Course Number: WRE 309
Course Title: Introduction to Water Resources Planning
Credit/Contact Hours: 3.0 (3.0 Hours/ Week)
Level and Term: Level-3, Term-1
Course Content: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, stream flow, evaporation and transpiration, rainfall-runoff relationship, hydrograph analysis, storm water drainage, groundwater occurrence, and wells.
Behavior of alluvial rivers, navigation and dredging, river training and bank protection works, irrigation planning and methods of irrigation, flood mitigation approaches, integrated water resources management - economic, social, environmental, and institutional aspects
Lecture 1: Introduction to Water Resources Planning
Lecture 2: Behavior of Alluvial River
Lecture 3: River Training & Bank Protection Works
Lecture 4: Navigation & Dredging
Lecture 5: Flood Mitigation Approaches
Lecture 6: Planning & Methods of Irrigation
Lecture 7: Integrated Water Resources Management