Question
Explain watershed management. What is its aim?
Solution
Watershed Management basically refers to efficient management and conservation of surface and groundwater resources. It involves prevention of runoff and storage and recharge of groundwater through various methods like percolation tanks, recharge well etc. However in broad sense watershed management includes conservation, regeneration and judicious use of all resources - natural and human.
Watershed management aims at bringing about balance between natural resources on the one hand and society on the other.
