IIT Mandi has a wide range of facilities in the Water Resources Engineering department.  It is a branch of civil engineering that focuses on the management, development, and sustainable use of water resources. The department manages and optimises water resources such as surface water, groundwater, and their relationships using engineering concepts. This covers the design of water supply infrastructure, irrigation systems, flood control, and wastewater management.

Key Aspects

• Climate Change Research: The department studies how climate change influences hydrological cycles, precipitation patterns, evaporation rates, and overall water availability. Climate models and historical data are used by researchers to forecast future changes and their potential repercussions.
• Adaptation and Resilience: In light of the uncertainties caused by climate change, the department focuses on establishing adaptive solutions and strengthening resilience in water-related systems. This entails creating infrastructure and regulations that can endure extreme weather events as well as changing hydrological conditions.
• Mitigation Strategies: The department also investigates ways to lessen the overall demands on water resources by mitigating the impact of human activities on climate change. This could include researching ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainable land use practices, and improve water use efficiency.
• Groundwater Management: To study the behavior of groundwater, its movement, and potential extraction for various uses. Proper management of groundwater resources is crucial to prevent depletion and contamination.
• Water Resource Planning: Developing comprehensive plans and strategies for the sustainable and equitable use of water resources, taking into account factors like population growth, climate change, and environmental considerations.
• Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Modelling, cleaning and restoring sites contaminated with hazardous substances or pollutants. Also, develop and implement remediation plans to ensure the protection of human health and the environment.
• Collaboration and interdisciplinarity: To address complicated challenges, departments of this type frequently interact with other environmental, technical, and social scientific fields. Climate change and water resources are intertwined, and holistic solutions necessitate interdisciplinary methods.

This area focuses on the management, distribution, and conservation of water resources. The major areas of research under the specialization on which the department works indcludes the following:

• Flow and Contaminant Transport,
• Groundwater Management, 
• Hydrologic Processes in Himalayan Watershed, and 
• Sustainable Irrigation, 
• application of Drone in agriculture,
• Hydroclimatology, 
• Hydrological Modeling and Forecasting:
• Floods and Drought, 
• AI &ML application.