This paper presents an integrated system to improve the urban storm water management with Remote Sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS) and hydrologic simulation. Satellite images are used to acquire land use information of the developed urban area. GIS software is used to derive hydrologic parameters from the processed satellite data. The parameters thus derived are incorporated in the GIS spatial database. The paper discusses the techniques to model an urban drainage with a large database. Storm water management planning requires an accurate assessment of the current land use/land cover. In rapidly growing communities, this assessment must be frequently updated. Remote Sensing is a new approach for rapidly documenting watershed characteristics for storm water management planning. When RS is combined with GIS, it can save labor and reduce the time of delivery of storm water modeling parameters, required for computer modeling, as part of the storm water management planning.

When rain water runs off the land it is called storm water. Storm water flows across land and through the elaborate series of pipes, ditches, culverts, and catch basins that make up our storm water system, ending up in our streams, estuaries, lakes, rivers, and eventually, the ocean. As the storm water flows on, it picks up and carries many substances that pollute it. These pollutants include sediment, fertilizers, pesticides, motor oil, debris, pet and animal waste, soap and fuels. Storm water runoff is not treated in any way, so these pollutants end up in our environment and our water supply. Urbanization increases storm water discharges and the capacity to transport contaminants from watershed to the streams it feeds. Therefore, storm water discharges need to be managed to meet the regulatory requirements.

Development of the modern city often results in an increased demand for water due to population growth, while at the same time altered runoff predicted by climate change has the potential to increase the volume of storm water that can contribute to drainage and flooding problems. Effective storm water management offers a multitude of possible benefits, including protection of wetlands and aquatic ecosystems, improved quality of receiving water bodies, conversion of water resources and flood control.

In this application, the study area is Hyderabad city under Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) now known as GHMC of Andhra Pradesh State, India (Figures 1 and 2). The city of Hyderabad located on undulating ground, lends itself to a remarkable terrain of beauty enhanced by its rocks, lakes and landscapes. It lies between 78°22' 30" and 17°28' 30" East longitude and between 17°18' 30" and 17°28' 30" North latitude. Hyderabad is situated in the Krishna Basin. River Moosi, a tributary of river Krishna passes through the city and divides it into North and South Hyderabad.

Environmental Sciences Journal, Remote Sensing, Storm Water Management, Aquatic Ecosystems, Urban Development, Storm Water Drainage Network, Information Management System, Urban Resource Management, Decision Making Process, Satellite Sensing System, Satellite Data Processing, Drainage Network Map.