2026
Watershed Management
Name: Watershed Management
Code: ERU14232O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Rural Engineering
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
Optional
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Apply hydrological models to assess water availability in the hydrographic basin.
Assess water needs for different uses in the watershed.
Collaborate in the global and specific plans dictated by the European Directives, in the scope of the planning and Management of Water Resources at the scale of the Hydrographic Region, hydrographic basin and local.
Apply the global and specific plans developed, within the scope of public or private entities.
Decision making in extreme hydrological situations of urban and rural droughts and floods.
Define and implement strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Visit to EFMA (Alqueva's Multi-Purpose Enterprise)
Assess water needs for different uses in the watershed.
Collaborate in the global and specific plans dictated by the European Directives, in the scope of the planning and Management of Water Resources at the scale of the Hydrographic Region, hydrographic basin and local.
Apply the global and specific plans developed, within the scope of public or private entities.
Decision making in extreme hydrological situations of urban and rural droughts and floods.
Define and implement strategies to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Visit to EFMA (Alqueva's Multi-Purpose Enterprise)
Contents
1. National Water Plan (Hydrological Plan)
2. Hydrographic Region Management Plans, with emphasis on shared river basins.
3. Flood Risk Management Plans
4. Application of hydrological and hydraulic models (Free software HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS and SWAT) in the assessment of water availability and in the assessment of flooded areas.
5. Water uses at the hydrographic basin level and their evaluation.
6. Decision support model in extreme hydrological situations: droughts and floods.
7. The strategy for adapting to climate change.
8. Risk mitigation measures in the water sector.
9. Case study: the hydrographic basin of the Guadiana River.
2. Hydrographic Region Management Plans, with emphasis on shared river basins.
3. Flood Risk Management Plans
4. Application of hydrological and hydraulic models (Free software HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS and SWAT) in the assessment of water availability and in the assessment of flooded areas.
5. Water uses at the hydrographic basin level and their evaluation.
6. Decision support model in extreme hydrological situations: droughts and floods.
7. The strategy for adapting to climate change.
8. Risk mitigation measures in the water sector.
9. Case study: the hydrographic basin of the Guadiana River.
Teaching Methods
Theoretical-practical classes. Practical assignments.
Assessment based on practical work and written tests.
The final grade is obtained by the weighted average, between the practical assignments (50%) and the written test (50%).
Assessment based on practical work and written tests.
The final grade is obtained by the weighted average, between the practical assignments (50%) and the written test (50%).
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