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The policy of IWM is to conduct applied research in collaboration with academic institutes and agencies likely to contribute and benefit from the research findings. Some of the completed research supporting the national planning are: Landuse Change upon Storm Water Drainage in Eastern Dhaka, Causes and Remedies of Southwest Flood 2000, Decision Support System for Irrigation Management, Bangladesh Flood Hydrology Viewer— an Internet based GIS Application. Prediction of erosion around Hatia & Sandwip with University of Tohuku, Japan, Improvement of Cyclone induced Coastal Flood Forecasting Tools with DHI Water and Environment, Study of developing a perennial Water body at Ashulia with Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Long Term impact of the Brahmaputtra, Right Bank Protection project on the Jamuna Morphology, Likely Impact of River Linking Project, Climate Forecasting Application in Bangladesh with Georgia Institute of Technology.

Major COMPLETED R&D Projects Below:

• Impacts on Bangladesh due to Indian Inter Basin Water Transfer Project - Pilot Study

• Assessment of Water Quality of the Lakhya River with Special reference to the Intake Point of Saidabad Water Treatment Plant

• Development of Analytical Tools for Processing of ADCP Data

• Literature review for Water Resources Assessment  monitoring of Water Supply Sources for Dhaka city

• Impact of Landuse Change upon Storm Water Drainage and Wetlands in the Eastern Part of Dhaka City

• Relevance of GW in the sharing of Teesta Water between India and Bangladesh

• Arsenic Management Modelling: A Pilot Study in Narayanganj-Narsinghdi Area

• Advanced modelling of Urban Storm Water Drainage system

• Development of a manual for Design of Bridge and other Structures

• Study of Water Ecosystem of Sundarbans

• Development of Decision Support System (DSS) for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

• Haor Area Floodplain Process Tools Development

• Collaborative Research with Chittagong University Zoology Department on Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project

• Determine regional Hydro-geological Parameter

• Study possible impacts of Tsunami on the Coast of the Northern Bay of Bengal

• Use of ECMWF data for Flash Flood Forecast in the Northeast  Region of Bangladesh