Hydric Resources and Protected Areas Management

Code:

EA0051

Acronym:

GRHAP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.
OFICIAL	Environmental Management

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	27	Syllabus since 2006/07	5	-	8	70	216

Teaching language

Portuguese

Program

Module of WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:
Hydrologic cycle. Precipitation, flow (surface and groundwater), storage (surface and groundwater), evapotranspiration and condensation. World water balance. Cycle of water use.
Study of precipitation. Pluviometry. SNIRH (Portuguese information system for water resources). Areal rainfall (Thiessen and isoetes methods). Annual and monthly rainfall.
Drainage basin. Physiographic and hydro-geomorphologic characterization.
Hydrologic balance. Calculation of potential and effective evapotranspiration. Estimation of groundwater flow and aquifer recharge. Extreme phenomena. Classification of hydrological years. Floods and droughts.
Integrated management of water resources. Drainage basin management. European regulations: water framework directive. Portuguese regulations: Law 54/2005 and 58/2005.
Water balance. Availability assessment (surface water and groundwater). Needs assessment (domestic, industrial and agricultural consumption). Monthly sequential balance.
Hydrological modelling. Brief notions. Models available. Potentialities.
Drainage basin management. Modelling. Decision support systems. Economical analysis. Water services costs: financial, resource and environmental costs (taxes, rates, allowances, loans). Environmental costs – WSM model: example.
Management models of water and sewage systems. Water and sewage distribution and transport systems (municipal and inter-municipal systems). Regulation model – IRAR (Portuguese institute for water and waste regulation).

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00