4th

National Symposium on Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable

Management of Groundwater Resources of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

22 March, 2013

Date: 19 March 2013

Mr. Subash Duwadi

President

Center For Climate Change Study Nepal

Dear Sir,

We cordially invite you for the 4th

National Symposium on "Challenges and Opportunities for

Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal" to

commemorate the Nepal National Water Week (NNWW), 2013 on the occasion of World Water Day.

This year UN-Water has dedicated World Water Day 2013 to the theme 'International Year of

Water Cooperation'.

With this invitation, we also once again request you to make your paper presentation that has been

accepted by the Scientific Committee of the Symposium.

The symposium has the objective to share and be familiar with research activities on groundwater in

Kathmandu Valley, promote research work and its utilization for management of groundwater and to

enhance networking, collaborations and cooperation for sustainable management of groundwater.

We believe your active participation in the symposium will help contribute to the objectives of the

symposium. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Dr. Rabin Malla

Organizing Committee

(Please kindly find the tentative program schedule along with this invitation)

Tentative Program Schedule

Date: 22 March 2013

Venue: Hotel Himalaya, Kupondole

Registration: 8:45-9:00

OPENING SESSION

9:10-9:20 Welcome address Dr. Suman K. Shakya, Executive Director, ENPHO

9: 20-9:40 Keynote speech Er. Hari Prasad Dhakal, Former Executive Director,

Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Management Board

(KVWSMB)

9:40-9:50 Remark by Chief

Guest

Er. Kishore Thapa, Secretary, Ministry of Urban

Development (MoUD)

9:50-10:00 Vote of thanks Dr. Rabin Malla, CREEW

10:00-10:10 Session close with

concluding remarks

by Chairperson

Mr. Bishwa Prakash Pandit, Secretary, Water and

Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS)

Tea Break (10:10-10:25)

SESSION I: Groundwater policy, use and management

(12min for presentation and 3min for discussion)

Chair: Er. Gautamraj Karnikar

Rapporteurs: Dhurba Raj Pandey, Binay Sa Kanu

10:25-10:40 Ground water management in Kathmandu

valley

Kathmandu Valley Water Supply

Management Board (KVWSMB)

10:40-10:55 Evolution of groundwater markets in

Kathmandu Valley: an analysis of market

mechanisms

Robert Dongol, Nepal Engineering

College, Balkhu

10:55-11:10 Rain water for aquifer recharge: the RC Yala

experience

Pramod Pradhan, Asian Institute of

Technology and Management

(AITM)

SESSION II: Groundwater quantity

(12min for presentation and 3min for discussion)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Narendra Man Shakya

Rapporteurs: Aradhana Deouja, Nicky Shrestha

11:10-11:25 The shallow groundwater system in

Kathmandu valley - its potential as a

sustainable solution to address the water

problems

Asso. Prof. Suresh Das Shrestha,

Central Dept. of Geology, TU

11:25-11:40 Groundwater modeling using a fully

distributed, physically based, surface-

subsurface integrated model

Pallav Kumar Shrestha, Institute of

Engineering, TU, Pulchok

11:40-11:55 Groundwater extraction: implications on local

water security of peri-urban Kathmandu

Anushiya Shrestha, Nepal

Engineering College, Balkhu

Break (11:55-12:05)

SESSION III: Groundwater quality

(12min for presentation and 3min for discussion)

Chair: Dr. Dhundi Raj Pathak

Rapporteurs: Maneesha Shakya, Dhurba Raj Pandey

12:05-12:20 A study on the composition of sewage

discharged into rivers of Kathmandu Valley

Pramina Nakarmi, Environment

and Public Health Organization

(ENPHO)

12:20-12:35 Analysis of water quality parameter from

different sources within Bhaktapur

Municipality, Nepal

A. Pyakurel, Golden Gate

International College (TU

affiliated)

12:35-12:50 Heavy metal distribution in deep groundwater

resources of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Dr. Suman Man Shrestha, Central

Dept. of Env. Sc. (CDES), TU

Lunch (12:50-01:40)

SESSION IV: Stakeholder discussion on groundwater/water supply in KTM valley

Panelist: Asso. Prof. Suresh Das Shrestha, Prof. Ashutosh Shukla, Er. Tilak Mohan Bhandari, Er.

Shambhu Raj Khanal

Moderator: Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey

Rapporteurs: Aradhana Deouja, Dhurba Raj Pandey, Binay Sa Kanu

01:40-01:55 Problems and issues of groundwater in some

Asian and developed countries

Dr. Rabin Malla, CREEW

01:55-02:30 Discussion agendas: (1) Existing groundwater management problems/issues (2)

Future plans/strategies/activities for water supply and management

CLOSING SESSION

02:30-02:35 Session close with remarks Mr. Sudarshan Rajbhandari (SEN)