ENVE 3003
Water Resources Engineering
A quantitative analysis of natural water systems and the development of these systems as a resource. Components of the hydrologic cycle. Quantitative analysis of stream flow. Probability concepts in water resources. Reservoir design and operation. Hydraulic properties and availability of groundwater. Storm water management.
2025
Topics
- water quantities, hydrologic cycle, water budget analysis, Canadian legislation
- Probability Concepts in Water Resources, return periods, risk, reliability
- probability distributions, analysis of hydrologic data, frequency analysis
- Precipitation/Rainfall, generation and distribution, intensity and duration, IDF
- curves, design rainfall, snow, extreme rainfall events
- Rainfall Abstractions, interception, depression storage, infiltration, Horton and
- Green-Ampt models, evapotranspiration
- Hydrologic Time Series Analysis, stochastic time series, simple Markov models
- for river flows
- Runoff Models, time of concentration, peak-runoff models, Rational Method
- continuous-runoff models, hydrographs, unit hydrograph, time-area model
- Routing Models, Modified Puls method, Muskingum method, hydraulic routing
- for reservoirs
- Stormwater Management, stormwater quality, design flows, flood control
- water-quality control, best management practices
- Groundwater Resources, distribution and measurement, aquifer properties
- Water Resources Planning and Management, water supply, floodplain
- management, drought management, irrigation, dams and reservoirs
Readings
- Water Resources Engineering, David A. Chin, Prentice Hall, any edition is good (on reserve in library) Reference Text
Prerequisites & course information
Also listed as GEOG 4103 . Prerequisite(s): ENVE 2300 or MAAE 2300 . Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis one hour a week.