2026
Hydrology and Water Resources Planning
Name: Hydrology and Water Resources Planning
Code: ERU14228O
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Rural Engineering
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
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Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The general objective is to understand the natural cycle of water, quantify its components and human influence.
This curricular unit provides a global vision of the processes involved in the hydrological cycle, focusing mainly on those related to surface hydrology.
The knowledge and skills are focused on: reviewing the basic contents of hydrology and hydrological processes, knowing the hypothesis and procedures for evaluating water resources, analyzing and establishing comprehensive water resource management strategies.
This curricular unit provides a global vision of the processes involved in the hydrological cycle, focusing mainly on those related to surface hydrology.
The knowledge and skills are focused on: reviewing the basic contents of hydrology and hydrological processes, knowing the hypothesis and procedures for evaluating water resources, analyzing and establishing comprehensive water resource management strategies.
Contents
1.Hydrological cycle and the river basin
2.Hydrological processe in the watershed.
3.Water resources assessment
4.Uses of water in the watershed and assessment of environmental impacts.
5.Identify the different types of infrastructure existing in the watershed for the use of water resources and impacts on the environment.
6.Urban water cycle: capture, transport, treatment, storage, distribution, drainage and wastewater treatment.
7.Integrated management and sustainable use of water and energy resources.
2.Hydrological processe in the watershed.
3.Water resources assessment
4.Uses of water in the watershed and assessment of environmental impacts.
5.Identify the different types of infrastructure existing in the watershed for the use of water resources and impacts on the environment.
6.Urban water cycle: capture, transport, treatment, storage, distribution, drainage and wastewater treatment.
7.Integrated management and sustainable use of water and energy resources.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical/practical lectures with the resolution of practical application problems in each subject.
Evaluation based in two theoretical/practical written tests.
Evaluation based in two theoretical/practical written tests.
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