Contents: 1. Land use/Land cover change detection using geo-informatics in a part of Patan branch Canal Command Area/Shailendra Jaiswal, R.K. Nema, M.K. Hardaha and Y.K. Tiwari. 2. Simulation of groundwater behavior in declining water table area/A.K. Jain and S.K. Sondhi. 3. Optimized land and water resource planning for Akola District/Alok A. Mishra, Akshay A. Mishra and N.B. Dubey. 4. Ground water studies in Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttaranchal/Shiv Kumar, Yogendra Kumar, H.C. Sharma, A.K. Prajapati and N.P. Arun. 5. Developing hypersensitive conjunctive use model using linear programming technique I: Time integration strategy-A/M.R. Khatri and D.T. Shete. 6. Developing hypersensitive conjunctive use model using linear programming technique II: Time integration strategy-B/D.T. Shete and M.R. Khatri. 7. Artificial recharging of groundwater through injection wells using surface runoff/Arvind Kumar, O.P. Singh and H.C. Joshi. 8. Participatory irrigation management in Akola District of Maharashtra State -- A success story/S.M. Taley and G.M. Bharad and S.M. Belsare. 9. Technologies for efficient utilization of energy in groundwater irrigation/P.R. Bhatnagar and A.K. Sikka. 10. Prediction of water table fluctuations by thornthwaite and Mather Water balance method: A case study/Ajay Kumar Gupta, Raj Vir Singh and S.R. Bhakar and K.K. Garg. 11. Topographic analysis through Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for Patan Branch Canal command area using RS and GIS/Nitin Dubey, R.K. Nema, M.K. Awasthi and Y.K. Tiwari. 12. Ground water management in rising water table area/Rajan Aggarwal, S.K. Sondhi and M.P. Kaushal. 13. A simple technology for harvesting of rooftop rainwater for artificial groundwater recharge/D.S. Taneja and Rajan Aggarwal. 14. Groundwater model for Mukatsar District of South-West Punjab/M.P. Kaushal, S.K. Sondhi, G.S. Hira and Rajan Aggarwal. 15. Studies on artificial groundwater recharge by harvesting rainwater through rooftops/D.S. Taneja and Rajan Aggarwal. 16. Soil aquifer treatment of municipal sewage for reuse in irrigation/M.K. Hardaha, R.K. Nema, G. Deshmukh and M. Job. 17. Infiltration characteristics under different forest cover/S.K. Sharma, M.K. Hardaha and M.K. Awasthi. 18. Efficiency of agricultural pumping systems: A techno-extension study/Nirmal Kumar and K.S. Reddy. 19. Performance evaluation of SPV pumping system for its adaptability to Trickle irrigation/D. Sirisha, V. Jyothi and K. Yella Reddy. 20. Pollution due to effluents from cardboard and sugar factories and their impact on microbial population of the soils/H.C. Sharma. 21. Critical flow based model for economic pipe size selection/K. Yella Reddy and K.N. Tiwari. 22. Evaluation of foot valve characteristics by using computerized pump testing setup/K.S. Reddy, D.M. Bhandarkar, A.C. Varshney and K.D. Gharde. 23. Soil and water resource management in Central and Southwest Punjab/Shelly Sharma and S.K. Shakya. 24. Treatment of municipal sewage with different soil texture/M.K. Hardaha, R.K. Nema, D.K. Shrivastava and G. Deshmukh. 25. Rise of water table induced by seepage from Canal/Shelly Sharma and S.K. Shakya. 26. Causes of poor efficiency of centrifugal pumps- A field study/R.N. Shrivastava, R.K. Nema, M.K. Awasthi and Y.K. Tiwari. 27. Unsteady flow through recharge well in strip basin penetrating single leaky aquifer/Shelly Sharma and S.K. Shakya.

"Live storage at present constitutes only 10% of the total water potential of the country. Hand in hand technology development in drilling and pumping methods has paved the way for massive exploitation of groundwater mainly for irrigation (85%) and for industry and domestic purposes (15%). Such a localized over drawl of ground water has to be compensated adequately by harnessing surplus monsoonal flows along with expansion of water storage capacities in enhancing the water availability.

Stress would need to be laid on conjunctive use of surface and ground water in irrigated commands. Tube wells and wells are the major sources of irrigation in our country. About 30% of the electricity is consumed in pumping water. Operational efficiency of the pump sets is also as low as 30-33%. In diesel pump set, it is about 13% only. IS pumps should therefore be used and the worn out parts be replaced. Use on PVC pipes in place of conventional GI would also help in reduction of friction losses thereby the pumping cost canal irrigation systems generally are about 40% efficient resulting in wastage of water and thereby low irrigation efficiencies. On-farm development work to avoid loss of water is therefore critically important.

This book contains useful information on "Command Area Development and Management" from the selected technical papers presented during the thirty seventh and thirty eighth ISAE Annual Convention and Symposium held at CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur from Jan 29-31, 2003 and CAET, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli from Jan 16-18, 2004, respectively." (jacket)