Water auditing of a small watershed: A review

Abstract

Water auditing mainly depends on rainfall analysis and cropping pattern, water balance, watershed development and in-situ moisture conservation. Agriculture is highly dependent on rainfall and many decisions are made based on the amounts of rainfall occurring during crop seasons. The rainfall distribution pattern is most uneven and stochastic, hence knowledge of average annual rainfall is not very useful for deciding the cropping pattern. The watershed development program focus on water, its objective is to enhance crop productivity through in-situ moisture conservation practice.