What is DSS
DSS stands for
Decision Support System.
It is a set of
modeling programmes married to physical attributes of the water bodies
DSS is used in
water resources management.
DSS Objective
DSS allows to tap
into all available data and help to organize it so it can run different
scenarios used in water resources planning and management
By testing and
seeing different scenarios it is possible to chose the best one.
DSS Benefits
Risk reduction
Bad decisions are
expensive
Good decisions help
to improve service delivery, help to make sound investments, reduces conflict
and improve disaster management
Wide impact ,
holistic, money
DSS in India
The DSS has been
implemented and customized in all nine participating states.
As there is a
shared system all the training, capacity building and system maintenance is being
optimalised
DSS User profile
- Chief Engineers
- Super Intending Engineers
- Irrigation Circle Engineers
- Ground Water Directors
- CADA
- PHED
- Chief Chemists
- Pollution Control Board
DSS Beneficiary profile
- Water Resources Minister
- Water Resources Secretaries
- Water Boards and Municipalities
- Industrial Development Co-operations
- Rural Panchayats
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Public Works Department
- Hydro Power Co-operations