1Irrigation Water Management, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Viyalaya, Jabalpur-482004, India
2RMD Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune, India
3National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee-247667, India
*Corresponding author: sourabh.nema@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8199-243X)
Online published on 1 August, 2019.
WaBcal is a calculator to prepare water budget of any discrete land unit. It is developed in C language and follows water budget norms proposed by National Agriculture Commission (1972, 2002). Major input to the model is normal rainfall of that area and this is proportionately equated into surface flow, ground water flow, evaporation at various stages and magnitude, soil moisture etc. The calculator considers different water needs of the area which include demand from agriculture, domestic, livestock and industries. Total 27 field crop, nine vegetables and six fruit crop and six other crops are prevailing in Madhya Pradesh that may be used for computing agriculture demand. 18 Animals are considered for live stalk demand. Population gives domestic water demand. As an output the calculator gives water surplus/deficit of the study area.
Wabcal software calculator has been developed in C language for preparing the water budget
By knowing the normal rainfall and water demand of different sectors including domestic and agriculture, this software tool computes the various water budget components like surface flow, evaporation, total surface flow, ground water availability, surplus and deficit of water etc. for any discrete land unit.
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