| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| SECTION -I | WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT--SURFACE WATER | | |
| Community Based Water Resources Management: Some Regional Experiences | K.M. Baharul Islam | 3 |
| Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction for Enhancing Flood Resilience in Assam , India | Sudhir Kumar | 13 |
| How Sustainable is the Brahmaputra River Water Resource? | Pankaj Barua | 17 |
| River System of Mizoram : Potential Avenues in the Multi Modal Transport System in the Region | Rahul Verma | 27 |
| Quantification of Flashiness in Hilly Headwater Catchments of the Brahmaputra basin | Pori Das and Subashisa Dutta | 36 |
| Sustainability of Water Resource management by Investigating the Characteristics of Soil Macroporosity Under Different Land Use and land Covers of Northeast India- An Experimental Study | Sangeeta Shougrakpam and Subashisa Dutta | 43 |
| The Regional Experiences in water Resource Planning in Reference to the State of Assam | Mridul Rabha, Pallabi Sarmah and Priyam Barthakur | 52 |
| Extreme Weather Events and Sustainable Development in Pakistan | Muhammad Afzal and Salim Ahmed Barbhuiya | 58 |
| Dam Site Feasibility and Water Management Using Geoinformatics | Faisalnadeem Saher, Muhammad Raza Mehdi, Bashir Ahmad, Arshad Ashraf and Iram Faisal | 63 |
| Increasing Productivity of Assam Lemon Citrus Limon L. Burmf) through Rain Water Harvesting and Drip Irrigation | Pankaj Barua and Utpal Kotoky | 74 |
| Sedimentation Assessment in Reservoirs in the Context of water Audit--Work Done in Maharashtra | S.K. kalvit, S.N. Kulkarni | 81 |
| Historical Analysis and Aridity Index Mapping for Agricultural Drought Study in North Western Region of Bangladesh | Umme Salma Rima and Shams Al-Amin | 88 |
| Optimal Ecological management Practices (EMPs) for Managing Excess Sediment and water Yield from Hilly Urban watersheds | B. Sarma and A.K. Sarma | 96 |
| Emerging necessity for Integrated Land and Water Resources Management in Manipur River Basin | K. James Singh and M. Kalita | 104 |
| SECTION -II | WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT--GROUND WATER | | |
| Assessment of Groundwater Prospect in the Markanda River basin, Northwest India: A Morphometric Approach | Kshetrimayum Krishnakanta Singh and Vishwa Nath bajpai | 107 |
| The Effect of negative Water Balance of Coastal Area on Qualitative Parameters of groundwater (A case Study of Shendabad Coastal Aquifer in Iran) | Amir Safi, Morteza Mousavi and Milad Ebrahimi | 117 |
| Community Manageable Ground Water Management System (Through Pooling of Bore Wells), a Policy Option for Rainfed Areas--APDAI Pilot Project Experience | M. Vanaja | 127 |
| Multi Functions of People Institutions and Their Sustainability: Role of Tank Associations and Their Nested Institutions for the Sustainability of Traditional water Resources (Tanks) | B. Sada Siva | 134 |
| SECTION - III | IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT | | |
| Water productivity in Canal Command areas Present Scenario and Future Needs | D.K. Dobariya and J.C. Chaudhari | 137 |
| Role of Indigenous Irrigation Farming System (Chamazi) in Food Security and cash Income in Semi-Arid Areas of West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania | Abiud Kaswamila and V. Venkatakrishnan | 145 |
| Jhola Kundi-A Promising Low Cost Water Harvesting Structure for vegetable Cultivation in Eastern Ghat High Land Region of Orissa: A Case Study for Tribal Livelihood Improvement | B.S. Naik, Praveen Jakhar, D. Barman, G.B. Naik, B.K. Dash | 152 |
| Sustainable use of Irrigation Water-Impact on Cropping Pattern and productivity of crops | Dharmpal Malik | 185 |
| Traditional Rain Water Harvesting and Runoff Recycling System of North East India and Their Sustainability for crop Production | Pankaj Barua | 187 |
| Shortage of water Stress on Yield and Some Morphological and Physiological Traits of Sunflower in the Area of Iron | Parisa Bolori and Masoud Soltani | 188 |
| SECTION- IV | WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT | | |
| Public Private Partnership Approach for Promoting Safe drinking water in Urban Poor Communities in Nepal | Rajesh Adhikari, Bhushan Tuladhar, Bihu dangol, Bipin Dangol and Roshan R. Shrestha | 191 |
| Fostering Local Entrepreneurship for providing Safe Drinking Water in Rural Communities of Nepal | Raju Shrestha , Bipin Dangol, betman Singh | 204 |
| Water Quality Trading: Cooperative Game Theory Approach | S.A. Mostafavi, M.J.Imami Skardi and A. Afshar | 212 |
| Plan For Upgrading Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network for Meghalaya, India | C.K. Jain | 218 |
| Plan for Upgrading ground Water Quality Monitoring Network for Meghalaya, India | C.K. Jain | 229 |
| The Effects of Artificial Recharge on groundwater Quality (A Case Study of Shendabad Coastal Aquifer in Iran) | Amir Safi and Milad Ebrahini | 243 |
| Impact of Contaminant Migration through Fractured Porous Media on Ground water System | Ritwik Chakraborty and Ambarish Ghosh | 249 |
| Sustainable Development and managing Industrial Effluents at Bodhjungnagar Industrial Growth centre, Agartala, tripura | Pradip K. Mukherjee | 257 |
| Fluoride Ion in Drinking Water and Prevalence of Dental Flourosis among the Populations: A Studyin a few Tea garden Belt Villages in Golaghat District, Assam, India | Bhupen K. Baruah, Bhanita Das Abani K. Misra | 266 |
| Mine Water Analysis of Coal-Bearing Strata of Ladrymbai Coalfield, Jainita Hills, Meghalaya, North East India | Manabendra Nath | 273 |
| Nitrate : A Menace for the Rural people of Punjab, India | Umesh K. Garg and Navdeep kaur | 276 |
| Monitoring of Nitrate, Phosphate, Fluoride, Arsenic and Heavy metals Contamination of drinking Water Sources in the Small Tea gardens Area of Sonitpur District, Assam, India | Joydev Dutta Abani K. Misra | 282 |
| Low Cost Treatment Technology practicing in Rural Water Supply Schemes in Sri Lanka- Model study | S.H. Mervin Antony | 291 |
| A Study on Municipal waste water Treatment through Biological Oxidation, jaipur City (Dhelawas), India | Vivek Bhargava | 299 |
| Water Treatment by Adsorption through Industrial Waste Sludge | U. Mishra, M. Bandyopadhyaya and P.K. Sahoo | 307 |
| Decentralized Governance and Local eater Resource Management: Lessons to North East India from a Global Context | V. Venkatakrishnan and Abiud Kawamila | 308 |
| Hydro-Biological Properties of Some of the Aquatic Systems of Barak Valley | Kankana das and Susmita Gupta | 309 |
| Spatial variability in Zooplankton Community in Response to Flood Pulse in Chatla Floodplain Lake, Barak Valley, Assam | Hafsa Sultana Laskar and Susmita Gupta | 310 |
| SECTION -V | WATER LAWS AND SOCIO ECONOMIC ISSUES IN WATER MANAGEMENT | | |
| Water Laws in the Indian Context | Amardeep Singh, A.K. Gosain and Murari Ratnam | 313 |
| Current Status of Water Use in urban Punjab and its Relation to Socio-economic Status | Aman Preet Singh Brar and Balram Dogra | 322 |
| Ensuring Livelihood and Food Security through Indigenous Water management Practices in North-East India | Dhrubajit Sarma and Ranjita Bezbaruah Sharma | 329 |
| Role of Women in water Conservation | Digambar Singh, A.R. Senthil Kumar and P.K. Garg | 336 |
| Capacity Building of Farmers Organizations through Decentralized Field Training Centres--A case Study from AndhraPradesh | K. Tirupataiah and G. JJhansi Rani | 344 |
| gender and Genrational Analysis of Commitment and Participation in Rural Water Supply Project Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District of the Eastern Region of Ghana | Ademola A. Ladele and Vivian Tackie-Ofosu | 354 |
| Tourism Festival of water in Desert Lands of Iran | Hamideh Beigi and M.H. Ramesht | 355 |
| Utilization of Water Resources by the Ethnic Communities of Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas, India | Paul Ashish and Khan Mohamed Latif | 356 |
