Environmental Hydrology

(2.5-3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Hydrology is the term that broadly describes the study of water on, in and above the Earth's surface. This introductory course is designed to introduce the students to the theories and concepts underpinning the discipline and to allow them to learn how to measure, estimate and calculate river and groundwater flows in the field and in the lab. Learning Outcomes 1. Have an appreciation of the nature of the relationships that exist between water the land 2. Prepare and produce water balances at local and regional scales 3. Use the tools acquired in the class to break down complex water management issues into negotiable sub-units 4. Compare and differentiate between methods for measuring, estimating and calculating hydrological data sets 5. Assess past hydrological events and future (predicted) events and contextualise these in terms of the frequency with which they are likely to occur, and the risks associated with their occurence 6. Incorporate field data, published data and interpreted data to make reasonable inferences about water and the land 7. Frame research questions about water resource management and water resource allocation IR - Dublin, Ireland 1. Purpose of numerical modelling / specifying a modelling brief 2. Types of numerical model 3. Parameter estimation and optimisation 4. Model checking and validation 5. Model assessment and sensivity 6. Equifinality and its implications 7. Examples and applications of surface water models / rivers and lakes 8. Examples and applications of waste related models. 9. Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) modelling using activated sludge models