1. Watershed Management Muhammad Dilshad Habib 2004-ag-1414
B.Sc(Hons) Agriculture-Agronomy 7th

2. Introduction Watershed
“ is the land from which water drains into a particular stream, river, lake or other water body.”
All land (and all humans, wildlife, and activity on that land) are part of one watershed or another.

3. Watershed Management Watershed Management
“is land management and restoration as it is about the river itself. Protecting and restoring rivers entails addressing pollution and wildlife habitat problems in the entire watershed, or the entire land area that drains to the river.”

4. Principles of Watershed Management
Utilizing the land based on its capability.
Protecting top fertile soils
Minimizing silting up of tanks,reserviors and lower fertile land
In situ conservation of rain water
Protecting vegetative cover throughout the year
Water harvesting for supplemental irrigation
Maximizing form income
Improving infrastructural facilities for storage ,transport and Agri.marketing.

5. Objectives of Watershed Management
Efficient use of land
Flood control
Adequate water supply
Efficient use of natural resources
Expansion of recreation facility

6. Steps in Watershed Management
Basic Information
Statistics of population and livestock
Pattern of land ownership
Topography Cropping System and Yield and land capability for farmer
Data on Rainfall, Erosion problems and ground water
Information on existing water resources
Service faculties like school, banks ,Market health,Veternary facilities

7. Developmental Components
Soil Conservation Measures
Runoff Harvest in storage structures and its recycling for protective irrigation.
Improving fuel, fodder and horticulture through alternate land use systems
Optimal land use with appropriate technology
Ground water recharge and development
Efficient use of available water
Development of livesotck,poltry and other associated activities

8. Component of Watershed Management Programme
Soils and Water conservation
Water Harvesting
Crop management
Alternate land use system

9. WATERSHED 2005 MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE.
The 2005 Watershed Management Conference, "Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts: Engineering, Ecological, and Economic Challenges" is sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). This was the ninth in a series of specialty conferences focused on watershed management. The conference was first held in Billings, Montana, in 1965 and has been repeated every five years since. This year's conference will be held east of the Mississippi River, where the problems and challenges of urbanization and sprawl are particularly acute.

10. Conference Topics
Stream and Watershed Restoration, Constructed Wetlands, and Best Management Practices
Modeling and Monitoring of Hydrologic Processes: Rainfall-Runoff, Snowmelt, ET, Infiltration, and Other Phenomena
Effects of Fire and Post-Fire Mitigation on Watershed Hydrology
Managing Watersheds for Control of Ecological Impacts
Groundwater: Competing Demands, Contamination, Recharge, Mining, Salt Water Intrusion, and Other Challenges
The Economics of Watershed Management: Government Policy and Smart Growth
Managing Forested Watersheds: Roads, Fish Habitat, Stochastic Disturbances, and Other Challenges

16. Thanks