Government of India
Appraisal of Water Resources Projects
<p>CWC is responsible for appraisal of preliminary/detailed project report pertaining to major inter-state project proposals.</p>
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Welcome to Central Water Commission
Central Water Commission is a premier Technical Organization of India in the field of Water Resources and is presently functioning as an attached office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. The Commission is entrusted with the general responsibilities of initiating, coordinating and furthering in consultation of the State Governments concerned, schemes for control, conservation and utilization of water resources throughout the country, for purpose of Flood Control, Irrigation, Navigation, Drinking Water Supply and Water Power Development. It also undertakes the investigations, construction and execution of any such schemes as required.Central Water Commission CWC is headed by a Chairman, with the status of Ex-Officio Secretary to the Government of India. The work of the Commission is divided among 3 wings namely, Designs and Research (D&R) Wing, River Management (RM) Wing and Water Planning and Projects (WP&P) Wing. Each wing is placed under the charge of a full-time Member with the status of Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India and comprising of number of Organizations responsible for the disposal of tasks and duties falling within their assigned scope of functions.
Functional Domains of Central Water Commission
Basin Planning and Management
<p class="rtejustify">Responsible for co-ordination with states for establishing river basin organisations as per National Water Policy, examination of project reports etc.</p>
Civil & Structural Design of WR Projects
<p>Overall Planning, Design, Consultancy and Appraisal for Civil Structural Design of WR Projects.</p>
Dam Safety
<p>Dams, being a major infrastructure component of water resources, play a vital role in providing overall water security to the country.</p>
Flood Forecasting/ Hydrological Observation
<p>CWC is responsible for Monitoring of Flood situation through Central Flood Control Room during monsson period.</p>
Human Resource Management
<p>This wing looks into administrative, establishment and personnel service matters</p>
Hydro-Mechanical Design of WR Projects
<p>Overall planning, design and appraisal of hydro-mechanical equipment for water resources projects.</p>
Hydrology
<p>Technical appraisal of hydrological aspects like water availabilty, design flood, sedimentation, diversion flood etc.</p>
Monitoring of Water Resources Projects
<p>Monitoring of WR projects at Central Level is done by CWC under the aegis of three tier monitoring system.</p>
River Management
<p>This wing is responsible for, collection, compilation, storage and retrieval of hydrological and hydro-meteorological data</p>
Survey and Investigation of WR Projects
<p>Survey and Investigation work related to preparation of DPR for major/medium/multi-purpose WR projects.</p>
Water Disputes Resolution
<p>All the major river basins and some among the medium river basins are of inter-state nature.</p>
Water Management
<p>Central Water Commission is monitoring the water quality of rivers since late 1950s and presently its water quality network is spread all over India.</p>
