Water Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Hydraulics, Hydrology, Calculus, Operations Research, Statistics.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods: Theoretical and practical presentations for conceptual and real-case discussions. Orientation for the development of case studies.

Learning Outcomes

To provide

-the main concepts, methodologies and tools for the water management within an integrated perspective

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

- the ability to analyze and reflect on water management problems, summarizing the various aspects involved, to interpret social objectives in the form of technical objectives, to conduct prospective analysis of the evolution of water needs for different sectors of activity to help define and evaluate in detail the numerous alternatives that represent the possible compromises between stakeholders and different management objectives, to represent in a structured way the interdependencies and interactions between infrastructure and water users, to evaluate potential model limitations to represent real problems, to debate appropriate choices.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Planning methodologies. International and National water resources legislation. Watershed master plans. National Water Master Plan. Water systems components. Water budgets. Decision making in water systems: technical, economic, social, legal environmental and political aspects. Governance. Public participation. Decision models: objective function, constraints and variables.  Multi-objective decision analysis. Cost- benefit analysis. Risk concept. Redundant, resilient and robust systems. Case studies.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Exam: 40.0%
Project: 40.0%

Bibliography

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

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

Ecker, J., Kupferschmid, M., Introduction to Operations Research, John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Grigg, N.S., Water Resources Management- Principles, Regulations, and Cases, McGraw-Hill, 1996

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

Mays L. and Y-K. Tung, Hydrosystems Engineering & Management, McGraw-Hill, 1992

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

Simonovic, S., Managing Water Resources: Methods and Tools for a System Approach, NNESC, 2009, Taylor and Francis.