Water is one of the most important natural resource and a key element in the socio-economic development of a state and country. Water influences every sphere of the environment supporting life on earth. Its varying availability in time and space is a matter of concern to the mankind since fresh water is not an ever-present resource. Water resources of the world in general and in India are under heavy stress due to increased demand and limitation of available quantity. Proper water management is the only option that ensures a squeezed gap between the demand and supply. According to variety of accessible hydrological models, evaluating the efficiency of models for different management objectives are essential. Therefore, models with simple structure and using minimal input that can provide an acceptable result can serve as an effective tool to watershed managers. Hence, the objective of this research is to evaluate the relative performances of the lumped conceptual-based hydrological AWBM rainfall runoff models for daily simulation in Shipra river basin.
