Course CIVE-550 Water Resources Management Winter Term.

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McGill University
Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Course CIVE-550 WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Instructors: Prof. Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen

Room 489 (Macdonald Engineering Building)
E-mail: van.tv.nguyen@mcgill.ca

Dr. Malika Khalili

Room 499A (Macdonald Engineering Building)
E-mail: malika.khalili@mcgill.ca
Time: Tuesday, 08:35 - 11:25 (Lecture)
Location: Room 12 (McConnell Engineering Building)

COURSE OUTLINE
Objectives.
The main objectives of this course are as follows:

• To present the underlying principles of water resources management based on

engineering, legal, and socio-economic considerations.

• To present the inter-relationships between the principal elements of a water resources

system.

• To provide a basic understanding of how mathematical techniques and systems analysis

methodology may be employed in the formulation of rational decisions affecting water
resources system design and management.
Subjects.
1. Introduction.
- Scope and objectives of water resources development and management.
- Characteristics of water resources systems.
- General process of water resources planning and management.
2. Basic systems analysis techniques.
- Linear programming.
- Dynamic programming.
- Nonlinear programming.
3. Uncertainty and reliability analysis of hydrosystems.
- Uncertainty analysis.
- Reliability computations.
4. Hydrologic modeling and simulation.

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- Streamflow estimation.
- Stochastic modeling of river flow series.
- Deterministic river basin modeling.
5. Planning, design, and management of water systems by project purpose.
- Surface water reservoir systems.
- Multipurpose water resources development.
- Urban stormwater management systems.

Marking Scheme.
- Assignment: 10%.
- Mid-term examination: 25%.
- Final examination: 65%.

Textbooks (required).
Mays, L.W. and Tung, Y.K. (1992). Hydrosystems Engineering and Management, Water
Resources Publications, 550 pages.
Jean Burton (2003). Integrated Water Resources Management on Basin Level: a Training
Manual, UNESCO, 240 pages. (Available in Adobe PDF format at
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/index.html)

Additional references.
Biswas, A.K. (1976). Systems Approach to Water Management, McGraw-Hill, 429 pages.
(TC409 S93)
Buras, N. (1972). Scientific Allocation of Water Resources, Elsevier, NewYork. (TC409
B87)
Grigg, N.S. (1985). Water Resources Planning, McGraw-Hill, 328 pages. (TC423 G75)
Hall, W.A., and Dracup, J.A. (1970). Water Resources Systems Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
(TC405 H35)
James, L.D., and Lee, R.R. (1971)Economics of Water Resources Planning, McGraw-Hill
Kuiper, E. (1971). Water Resources Project Economics, Butterworth. (HD 1691 K825)
Loucks, D.P. et al. (1981). Water Resources Systems Planning and Analysis, Prentice-Hall,
559 pages. (TC409 L883)
Major, D.C., and Lenton, R.L. (1979). Applied Water Resources Systems Planning, Prentice-
Hall, 248 pages. (TC437 C6 M34, Concordia University Library)
Maass, A. et al. (1962). Design of Water Resources Systems, Harvard University Press, 620
pages. (TC409 D4)
Mather, J.R. (1984). Water Resources: Distribution, Use, and Management, John Wiley &
Sons, 439 pages. (TC405 M38, Concordia University Library)

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Meta Systems, Inc. (1971). Systems Analysis in Water Resources Planning, Water
Information Center, Inc., Port Washington, N.Y. (TC409 M47)
Viessman, W. Jr., and Welty, C. (1985). Water Management: Technology and Institutions,
Harper & Row, 618 pages. (TC423 V54)
Water Resources system Analysis (TC409 W33x)
Water Resources Planning and Management (TC405 C512 1887)
Myron B. Fiering, Barbara Bund. Synthetic Streamflows. Water Resources Monograph 1.
American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C. 1971 (GB1205 F5)

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