Towards Water Circular Economy : Proceedings of the Responsible Water Management and Circular Economy (RWC) 2024

Responsible water management and circular economy aims to establish a common understanding of circular economy principles and resilience in the water sector and to support countries in the implementing those principles. It is essential for water security  to deal with the effect of climate change. It can be achieved through smart water management, use of non-conventional water resources, rejuvenation of natural water systems, using advance tools and techniques and adaptation strategies. It will help in improving the water availability in terms of quantity as well as quality and human health. Smart water governance and educating society can also play an important  role in achieveing the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 6) “Water for all“. The book aims to accelerate interaction among various stakeholders.

Prof. Ankit Agarwal is a hydro-climatologist interested in interdisciplinary research and teaching. His research aims to understand multi-scale interactions between the Atmosphere and Hydrosphere components, particularly between climate patterns and extreme events. Over the past years, he has published 70+ articles on topics related to extreme predictions, forecasting, developing new methods and compound extremes. Dr. Ankit Agarwal has been awarded the 2023 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award of the European Geoscience Union (EGU) and has been selected as a Fellow of Royal Meteorological Society London (UK). He has been also selected as a young outstanding Faculty at IIT Roorkee. Dr. Ankit is currently serving as an Associate Editor in Journal of Hydrology, Scientist Reports-Nature, Hydrological Sciences Journal (IAHS), Weather, Climate and Society (AMS).

Prof. Basant Yadav is an assistant professor in Water Resources Development and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. His research aims at groundwater and contaminant hydrology, Water quality, Optimal remediation system design, Artificial Recharge, Rainwater harvesting, Conjunctive water use planning, Managed aquifer recharge and its impacts on groundwater quantity and quality, Integration of experimental, numerical, and data-based modeling in groundwater management studies. He has published more than 45 articles on topics of his interest of research. Prof. Yadav is life time member of Indian Water Resources Society and Institute of Engineers. He taught courses on "Operation Maintenance and Management of Irrigation Systems", "Water Sanitation, Hygiene and Infrastructural Management", "Water Quality Monitoring and Modelling"and "Diagnostic Analysis" at IIT Roorkee. Currently, he is supervising/supervised 05PhDs and 6 Master students. He leads 04 projects of groundwater, aquifer recharge and rainwater harvesting.

Dr. Manish Nema is working as Scientist E in Water Resources System Division, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. His research aims at water resources management, hydrological modeling, watershed hydrology, surface hydrology, hydrologic and water resource modeling and simulation, climate change, evapotranspiration, water balance, ecohydrology, environment, agricultural engineering and geographic information system. He has published more than 50 articles on topics of his interest of research. Dr. Nema has received various awards for his research. He led various research, sponsored and consultancy projects.

Dr. Mukesh Sharma is working as Scientist F in Environmental Hydrology Division in National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee Dept. of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. His area of research interest are various aspects of environmental hydrology including Emerging contaminants, adsorption kinetics, ground and surface water quality assessment, pollution assessment through aquatic sediment, groundwater modelling, contaminant transport modeling, lake water quality, natural contamination in water bodies, statistical processing of water quality data. He has published more than 150 research papers in International and National Journals. He has worked in many committees constituted by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India for investigating pollution problems of India. Dr. Sharma has received various awards for his research. He led various research, sponsored and consultancy projects.

Prof. Arun Kumar is a professor in Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. His research aims at hydropower development, environmental management, energy economics and policy, sand erosion, hydraulic turbine and floating solar. He has published more than 500 articles on topics of his interest of research. Prof. Arun is life time member of various societies and associations. He has supervised many PhDs and Master students. He has completed many projects at IIT Roorkee.