Three-day workshop on coastal reservoir at NITK concludes today
Representational Image MANGALURU: Department of applied mechanics and hydraulics of National Institute of Technology - Karnataka (NIT-K), Suratkal will host a 3-day workshop on coastal reservoirs as a sustainable strategy for water security on its Srinivasnagar premises from July 22. T G Seetharam, director, IIT Guwahati, will be the chief guest and inaugurate the seminar. K Uma Maheshwar Rao, director, NITK will preside over the inaugural function.
The workshop is organised under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, a union government funded research in joint collaboration of Indian Institute of Science, NIT-K and University of Wollongong, Australia. M Sivakumar, faculty of civil and environmental engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia, said coastal reservoirs provide a sustainable solution to water security in coastal cities and towns.
The idea is to catch and store water downstream in coastal areas where rainfall is high rather than upstream by building dams which requires displacement of people. Coastal reservoir is building a barrier to catch and store fresh water before it enters the sea, he said. While concept of coastal reservoirs may be new, it is just a technology to store fresh water in a coastal environment before entering the Sea, Sivakumar explained.
The workshop will focus on coastal reservoirs, sustainable strategy and water security. The speakers will deliberate on various elements of coastal reservoirs, difference between a first and a second generation coastal reservoir, its design and construction, some of the case studies including the challenges faced in various parts of the world where such water storage facilities already exist including in China, Singapore, Netherlands and Australia.
Sustainable strategy like coastal reservoir is needed as many river systems around the world, sustainable practices are significantly lacking to extent that number of major rivers do not reach the sea under normal flow. With pressure and competing demands due to population growth, urban, agricultural and industrial demands and impact of climate change, countries must manage river basins using sustainable and integrated approaches, he said.
The workshop is organised under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, a union government funded research in joint collaboration of Indian Institute of Science, NIT-K and University of Wollongong, Australia. M Sivakumar, faculty of civil and environmental engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia, said coastal reservoirs provide a sustainable solution to water security in coastal cities and towns.
The idea is to catch and store water downstream in coastal areas where rainfall is high rather than upstream by building dams which requires displacement of people. Coastal reservoir is building a barrier to catch and store fresh water before it enters the sea, he said. While concept of coastal reservoirs may be new, it is just a technology to store fresh water in a coastal environment before entering the Sea, Sivakumar explained.
The workshop will focus on coastal reservoirs, sustainable strategy and water security. The speakers will deliberate on various elements of coastal reservoirs, difference between a first and a second generation coastal reservoir, its design and construction, some of the case studies including the challenges faced in various parts of the world where such water storage facilities already exist including in China, Singapore, Netherlands and Australia.
Sustainable strategy like coastal reservoir is needed as many river systems around the world, sustainable practices are significantly lacking to extent that number of major rivers do not reach the sea under normal flow. With pressure and competing demands due to population growth, urban, agricultural and industrial demands and impact of climate change, countries must manage river basins using sustainable and integrated approaches, he said.
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