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ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

Contact Details
Lec. Engr. Muhammad Umer
Phone: (051) 90854625
Email: engrumer@nice.nust.edu.pk
OFFICE: Room # 108, NICE Building.
OFFICE HOURS: Tue 1400 to 1600
Wed 1400 to 1600
Or any other time I am in office

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Why Water is so Important?

what Quran Says about this
It is He who sends down rain from the
sky, from it you drink and out of it
(grows) vegetation on which you feed
your cattle
(Al-Nahl, vers-10)
It is life line of all living creations
We gave life to all creations from water
No community could exist without water - All old
cities and towns are on the banks of rivers/ and on
groundwater now.
All deserts and water scarcity areas are with out life
yet today
There are so many planets in this universe but
water is present only on this earth
Now future wars are/will be on water

Did you know that;

A Between 5-6 litres

25 litres of water for a potato

184 litres of water for a bag of potato crisps

B Between 40 50 litres

2400 litres of water for a hamburger

C Between 135 140 litres
a day 15000 litres of water is needed to produce one kilo of beef and 94% of
that water is green meaning it comes from rain that falls on crops and
ANSWER! BETWEEN 135-150 pastures, with marginal environmental impact

LITRES A DAY!

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CE-354 Engineering Hydrology
Credit Hours (2.0 = 1.5 + 0.5)
Part A Surface Water Hydrology
Part B Groundwater Hydrology
COURSE OUTLINE
Part A Surface Water Hydrology
1. Introduction
Introduction
Hydrological cycle
Hydrologic equation
Importance and practical applications of hydrology
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COURSE PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is:
To introduce the principles of hydrology, including the
hydrological cycle and its impact on water resources
availability, catchment water balance, measurement of
catchment rainfall and its analysis, measurement of flow in
natural river channels.
To introduce fundamentals of subsurface flow and
transport emphasizing the role of groundwater in the
hydrologic cycle and the relation of groundwater flow to
geologic structure.
COURSE OUTLINE
2. Precipitation
Types of precipitation.
Factors necessary for the formation of precipitation
Measurement of precipitation
Computation of Average Rainfall over a Basin
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COURSE OUTLINE
3. Runoff & Hydrograph
COURSE OUTLINE
Runoff & Factors Affecting Runoff 4. Stream Flow Routing
The phenomenon of flooding and its causes
Computation of Runoff
Frequency and duration analysis
Characteristics of hydrograph
Reservoir & channel routing
Components of a hydrograph
Methods of Stream Gauging
Hydrograph separation
Measurement of Stream Flow by Current Meter
Estimation of maximum rate of runoff
Unit Hydrograph
S-curve
Discharge estimation by probabilistic method

COURSE OUTLINE COURSE OUTLINE

Part B GROUND WATER HYDROLOGY
Water Yielding Properties
5. Basic Definitions & Law in Ground Water
Ground Water Reservoir
Hydrology
Aquiclude, Aquifuge, Aquifer & Types of Aquifer
Darcys Law
Aquifer as Reservoir
Differential Equation governing Ground Water Flow
Aquifer as Conduit
Porosity, Specific Yield, Specific Retention, Storage
Coefficient, Permeability & Transmissibility

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COURSE OUTLINE COURSE OUTLINE

6. Well Hydraulics
7. Tube Well Construction

Steady Radial Flow to Well in Confined & Unconfined

Tube Well Types
Aquifers Dupuits Theory
Tube Well Construction
Assumptions & Limitations of Dupuits Theory
Well Losses
Capacity of Well
Interference among Wells

EH BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS

TEXT BOOK: Raghunath, H.M. (1988). Hydrology: Principles,
Analysis & Design. Wiley Eastern, India.
Punmia, B.C. (1984). Irrigation & Water Power
Ghumman, A. R. (2006) Engineering Hydrology: An Engineering. Standard Publishers Distributors, New
Introduction. Prosperous Pakistan Publishers, Lahore, Dehli, India.
Pakistan Awan, N.M. (1981). Surface Water Hydrology, Vol 1.
National Book Foundation, Pakistan

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REFERENCE BOOKS (Contd..) Practicals

Subramanya, K. (2008) Engineering Hydrology. 3rd
Edition. McGraw-Hill. No.
Practical

Linsley R K, Kohler M A, and Paulhus L H (1988)

Investigation of the Effect of the Conditions of the Catchment Area and its Slope on
Hydrology For Engineers, Mcgraw Hill, Paperback - the Rainfall-Runoff Relationships
a. Long duration storm (t > tc) on dry catchment
1988, ISBN 1-5 b. Short duration storm (t < tc) on dry catchment
c. Short duration storm (t < tc) on saturated catchment
d. Short duration storm (t < tc) on impermeable catchment
e. Effect of catchment slopes on runoff hydrograph

6 Effect of Interflow on the Runoff Hydrograph

7 Simulation of Multiple and Moving Storms
8 Development of Cone of Depression for Single Well

Relative Grading
Theoretical/Instruction
75%
Assignments 10%
Quizzes10%
OHT Exams30%
End Semester Exam50%
Practical Work 25%
Laboratory Work 70%
Laboratory Attendance20%
Laboratory Report20%
Laboratory Quiz30%
Viva/Quiz 30%
Total 100%