Research Projects
Investigation on Land subsidence and reconstruction on Geomorphological Evolution of Kallada Delta through Remote Sensing and Sediment Proxies
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 Years
Water Security Assessment and its association with Quality of Life in Chaliyar River Basin
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Development of automated vertical farming unit for sustainable vegetable production
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Bench marks for irrigation water efficiency in Neyyar irrigation project
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Degradation of coastal wetland habitats - a study with special emphasis on ecology and conservation of Smooth-coated otter (Lutra perspicillata),
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CWRDM Plan Funded
Stable isotope based assessment of food web structure and carbon sources delineation in a tropical river ecosystem
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Efficacy of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) practices in the Iruvanhippuzha watershed of Chaliyar River Basin
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Spatiotemporal dynamics of microplastics in the Chaliyar River Basin, Kerala (MICHARB)
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Development and Demonstration of Nanotechnology Enabled Decentralized Wastewater Treatment via Constructed Wetlands; an Integrated Performance Model for Trivandrum Urban
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Funding Agency:
State Plan Fund, GoK
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026
Optimal scheduling of WDN for disinfectant booster dosage and water quality monitoring in a selected zone of Kozhikode city.
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Hydro environmental monitoring of Periyar, Karamana and Bharatapuzha Rivers in the context of Climate change and other anthropogenic pressures
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Water Quality Monitoring by Mobile Water Analysis Laboratory
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Assessment of Environmental Quality of Selected rivers of Kerala
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Feasibility Study on Artificial Recharge Structures for Improving water availability in and around CWRDM Campus
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Identification of suitable sites for SubSurface Dykes (SSD) in low groundwater reserve areas of Palakkad District
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Modeling approach for delineating Landslide prone areas of Kozhikode District
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Impacts of modernisation of Thanneermukkam barrage in the southern plains and coastal aquifers.
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Studies on hydrological and geomorphplogical impact of floods in the Alluvial and Floodplain region of Periyar and Chalakudy river basins
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Investigations of surface water Groundwater interactions of a perennial freshwater lake
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Stable isotopic and geochemical characterization of groundwater from Kodungallur coast, Thrissur district
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Evaluation of rainout pattern of monsoon precipitation in Kerala using stable isotope signatures
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Budget:
Rs.22.74 lakhs
Impact of Kuttiyady Augmentation Scheme in the command areas of of Kuttiyady and Banasurasagar irrigation projects
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Budget:
Rs. 14.95 lakhs
Assessment of Land use and Land cover dynamics in Agricultural Watersheds and developing Soil Erosion Hazard Index in Malapuram district
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years (2020-2023)
Spatial Mapping of Radon in Coastal groundwater of Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Regional Variability of Chemical and Isotopic Imprints of precipitation over Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Impact of Climate Change on Hydrology of Rivers Upstream of Thanneermukkom Barrage
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years (June 2020 – May 2023)
Regional variability of chemical and isotopic imprints of precipitation over Kerala- A high resolution spatial analysis
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Assessment of Nutrient Bioavailability and trophic station of Beypore Estuary for a Integrated Management Plan
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Groundwater status and formulation of effective recharge strategies for Valapattanam River Basin
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 years
Studies on hydrological and geomorphplogical impact of floods in the Alluvial and Floodplain region of Periyar and Chalakudy river basins
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Impacts of modernisation of Thanneermukkam barrage in the southern plains and coastal aquifers
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Design and Development of CWRDM Library Website
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Self-sustainable wastewater treatment for houses/gated communities using microbial fuel cell (MFC): An innovative solution for treatment and resource recovery.
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Assessing the effects of climate induced hydrological changes on the river water quality in urban stretch of Chaliyar River, Kerala.
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2Years
Designated best use of selected quarry ponds in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta districts, Kerala
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Monitoring of the occurrence, fate and risks of antibiotics in Muvattupuzha River, Central Kerala
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Role of Groundwater Dynamics in Major River Basins of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts in Kerala
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2.5 years
13 C labelled carbon dots embedded silicabased nanocomposite particles as hydrogeological tracers for water resources management
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2Years
Stable isotope based assessment of food web structure and carbon sources delineation in a tropical river ecosystem
Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Impact assessment of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Hydrological Processes and Sediment Yield under changing Climatic Conditions of selected watersheds in Malappuram District
Impact assessment of Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Hydrological Processes and Sediment Yield under changing Climatic Conditions of selected watersheds in Malappuram District
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
Building Institutional Repositories in CWRDM Libray Using D-Space
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 Years
Microclimatic assessment of the water vapour flux in an urban ecosystem for identifying better climate change mitigation measures and scope for atmospheric water harvesting
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Assessment of the climate change impacts on water footprint of rice production in Malampuzha irrigation project, Kerala
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2Years
Investigation on Ecosystem services of small lakes in Agro-Ecological zones of Western Ghats and the influence of regional factors.
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3Years
A study on the assimilative capacity of Parvathy Puthanar and the scope of Bioremediation for pollution abatement
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Local Area Network (LAN) Administration and CWRDM Project Information System(CPIS)
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
3 years
Development and Maintenance of Water Museum Complex with emphasis on establishing Science and Technology Display Centre on Water for mass awareness
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Budget:
Rs. 27.00 lakhs
Anthropogenic interactions in the Neyyar River System and its impacts on the groundwater environment
Principal Investigator:
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Baseline data collection and modelling rejuvenation scenarios of Pulamonthodu, Kottarakkara
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Co Principal Investigator/s:
Non-CWRDM Co-Principal Employee:
Dr. Dipu S, Dr. C P Priju
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Duration:
2 Years
Hydrodynamic Modelling of Karuvannur River
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 years
Budget:
Rs. 18.00 lakhs
Analysis of Rainfall and Temperature under Changing Climate Scenario in Kozhikode District
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 8.00 lakhs
Evolving Integrated River Basin Management Plan for Neyyar River in South Kerala.
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
3 years
Budget:
Rs. 20.00 lakhs
Water Resource Management using WEAP model in a humid tropical river basin.
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
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A reappraisal investigation on major springs of Wayanad District
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 years
Budget:
Rs. 11.35 lakhs
Investigation on Climate Change and Assessment of Its Impact on Water and Land Resources of Wayanad District in the Western Ghat Region of Kerala’
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
4 years
Budget:
Rs. 28.00 lakhs
Study on impact in Water Resources due to construction of vented weir near cwrdm infiltration gallery at Punnurpuzha
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Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Groundwater Potential Zones Identification in Kuttiyadi River Basin, Kerala
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 07.0 lakhs
Study on long term variability of Groundwater level in Kerala with special emphasis to the midland
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 04.8 lakhs
Study on the formation and characteristics of Drive-in- beach at Muzhippillangad, Kerala
Project Type:
CWRDM Plan Funded
Date of Completion:
Budget:
Rs. 20.92 Lakhs
Evaluation of Hydrologic features of Semi-Arid, Semi- Humid and Humid Tropic Watersheds and the Development of Decision Support Systems (DSS) for their Management
Funding Agency:
DST, NRDMS
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Farmer participatory action research Programme (FPARP) -First and second phase
Funding Agency:
Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources , Govt. of India
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Piloting Model Interventions for Water and Sanitation Delivery System
Funding Agency:
UNCEF
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Impact Assessment of Mazhapolima Project on Groundwater Regime in Thrissur District
Funding Agency:
Mazhapolima, Monitoring and Coordination Unit (MMCU), Thrissur
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Investigation on Water Resource Development Plan for Kerala University for Health Sciences Campus at Mulamkunnathkavu, Trichur’
Funding Agency:
KUHS, GoK
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Integrated drainage improvement plan for facilitating sustainable farming activities in the low lying paddy fields in Mavoor Panchayat, Kozhikode
Funding Agency:
Mavoor Panchayat
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Conservation and Protection of Sasthamcotta lake in Kollam District’
Funding Agency:
Dept. of Environment and Directorate of Environment and Climate Change,GoK
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Study for Modernization the Thanneermukkom Barrage and Thottappally Spillway for efficient water management in Kuttanad region, Kerala
Funding Agency:
MoWR
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Hydro-geomorphology and hydrogeology of coastal aquifers of central Kerala: Special reference to saline water intcursion
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Funding Agency:
DST-SERC
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Integrated Mangrove Aquaculture Farming Systems for the Environmental Management and Socio Economic upliftment of Women- Case study in Mundroethuruth ,Kollam.
Funding Agency:
Department of Environment and Climate Change, Govt. of Kerala
Project Type:
Externally Funded
Date of Completion:
Duration:
2 years
Budget:
Rs. 8.51 lakhs
Contact
Centre for Water Resources Development and Management
Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode-673 571
Kerala , India
Phone: (91) 495 2351800,2351801, 2351803, 2351804
Fax: (91) 495 2351808
Email: ed@cwrdm.org
Kunnamangalam, Kozhikode-673 571
Kerala , India
Phone: (91) 495 2351800,2351801, 2351803, 2351804
Fax: (91) 495 2351808
Email: ed@cwrdm.org
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