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The document discusses water resources engineering, which deals with planning, design, management, and protection of water resources. It involves topics like hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, irrigation, drainage, flood control, dams, reservoirs, and groundwater. The document outlines the history of water management, subdisciplines of water resources engineering, typical job duties, techniques used, and structures and projects involved in the field.

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Specialization Water Resources

The document discusses water resources engineering, which deals with planning, design, management, and protection of water resources. It involves topics like hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, irrigation, drainage, flood control, dams, reservoirs, and groundwater. The document outlines the history of water management, subdisciplines of water resources engineering, typical job duties, techniques used, and structures and projects involved in the field.

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WATER

RESOURCES
ENGINEERING
FLT CALAPINI
GREAT BUILDER

Water Resources
Engineering

A branch of civil engineering that deals


with the planning, design, management
and protection of water resources. It
involves topics such as hydrology,
hydraulics, water quality, irrigation,
drainage, flood control, dams, reservoirs,
groundwater and more.
HISTORY
HISTORY
Water Management
– Civilization developed on rivers:
• Hydraulic engineers build canals, levees, dams,
water conduits, and wells
• Egyptians (Nile)
• Romans (Tiber)
• Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates)
• China (Huang Ho and Yangtze)
• Pakistan (Indus)
• India (Ganges)

SUB DISCIPLINES
WATER RESOURCES
SUB DISCIPLINES
• Water and Wastewater treatment plant design
• Water Distribution, Wastewater and Storm water
Sewer Systems
• Irrigation Engineering
• River Engineering, Hydraulics, Hydrodynamics,
Sediment Transport, Contaminant Transport, River
Morphology, Ice-covered rivers
• Hydraulic Structures (reservoirs, floodways, dams,
dykes, spillways & sluice gates, channels, water
intakes)
• Drainage Canals
• Groundwater and Seepage, well design, seepage
control, underground contaminant transport
• Surface Runoff Analysis
• Hydrology, winter hydrology, climate change
• Extreme events: floods, torrents, mudflows, debris
flows

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES


TYPICAL JOB DUTIES
TECHNIQUES USED
Water resource engineers develop and implement strategies to ensure the
WATER SUPPLY reliable and sustainable supply of water resources. Moreover may involve
MANAGEMENT developing new water sources, such as desalination plants, improving water
storage and distribution systems, and enhancing water conservation practices.

Water resource engineers work to improve water quality by developing and


WATER QUALITY implementing techniques to treat contaminated water and reduce pollutants in
MANAGEMENT water bodies. This may involve developing new treatment systems,
implementing pollution prevention programs, and monitoring water quality to
ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Water resource engineers are responsible for protecting and restoring aquatic
ECOSYSTEM ecosystems. This may involve implementing habitat restoration projects,
MANAGEMENT developing fish passage systems, and implementing water management
practices that support the health of aquatic ecosystems.

Water resource engineers develop strategies to manage floods and droughts by


FLOOD AND DROUGHT enhancing water storage and distribution systems, implementing sustainable
MANAGEMENT
irrigation practices, and developing early warning systems to alert communities
to potential flooding or drought events.
Why should we study Water Resources?

Use water resources for Develop efficient irrigation Properly utilize water in our
agricultural, industrial, practices for the betterment homes to save this precious
domestic, recreational, and of agriculture in the country. resource.
environmental activities.
We study water
resources :
Sustainable

PRESERVE WATER
RESOURCES FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
Future Challenge

CLIMATE CHANGE POPULATION GROWTH WATER SCARCITY

Climate change is causing significant changes in As the global population continues to grow, the Water scarcity is a significant challenge in many
weather patterns and water availability, which is demand for water resources will increase. Water parts of the world. Water resource engineers will
leading to more frequent and severe droughts resource engineers will need to develop new need to develop new techniques to maximize
and floods. Water resource engineers will need strategies to ensure the reliable and sustainable the use of available water resources and improve
to develop innovative solutions to manage these supply of water resources. water efficiency.
events and adapt to changing conditions.
OPPURTUNITIES

INNOVATION GLOBAL IMPACT COLLABORATION

It is a multidisciplinary field that involves collaboration


It is a field that is constantly evolving, with new It has a significant impact on the environment and
between engineers, scientists, policymakers, and other
technologies and techniques emerging all the society. What Is more it have the opportunity to make a
stakeholders. Water resource engineers have the
time. Water resource engineers have the positive impact on the world by developing sustainable
opportunity to work with a diverse group of
opportunity to develop innovative solutions to solutions that meet the needs of both people and the
professionals to develop and implement solutions to
address complex challenges. environment.
complex water resource challenges.
STRUCTURES AND PROJECTS

DAMS WASTE WATER


IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
TREATMENT PLANT
STRUCTURES AND PROJECTS

WATER DISTRIBUTION DIKES DRAINAGE SYSTEM


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THANK YOU FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION
CE ORIENTATION

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