal)
Macro Water Resources assessment: Rainfall, ET, Runoff estimate
Remote sensing based estimates for India: Snowmelt, real time ET, land use, irrigation benchmarking,
Flood forecasting at major stations by CWC

19. Institutionalization: National Water Informatics Centre
Water Resources Information System
Institutionalization: National Water Informatics Centre
Legal background
Section 9A of Interstate River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (IRWD Act) under Article 262 of the Constitution of India
“Central Government shall maintain a data bank and information system at national level for each river basin. State governments shall provide all the data regarding water resources, land, agriculture and matters related thereto as requested by the central government”.
What is envisaged under NWIC?
Welfare is collective..!
State and Central organisations to join hands
System to work on mutual trust and respect

20. National Water Informatics Centre
Objectives of NWIC
To create 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 datasets.
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

21. National Water Informatics Centre
Vision of NWIC and SWIC
Implementing Agencies generate the hydro-meteorological and spatial data, which will be seamlessly integrated in NWIC
Information products such as flood forecasts, inundation maps, water resources assessment, IWRM Plan, Evapo-transpiration atlas, ground water management plans, aquifer maps, etc.
Data dissemination policy is being made more liberal (…however, need to respect Map Policy of India)
Data available basin-wise as well as State-wise
Data to be easily and freely shared/access
Adequate security protocols and automation

22. India- Water Resources Information System
Key Focus on Integrated Water Database
MoWR,RD&GR
MI Census, CAD WM
Data Services to states/stakeholders/public
CGWB
eGEMS (GW levels and Quality)
Flood Forecast
CWC
eSWIS (SW Data), India-WRIS, FF, IWRM, Water Quality etc
Inundation Map
CPCB
e-WQIS (Water Quality Data) & Water Quality products
Basin wise Water Assessment both SW & GW
India-Water Resources Information System
(IndiaWRIS)
ISRO/NRSC/ Bhuvan
(Satellite Imagery, Satellite products and derived Maps)
Water Quality Scenario
IMD
(Meteorological Data and products)
Evapo-transpiration Atlas
SoI
(Maps, Toposheets and DEM/DTM)
GLOF
data.gov.in
MoRD and MoDW&S
Snowmelt runoff forecast
State-WRIS
(State hydro-met and spatial Data)
MoA&FW (Schemes)
(Agrcultural Product)
Environmental Flows
Ministry of Power
(Milti-purpose Projects)
Reservoir Operation
Census and Statistics

23. 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
States-WRIS
Maharashtra
Karnataka AP
Telangana
Krishna Basin WRIS
Flood management
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

24. Utilization of Data Generated
Database
Decision making tools:
Basin Planning and Flood Forecasting
Decision Making: Better Planning and Operational Decisions in Water Management
Improved Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits
Communication Framework
Modelling & Analysis
Scenario Generation
Beyond
Project
Within
Project

25. River Basin Assessment & Planning
River Basin Assessment and Planning will be carried out for all 20 River Basin of India
MoWR in coordination with CWC, CGWB and Riparian states will develop the Basin Model, while the states will downscale it to their desire planning/ management scale.
Focus on standardizing the modelling approach
Integration of surface and ground water

26. Flood forecasting & Reservoir Operation Systems
Flood forecasting and early warning system (coupled with weather forecast)- Jointly by CWC and Riparian States for all Major River Basin of India
CWC : will centrally coordinate with all IAs for the development of Macro model; States will simultaneously develop for their respective tributaries.
Focus on developing national Flood Control Centre 26

27. Thank You
AVANISH KANT 27