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basins form the basic hydrological units
for water resources planning and management.
An overall plan for a river basin can more
effectively meet the ever-increasing demand
on the available water resources for varied
uses.
Constraints
in collecting data, processing, and use
of the processed data to support decision-making,
can affect basin level planning and management
adversely. The absence of timely information
and enabling tools can lead to an insufficient
focus on integrated management, resulting
in weak monitoring and control of water
resources schemes across the river basin.
CMC's
core group for water resources, located
at Pune, has been operational for more
than a decade now, and possesses specialised
expertise for development of software
in real-time systems, process control,
database and scientific applications.
CMC's
suite of water resources applications addresses
the following areas:
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Canal automation and supervisory control
and data acquisition systems (SCADA) |
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Improved
canal irrigation management system
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Construction
management system |
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Basin-wide
water accounting and budgeting system |
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Urban
water distribution automation system |
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Organisation-wide
management information service (MIS)
for water resources departments and
water management boards |
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Training
and development programmes for irrigation
officials |
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Consultancy
services on various aspects of water
resources management |
Features
A basin authority can use BAS for accounting
and budgeting of water resources in an
entire river basin. The application can
also provide the framework of an information
system for enhanced basin level planning,
for optimal utilisation of water resources
in future. It is possible to integrate
scheme-specific canal irrigation management
systems (CIMS) with BAS.
BAS
comprises the following modules:
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Data transfer and processing |
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Water
accounting |
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Water
budgeting |
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Data
security and system administration |
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Telemetry
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GIS
interface |
GIS
interface
The geographic information system (GIS)
interface is included for some sub-projects
(BAS and ICMS) to input, store, retrieve,
manipulate and analyse layers of geographic
data, to generate interpretable information,
reports and thematic coverage for decision-making.
Technical
architecture, hardware and software platforms
A client-server based system, it has been
developed after an exhaustive techno-commercial
evaluation of various contemporary technology
options available.
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Technology
/ Product
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| Solution
platform |
MS
Windows NT / 2000 / XP |
| Front-end
tools |
Visual
Basic |
| Back-end
tools |
Oracle
9i |
| CASE
tools |
Rational
Rose |
| Testing
tools |
Rational
Clear Quest |
| National
and international standards |
SEI-CMM
Level 5 |
| Configuration
management tools |
Front-end:
Visual Source Safe
Back-end: RCS / CVS |
Models
The soil and water assessment tool (SWAT)
is a river basin scale model used for
basin-wide water accounting and budgeting
estimations. It is used to compute the
hydrological water balance of a river
basin. Since it is a semi-distributed
conceptual model to calculate the impact
of land management on hydrologic water
balance, the necessary changes have been
carried out within the model to attain
the desired functionality. SWAT has been
developed by the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
Tools
Arcview version 3.2 has been applied for
the development of the project and system
feature module, used for graphical and
pictorial representation of the various
features of the project. The GIS interface
inputs, stores, retrieves, manipulates
and analyses layers of geographic data
to generate interpretable information,
reports and thematic coverage for decision-making.
Architecture
BAS has a client-server architecture to:
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Provide a user-friendly, easy to use,
secure graphical user interface (GUI) |
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Give
the required capability for web-based
interfaces, ensuring accurate and
flexible reporting |
Strengths
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A dedicated group drawn from experts
in water resources, irrigation management,
hydraulics, and hydrology, works for
the design, development and implementation
of the canal irrigation management
system |
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A panel of expert consultants supports
the team |
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CMC is a pioneer in developing an
indigenous solution and undertaking
projects in water accounting and budgeting |
Experience
CMC has the experience of designing, developing
and implementation of three projects in
the field of water accounting and budgeting
systems in India.
Indicative
client list
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Krishna
and Godavari river basins, Irrigation
and Command Area Development Department,
Goverment of Andhra Pradesh |
Contact
Head - eGov
CMC
House
C-18, Bandra-Kurla Complex
Bandra (East)
Mumbai - 400 051
Tel: 022-26591000-2
Fax: 022-26591046
Email: egov@cmcltd.com
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