Water Resources

Recommended Prerequisites

Numerical Methods, Statistics, Engineering Systems, Hydrology.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods:Theoretical and practical  lectures for conceptual and real-case studies discussions.      

Learning Outcomes

To provide

- the main principles, concepts, methodologies and tools for the analyses and the integrated water resources management

- the understanding of the various issues involved (social, economic, environmental, technological, legal and political) in the sustainable water resources and ecosystems management.

- skills in using scientific methods for simulation and decision-making of water resources management.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Hydrologic cycle and different sources of water. Water availability and sustainability of its management. Identification of pressures and description of significant impacts. Classification of water bodies. Management of  water to master its scarcity and excess, its spatial and temporal variability. Principle of integrated water management and associated ecosystems.

Water Framework Directive. Water Law. SNIRH. Legal instruments for water resources planning. National Water Plan and River Basin / Region Plans. Allocation of water resources to different activities and environmental restrictions. Integration of technical, environmental, economic and social perspectives in the design of programs of measures for the sustainable planning of water resources. Multicriteria analysis. Risk and vulnerability concepts. Reliability, resilience and robustness of water systems. The adaptation of water systems to future uncertainty. The flexible solutions.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Isabel Mendes Leal Pereira Pedroso de Lima

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Project: 40.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Cunha, M.C. & Nunes, L., Groundwater Characterization, Management & Monitoring, WIT press , 277p., 2011.

Cunha, M.C., Recursos Hídricos, DEC-FCTUC, 2019.

Hipólito, J,R. &Vaz, A.C., Hidrologia e Recursos Hídricos, IST, 3ªed., 207.  ISBN: 9789728469863

Loucks, D. and Van Beek, E.,  Water Resources System Planning and Management: An introduction to methods, models and applications. UNESCO, 2005.   

Karamouz, M., Zahraie, B. & Szidarovszky, F., Water Resources Systems Analysis, Lewis Publishers, 2003. .

ReVelle, C., Whitlach. E., & Wright, J., Civil and Environmental Systems Engineering, Prentice-Hall, 1997.

ReVelle, C., Optimizing Reservoir Resources, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.