Central Water and
Power Research
Station, Pune
World Bank's Final Supervision
and Completion Mission
Progress Review
Central Water and Power Research Station
(CWPRS), Khadakwasla, Pune
 CWPRS, established in 1916, is a premier hydraulic research institute in India, under Government
of India Ministry of Water Resources
 Excellence in providing technological solutions of practical utility for optimal and safe design of
water resources structures through a combination of applied research and effective utilisation of
latest technology for sustainable development and management of the country’s water resources
 Work methodologies- physical and mathematical model studies, desk studies, field and laboratory
experiments
 Few specialised areas- river training and flood control, hydraulic structures, harbours, coastal
protection, foundation engineering, construction materials, pumps and turbines, ship
hydrodynamics, hydraulic design of bridges, earth sciences, cooling water intakes, environmental
studies, water resources development, management and planning etc
MAJOR DISCIPLINES
River Engineering
Coastal and Offshore Engineering
River and Reservoir Systems Modelling
Foundation and Structures
Reservoir & Appurtenant Structures
Applied Earth Sciences
Instrumentation, Calibration and Testing Services
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Role of CWPRS in HP-II
 As a central implementing agency, CWPRS primarily plays
a role as facilitator in R&D.
 Achievements, developments and capacity building of
CWPRS during HP-II are summarized as below:
 Technical Advancements
 Infrastructure Development
 Research Activities under HP-II
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Technical Advancements
Capacity Building
Trainings Received by CWPRS Officers (in India)
Year
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
Number of training
programmes
7
Number of officers
received training
13
5
6
6
6
11
11
12
10
7
3
5
30
6
11
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Technical Advancements (Contd...)
Participation of CWPRS officers in international training
Training Course Title
Sl.
No.
1 Water Resources Planning
2
3
Venue
IIHE,
Netherlands
DHI, Denmark
Use of Developed DSS in
Water Resources Management
Climate Change: Earth System Newcastle
Future Scenarios and Threats University, UK
No. of
Officers
1
1
1
5
Technical Advancements (Contd...)
Trainings course conducted by CWPRS
No
Training Course Title
1 Prediction of Hydrologic Variables for
Ungauged Basins
2 Optimisation of Gauge & Discharge
network in Maharashtra (3 workshops)
3 Calibration of current meters and their
usage in rivers
4 Application of Statistics in Hydrology
5 Application of ArcGIS in Water
Resources Studies (3 courses)
6 Water quality data analysis, reporting
and presentation
7 Canal Automation using SCADA
Venue
Pune
Number of Participants
21
Nasik
100 (40 in 1st course, 35
in 2nd and 25 in 3rd)
35
Goa
Pune
Pune
Pune
21
23 (6 in 1st course, 5 in
2nd and 12 in 3rd)
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20 expected (20-22
May 2014)
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Infrastructure Development
Upgradation of Research facilities
No.
Facility Description
1 Supervisory Control And Data
Acquisition (SCADA)
2 Civil works for upgradation of
model canal
3 Upgradation of current meter
rating trolley facility (up-gradation of
Cost (Rs
Lakhs)
82.51
16.33
1.15
certain identified hardware spare parts/
software component
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Infrastructure Development
Upgradation of Research facilities
Model Canal
ADCP
SCADA Screenshot of software
Data Acquisition System
SCADA System Infrastructure Developed at CWPRS
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Infrastructure Development
IT hardware and Software
Sl. No.
Description
Hardware
1
Desktop PC
2
Laptop PC
3
Workstations
4
Printers
5
Scanners
6
7
8
9
Photocopy
Machines
Computer
Furniture
Handheld GPS
Multi-media
projector
Quantity Sl. No.
Description
Software
7
1
ArcGIS
2
Utility software
2
1
MS-Office
5
Windows 7
3
QuickHeal
Antivirus
2
3
SCADA
Quantity
1
2
2
3
1
3
1
1
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Infrastructure Development of CWPRS
Physical
Infrastructure comprising the buildings and allied structures
were renovated and modified as the case may be to boost the
image of institute in both national and international
perspectives.
No.
Facility Description
1
2
3
4
Modernisation of Library Building
Renovation of VIP suites in Guest House
Renovation of Conference Hall
Up-gradation of two Lecture Halls
Cost
(Rs in lakh)
32.05
60.80
34.76
50.87
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Infrastructure Development of CWPRS
Physical
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Research Activities under HP-II
Purpose Driven Study (PDS)
 PDS on “Optimisation of stream gauge and rain gauge network
for Upper Bhima basin in Maharashtra” was carried out by
CWPRS in association with Govt. of Maharashtra (GoM).
 Bhima basin up to Ujjani reservoir was chosen as a pilot basin for
the study. Scope of the work included reviewing the preliminary
work done by GoM and providing additional technical inputs.
 Three workshops on the study were conducted during 2008-09
and 2010-11 jointly by CWPRS and Government of Maharashtra
(GoM) at Jal Vigyan Bhawan, Nasik; with about 100 officials
trained through the workshops.
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Research Activities under HP-II (Contd...)
Purpose Driven Study (PDS)
 Technical Report based on the study was submitted to
WRD, GoM and PCS in December 2010.
 Five technical papers were published in international/
national journals based on the results of PDS.
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Research Activities under HP-II (Contd...)
Purpose Driven Study (PDS)
 For Hydrographic survey for Tawa reservoir CWPRS
completed field survey jointly with the WRD officials of
Govt of Madhya Pradesh during Feb.-Mar, 2014. Report
on the study under preparation.
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Research Activities under HP-II
DSS (Planning)
 CWPRS representives actively participated in all the meetings and
workshops, training programmes of DSS (P) during
conceptualisation of DSS (P) model, customisation and scenario
simulation stages of DSS (P)
 CWPRS is a member of `Maharashtra State Decision Support
System (DSS) Expert Group’
 Generic DSS solutions software developed by the DSS (P)
consultants, (DHI, Denmark) is installed on the workstation
computer procured for the purpose by CWPRS.
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Research Activities under HP-II
DSS (Planning)
Participation of
Dr. C. Ramesh,
SRO, CWPRS in
the 3-weeks
training course on
“Use of DSS in
Water Resources
Management and
Application of the
Developed DSS
Software”,
organised by DHI,
Denmark during
19th September to
7th October 2011
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Financial Achievements
In accordance with WB document of HP-II, the budgetary cost
allocated for CWPRS is about 3.69 crore initially and
subsequently revised to 4.64 crore during various RCTs.
Details of component-wise expenditure under HP-II
for the period April, 2006 – March, 2014
No.
1
2
3
4
5
Component
Civil Works
Goods
Consultancy’s Services
Training
Operating Costs
Total
Expenditure (Rs)
2,75,48,386
49,40,293
0
6,29,256
85,29,229
4,16,47,164
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Post project plan for implementation
of HP-II activities
 SCADA system developed at CWPRS under HP II will be utilised
to carry our research in this field, to demonstrate automated
control of canal operations and impart training of officials from
various state and central agencies.
 Trainings received by CWPRS officers in DSS(P) and the
infrastructure developed at CWPRS for DSS(P) would be useful
during the sustenance of DSS(P), for arranging trainings in this
field and also basin specific studies can be undertaken.
 Physical and IT infrastructure strengthened during HP-II would be
effectively utilised for undertaking client sponsored studies and
research in the field of Hydrology and Water Resources Analysis.
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Lessons learnt from HP-II
 Periodical (internal and external) review was helped in
achieving the physical and financial targets of the project.
 Collaboration with state/ central agencies was helped
CWPRS to know about their activities and its implementation
schemes in water resources projects.
 Better technical exchange of ideas
international experts would be helpful.
with
national/
 Training on procurement procedures and reimbursement
during the implementation period of the project from to time
was helpful to CWPRS.
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Plan for information Dissemination
• CWPRS had shared its experience in hydrological
and water resources studies through organising
10+1 training programmes on various technical
aspects.
• Further CWPRS officials had participated in various
National/ International training programmes and
workshops organised at different institutes under
HP II.
• CWPRS can play active role in R&D activities
under the proposed HP III.
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