Several consultancy projects have been taken up
by CWRDM, mainly on the request of the government
departments and national and International agencies.Some of those important consultancy works
taken up by CWRDM are listed below:
Hydrographic
survey in nine reservoirs of hydroelectric
projects of Kerala (for Kerala State
Electricity Board)
Study
on the salinity intrusion problem in the Muvattupuzha
estuary (for Hindustan Newsprints
Limited)
Estimation
of availability of freshwater in the lower
reaches of the Periyar river (for Kochi Refineries
Limited)
Hydrologic
investigations on the five rivers draining
into the Vembanad wetland system (for Water Resources
Department, Kerala)
Formulation
of a project document for development of minor
irrigation projects with farmer participation(for Water Resources
Department, Kerala)
Hydrologic
investigations for the water supply schemes
funded by the World Bank (for Kerala Water Authority)
Investigations
on the Dutch-funded Pavaratty water supply
scheme in the Bharathapuzha (for Kerala Water Authority)
Alternative
to Kuriarkutty-Karappara project (for Kerala Govt)
Assessment
of the impact of small water storage structures
in the cardamom estates of Udumpanchola (for Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce)
Investigations
on micro-hydel projects of Kerala (for Govt of
Kerala)
Vegetal
classification of the watersheds of Kerala
using remote sensing techniques (for Govt of Kerala)
Studies
on groundwater induced inundation in the mines
of Malabar Cements Limited (for Malabar Cements
Ltd)
Environmental
problems due to effluent discharge into the
Chitrapuzha (for FACT)
Compilation
of a resources inventory for Palakkad district (for Kerala State Electricity
Board)
Soil-moisture
replenishment measures in the degraded forest
areas of Kerala (for Kerala Forestry
Project)
Hydrologic
and groundwater recharge investigations for
the rural water supply schemes funded
by the World Bank (for KRWSA)
Study
on the sedimentation of the Chilika wetland
using isotope techniques (for Chilika Development
Authority)
EIA
of community water supply projects in Thrissur
implemented with Dutch assistance (for Kerala Community
Irrigation Project)
