INDIAN SOCIETY OF WATER MANAGEMENT
Registered under the Society's Act XXI of 1860
Registration No.149 of 1985-86 (Chandigarh)

Water is the most vital input in agriculture and has made a significant contribution in providing stability to foodgrain production and self-sufficiency. Agriculture is by far the biggest user of water accounting for more than 70%of water utilisation world-wide and 90% of water utilisation in the developing countries. As compared to the surface water, greater proportion of additional irrigation water comes from the groundwater and this source is increasingly being exploited in an unsustainable manner. Major Irrigation Projects accompanied by unscientific water management are running into serious environmental and social problems. In addition, the problem has been further aggravated by deterioration of water quality, thereby making utilizable water as a diminishing resource and with competitive pressure from other users viz., Industry, Power, Domestic, Municipal Sectors, etc. for larger share, the scarcity of water for agricultural use is further constrained tremendously. In order to promote rational use of the limited and precious water resource with sustainability, the "Indian Society of Water Management (ISWAM)", a professional body, was established in 1985 with its headquarter located at the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana).Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem donec pede.

With the establishment of the Directorate of Water Management Research (DWMR) at Rahuri (Maharashtra), the headquarter of ISWAM was shifted from Karnal to Rahuri in 1991. With the relocation of DWMR at Patna in 1996, the Society Headquarter was again shifted to Patna. Realising the multiple difficulties in the satisfactory execution of ISWAM activities at Patna, the General Body of the Society decided to shift the Headquarters of ISWAM to the Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi- 110 012, where it is operating since October 1998.