Water Resources Engineering

3 units

This course further develops student knowledge of water resources engineering specific to the movement of water through natural and built environments. Combines existing fluid mechanics knowledge with hydrology and hydrogeology to introduce students to the design and analysis of surface water, open channel flow, pipe flow, and groundwater systems. Students will have an opportunity to describe, model, and calculate surface water and stormwater runoff hydrology; design and analyze open channel flow; quantify flow in partially full pipes; predict and analyze groundwater flow conditions for confined and unconfined aquifers using hydrogeology; and calculate groundwater flow and well drawdown.