Water Resource Planning using GIS based Decision Support System

In Jaipur, there are several departments & agencies involved in the planning, management,

development, distribution& monitoring of water resources. The key departments are irrigation

department, agriculture department, ground water department. All these departments are

working in their respective areas according to their mandates, but it was realized by the

government that in the absence of regular co-ordination among the departments the overall

desired goal of integrated water resource planning & management will not be achieved.

Water Resource planning was done to achieve an integrated and multi-sectorial approach to the

planning, development and use of the State’s Water resources. A certain vision, proper

planning and water resource management has always been very challenging for state due to the

absence of proper mechanism for the water planning. As a result proper insight could not be

inferred from the collected data and this has been posing continuous hindrance to the process

of proper planning and management of water resources across the state of Rajasthan. The aim

of this study is to achieve the integrated approach for utilization of the data collected by the

various water departments for proper planning and water resource management by surveying

the available water resources in the state.

The primary objectives of this study have been listed below:

1. By Bring uniformity in the way of collection of data by various water departments by

leveraging the benefits of ICT by identifying spatial gaps for water supply resources.

2. Designing and developing a database which can help in sharing of water related

projects and data thereby consequently helping in better management of water resources
 3. Establishing a GIS based Decision Support System to enable the water department in

making proper decision for planning and water resource management

4. Designing a common platform/ application which can and use existing IT

applications/ initiatives of water departments for better information sharing and

decision making

5. To ensure well-coordinated and efficient decision making in planning, design,

execution and operation and maintenance within government and private agencies

working in water sector

6. To collect data on water resource availability, use, quality and make them accessible to

all, to promote sustainable development of water resources in the basins and sub basins of

the state.

7. To promote awareness and understanding for economical and efficient use of water in

drinking, industrial and agriculture use by spreading consciousness through training and

use of mass media along with pilot demonstration projects etc.

Future Directions for GIS based Decision Support System

A number of possible directions can be identified when looking at the future scenarios for

GIS based decision support system development. Improvements in standard GIS software

may boost the range of people who could simply use it directly for decision-making.

Advanced customization features in GIS software may allow easier adaptation of GIS for

specific decisions. Superior features for communication with other software may allow GIS

be readily comprehensively extended to form a large variety of Geo-Spatial applications.

and management, with different groups of users will be taking advantage of these changes for

better decision making.

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