Water Management

What is Water Management

As the name suggests, water management is the process of planning, allocating, organizing and distributing water resources, for effective utilization. Water regulations and policies are taken into account throughout this process. Courses in this field are taught under Civil Engineering. They are taught as courses at undergraduate levels and postgraduate levels as specializations.

At Undergraduate levels, the courses offered are usually B.Sc, B.Voc. and Diplomas in water management. At the postgraduate levels, the courses offered are specializations, such as M.E./M.Tech, M.Sc and Post Graduate Diploma in Water Management. There are also certain PhD courses in this field.

Eligibility Criteria (UG & PG) of Water Management

For Undergraduate Water Management Courses: 

• The aspirant must have completed 10+2 years of education from a recognized board.

• S/he needs to have a minimum aggregate of 50%, with core subjects as Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

For Post Graduate Water Management Course: 

• The aspirant must hold a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (B.E.) or a B.Tech in the same, along with good scores.

• Entrance tests are also usually conducted for PG levels, for this course 

Entrance Exams for Water Management

Entrances at each level differ, but the major entrances given for most water management courses in India are:

Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (Karnataka PGCET): This test is conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), and it makes students eligible for Post Graduate courses in that state..

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE): This test is taken for those who wish to opt for engineering and related courses. It tests their knowledge on the various subjects involved in this field.

Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT CET)

IIT-JEE- Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Main and JEE Advanced): JEE Main is administered by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in online mode. The entrance exam is conducted twice a year- January and April. Candidates who will qualify JEE Main will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced, an entrance test for admissions to the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology. 

There are also other university-level specific entrance tests, such as:

• Tata Institute of Social Sciences National Entrance Test (TISSNET)

• Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test (IPU CET), to name a few.

Required Skillset for Water Management

The skills required in the field of water management are many, but the main skills required are:

• Communication Skills: Management is a field that requires constant communication with team members to execute the plans for managing resources and distributing them effectively, to achieve the ultimate goal of improving the quality of these resources. Thus, to convey messages, orders, and task information people in this field of water management are required to have good communication skills.

• Problem-solving skills: This is imperative for anyone who wishes to work in the field of management because the process of dealing with managing resources is a difficult one and throws many problems at people, that they need to know how to deal with. The ability to solve problems with logic and reasoning is a must to be able to deal with obstacles in this field.

• Time Management: With various problems in the store and endless tasks to perform, anyone working in this field needs to be able to allocate time to different tasks effectively. This requires excellent time management skills because each task needs to be given a certain amount of time to be able to do them well.

• Decision Making Skills: The ability to make decisions in every aspect of work in this field is very important. One needs to be able to make decisions without having to get approval from others and needs to be sure of his/her decisions.

Some other skills that are required in this field of water management are active learning, negotiation, management of personnel and resources.