“A 1 cm rise in sea level can influence groundwater a few kilometers inland with seawater intrusion”
“A 1 cm rise in sea level can influence groundwater a few kilometers inland with seawater intrusion”
A two-day national seminar on hydrology, whose central theme was “Climate change and extreme hydrological events”, kicked off here on Friday. The Association of Hydrologists of India, Department of Geophysics and Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University is jointly organizing the seminar.
Delivering the keynote address, Director of CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, VM Tiwari, said that existing climate models need to be scaled down for better compatibility with hydrological datasets as well as modeling of floods, droughts and storms. precipitation. He said that a centimeter rise in sea level can influence the groundwater a few kilometers inland with seawater intrusion. He said that research conducted by NITI Aayog indicate that 40% of the Indian population will be deprived of access to drinking water by 2040, which is quite alarming.
AU Vice Chancellor PVGD Prasad Reddy suggested that information technology, ICT and artificial intelligence be used in the development of integrated water resources management.
150 delegates
The President of the Association of Hydrologists of India, Rajendra Prasad, also spoke. More than 150 delegates from across the country are participating and presenting 68 research papers at the virtual seminar.
