In the name of God

 Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

 Department of Civil Engineering

Course Objectives:

Water is the source of the life. Water is one of the most important of our natural resources for the sustainability of our human and environmental systems. At the same time it is under tremendous pressure from changes to those systems. This course will give you an introduction to and an overview of the key concepts related to water circulation in nature so that you may better understand some of the issues. Using Iranian examples throughout, you will appreciate the complexity of, as well as the necessity for better water resources management through an introduction to basic hydrology, water regulations, water management and environmental concerns.

Learning

·        You will develop a clearer picture of where our water supply comes from, how it gets to us, and how we use and dispose / recycle it.

·        You will increase your awareness of the major regional and global issues with respect to water resources and their management.

·        You will understand the different methods for calculate evaporation, infiltration and making hydrographs.

·        You will become familiar with the different ways for routing a flood in a river or reservoir.

·        You will be given the opportunity to further develop your writing, presentation and critical thinking skills as they apply to the management of water resources.

 

Course Requirements:

You will be expected to think critically and read all assigned readings. Your views, comments, questions and suggestions are welcomed because they will enrich this course. All your assignments must be your own work. Any evidence of deliberate plagiarism, in other words the wholesale copying of a classmates’ work or of a published source and its presentation as your own, will result in your receiving zero.

We will get out of the class what we put into it. You should arrive on time and attend each class taking summary notes of important concepts and data, and ask questions and make observations about aspects that interest you. There will be lots of reading, periodic written homework assignments, an individual research project, and a final exam. Each assignment will be accompanied by written instructions. Because of its once-a-week format, this course will adopt a modular approach, presenting ten thematic elements each designed to be tackled in a single session, and each requiring advance reading. You should have an Internet account; private, work or Haywire, for the sending and receipt of email messages concerning the course. Please email me ASAP between the first and second class from your preferred address so I can establish that we have an online connection.
 

Evaluation and Grading Procedures:

You can earn a maximum of 20 points for this course. Written homeworks will collectively be worth 17.5% points and will be of equal weight. Your individual research project/essay will be worth up to 7.5 %. Your mid and final will be worth 30 and 40% respectively. The remaining 5% will be decided based on your attendance record and relative level of participation. Grading for assignments, questions and the exam will be based on our general expectations combined with the relative standards within the class group. You are welcomed to ask questions concerning your ideas for completing assignments and are encouraged to come to my office hours during the quarter or to make additional appointments. However, you should not leave questions about assignments until the last minute since this is of little help to you or me. You will be expected to possess and demonstrate senior college-level writing and mathematical skills and any grammatical errors will be taken into account in assigning grades. Those of you who want to try and raise your grade at the end of the course prior to taking the final exam will have the option to complete an additional written project worth a maximum of 10 extra percent.  Turning in of late assignments will result in an automatic 30% deduction from the grade for every class delayed. Assignments and reports can be emailed or faxed to me to avoid this penalty should you be unable to come to class on the scheduled day for handing in work. It is your responsibility to check that I received them.

Grade Table:

% of Grade	Topics
17.5	Written homework, report for field trips
30	Mid term exam
40	Final exam
5	Participation in class activities
7.5	Term Paper

Reading Materials:

 Two books are main references and you can take a copy from publication center of Department.

1- Chow, V. T. et al 1988, Applied Hydrology, Mc Graw-Hill.

2- Viessman, W. and Lewis, Introduction to Hydrology, 4th edition, Harper Callins and College Publishers.

Also it will be made references to various books, papers or web sites throughout the course, which you should check out by browsing on one of the through your own Internet provider . More and more there are continuously updated sources of information appearing on the web that we should all learn to use to our advantage in keeping abreast of current developments and issues in the water resources sector.

 

Course Units:

This course is worth four (2) units of credit.

Assignment Details:

The following assignments are due on the dates indicated.

Assignment	title
Homework 1	Water Continuity Equation
Assignment Title:  Homework 2
Mid Term Exam
Assignment Title: Homework 3
Assignment Title: Homework 4
Assignment Title:  Research Project
Final Exam

 

Course Outline / Timetable:

Session	LECTURE/DISCUSSION TOPIC
9/26 5 Mehr	General introduction to water. Basics of  hydrology Why we need to learn hydrology Perspective of Water Management in IRAN
10/3 12 Mehr	Water resources and their cycles.
10/10 19 Mehr	Meteorology
10/17 26 Mehr	Perceptible Water
10/24 3 Aban	Infiltration- Horton and Philip Idea
10/30 10 Aban	Infiltration- Green Amp
11/7 17 Aban	Hydrograph
11/14 24 Aban	Unit Hydrograph
11/21 1 Azar	Routing Floods in Rivers and Reservoirs
11/28 8 Azar	Statistics, describing probability concept
12/5 15 Azar	Statistics, Risk Idea
12/12 22 Azar	Softwares in Hydrology
12/19 29 Azar	Urban Water hydrology

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