Contents: Foreword. Preface. Keynote Paper: 1. Water security: an interdisciplinary research and policy agenda/Yoginder K. Alagh. Surface Water Management: 2. Irrigation system operational management by way of canal automation/Anil B. Mandavia. 3. Urban water management: issues and challenges/Shailza Verma, Deepak Khare and S.K. Jain. 4. Comparison of synthetic unit hydrograph models for micro watersheds/G.V. Prajapati, R. Subbaiah and H.H. Mashru. 5. Development of regional flood frequency relationships using L-moments for gauged catchments of Mahi and Sabarmati Subzone 3 (A)/Rakesh Kumar. 6. Increase in irrigation efficiency by segmented border irrigation method/K.C. Patel, N.K. Gontia, B. Anjaneyulu and H.R. Vadar. 7. Design of drip irrigation system based on moisture front advance in layered soil/H.H. Mashru, R.H. Ghaghada, R.M. Satasiya and G.V. Prajapathi. 8. Canal water distribution by rotational water supply system -- a case study of Uben Irrigation Project/D.K. Dobariya. 9. Micro irrigation system--a key for sustainable water management (a task force review)/Satish B. Patel. 10. Water resources development and management-an attempt through system simulation studies/D.H. Patel, A.K. Patel and B.G. Upadhyay. 11. Alternate trickle irrigation system designs for summer groundnut crop: an economic approach/P.B. Vekariya, H.D. Rank and V.K. Sardhara. 12. Comparison of evaporative flux for groundnut using various approaches with moving average analysis/A.B. Mazumdar, P.K. Shukla, P.M. Patil and R. Subbaiah. 13. Water resources conservation through watershed development activities in NE hilly regions - a case study/R.C. Nayak. 14. Impact assessment of water harvesting structures in Ladudi watershed/R.S. Sikarwar, H.D. Rank and R. Subbaiah. 15. Performance of Labyrinth type fusegates on Sonmati weir/G.I. Joshi, M.B. Patel and N. J. Shrimali. 16. Economic impact of water harvesting structures on farmers of North Saurashtra agro-climatic zone/Hiren Tilala and R.L. Shiyani. 17. Operational schedule of pressurized irrigation system for water and energy saving/D.P. Darmora. 18. Response of groundnut to porous pipe irrigation/G.R. Patel, R.H. Ghaghada, M. Mallik, A.L. Chalodia and B.M. Dabhi. 19. Quality of underground irrigation waters of Saurashtra region/N.B. Babaria, M.S. Solanki, A.V. Ardeshana and V.G. Barad. 20. Efficient use of water and fertilizers through drip system for maximizing castor production/L.V. Lakkad, K.B. Asgdaria, R.K. Mathukia, B.K. Sagarka and V.D. Khanpara. Ground Water Management: 21. Modelling and management of shallow aquifer system in Krishna delta/Anupama Sharma and Sudhir Kumar. 22. Effect of seepage and porosity on transient falling water table in subsurface drainage/Surjeet Singh, L.N. Thakural and R.K. Jaiswal. 23. Effect of Sabli-netravati spreading channel to control seawater intrusion in Saurashtra Coast Seawater Intrusion in Saurashtra Coast/V.P. Parekh and A.S. Patel. 24. Rain water harvesting and ground water recharge for sustainable development of urban areas/S.R. Yadav, T.S. Brar, D.C. Singhal, R.K. Jain and Deepak Khare. 25. Ground water budgeting by water level fluctuation method/P.D. Vyas, V.M. Rana and Nayan Soni. 26. AKRSP (I)'S experience in integrated management for sustainable use of water resources in Saline Area - Mangrol (Junagadh)/M.S. Vahora and P.K. Mori. 27. Groundwater level study in the catchment of Therka check dam on river Machhannala/N.J. Shrimali and A.S. Patel. 28. Integrated freshwater management for Lakshadweep Islands/B. Sivakumar. 29. Response of groundwater mound to recharge through rectangular basin/A.D. Vasudeo. 30. Restructuring of water harvesting ponds and ground water recharge/Ravi Kishore, D.K. Singh, R.M. Singh, R. Singh and D.M. Bhandarkar. 31. Groundwater recharge from a lined farm canal under shallow water table condition/V. Goyal, B.S. Jhorar and R.S. Malik. 32. Water logging problem of Western Punjab: a case study/M.A. Alam, Akash Deep Sharma and Keshav Negi. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System: 33. Spatial curve number map for major basins of India using remote sensing and GIS/Mohan Zade, S. Panigrahy and J.S. Parihar. 34. Potential of geographic information systems in water resources management/Vijay Kumar Bansal and Arun Goel. 35. Applications of space technology and geo-informatics for watershed development/Vijay Singh, Ajay Patel, Shuchita Bhatnagar, S.A. Sharma and T.P. Singh. Water Pollution and Environmental Considerations:  36. Impact of textile effluents on groundwater resource and remediation through in plant effluent treatment/M.B. Chougule, Jalindar R. Patil and S.A. Pujari. 37. Performance evaluation of wind pump for greenhouse pot irrigation/P.M. Chauhan, Nilesh Singh, D.J. Borad and J.V. Bhuva. 38. The dominant role of Kerogen in sorption of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene on shale sediments/S. Paikaray, S. Mukherji and S. Banerjee. 39. A mechanical system to improve aquatic weed infested water resources/Pramod Mohnot and S.M. Mathur. Community Participation in Water Management: 40. Irrigation institutions in a dynamic economy: what is China doing differently from India?/Tushar Shah, Mark Glordano and Junxia Wang. 41. Community participation in water management with special reference to North East India/A.C. Talukdar. 42. Public participation, a key to success of rain water harvesting-a case study in Chennai city/A. Jebamalar, G. Ravikumar and K. Karunakaran. 43. Community management of water resources for drinking water security: Wasmo's approach/Bharat Lal. 44. Community and water management: experiences of small initiatives/R.K. Agrawal and U.P. Srivatava. 45. Performance evaluation of participatory irrigation  management in Kedar Tank/D. Kalyani and K. Karunakaran. Systems Approach to Water Management: 46. Rainfall disaggregation using artificial neural networks/Shashank Singh, R. Subbaiah and H.D. Rank. 47. Optimal reservoir management and crop planning under stochastic inflows for demi-II irrigation scheme/R.M. Satasiya, G.R. Sharma and H.H. Mashru. 48. A non-liner modeling approach to agricultural resources planning/H.D. Rank, P.B. Vekariya and V.K. Sardhara. 49. Reliability assessment of water treatment plant by Monte Carlo simulation/Ajay Kumar Gupta and R.K. Srivastava. 50. Development of flood prediction models by using soft computing technique/A. Mani, V.R. Desai and M. Lambert. 51. Multicriteria analysis for crop productivity in a tank irrigation system/K. Parameswari, Er. R. Rajkumar and K. Karunakaran. 52. Agricultural resources planning: a linear programming approach/H.D. Rank and V.M. Thumar.