Hydric Resources and Protected Areas Management

Code:

EA0051

Acronym:

GRHAP

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

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources 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	21	Syllabus since 2006/07	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Skills development in the field of hydrology, in the water resources planning and management activities and in protection of water bodies and aquatic ecosystems.

Learning outcomes and competences

After this course students will be able to: 1) characterize a watershed, 2) characterize and interrelate the water resources of a river basin, 3) characterize the types of hydrological years, 4) estimate floods hydrograph and peak flows, 5) assess the water availability and demands in a river basin, 6) basic notions about Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and Integrated Watershed Management, 7) understand and characterize the institutional, legislative and economic Water Resources Management  in Portugal, based on the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and on complementary legislation on the Iberian context, 8) evaluate freshwater quality (namely, through the provision of knowledge related with water sampling and data analysis, as well as, with water quality modelling), 9) provide information of the mains types of protected areas in Portugal, 10) understand the results of biological indicators, 11) perceive the main concepts associated with the establisment of ecological flows, 12) understand the main concepts associated with fish passes, 13) explain the key concepts involved in the planning and implementation of river restoration plans.

Working method

Presencial

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.

Drainage basin. Physiographic and hydro-geomorphologic characterization.

Study of precipitation. Pluviometry. SNIRH (Portuguese information system for water resources). Areal rainfall (Thiessen and isoetes methods). Annual and monthly rainfall. Method of “Duplas Acumulações”.

Hydrological years classification. Statistics applied to Hydrology.

Streamflows study. Effective precipitation and streamflow deficit. Streamflow curves.

Floods study. Types of floods. Methods for the definition of the flood peak. Extreme precipitations.

Hydrologic balance. Calculation of potential and effective evapotranspiration. Estimation of groundwater flow and aquifer recharge.

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. Environmental costs – WSM model: example.

Integrated management of water resources. Drainage basin management. European regulations: water framework directive. Portuguese regulations: Law 54/2005 and 58/2005.

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).

Support Decision Systems for Water Resources Management. Examples.


Protected Areas Module:

Protected Areas
Importance of the existance ofprotected areas. Key concepts to support the existence of protected areas. Main types of protected areas: national park; natural Park; protected landscape; natural reserve; natural monument. Other types of protection status. The Natura 2000 Network. The main international conventions related with the protection of nature. The Red Book of Vertebrates: importance and associated concepts. The SIPNAT.

Bioindicators
The concept of bioindicator. Main types of biological indicators in water. The example of macroinvertebrates. Biotic indices. The IBB and the IBMWP. Calculation from examples.
The APA sampling manuals.

The WFD
The new paradigm of water management. Key points of the WFD. The transposition into national law: Law 58/2005 and Decree Law 77/2006. The application in Portugal: system A and system B. The final typology. The official methodology for the classification of the status of water bodies.

The RBMP
Ordinance 1290/08. Structure and objectives of the RBMP. Analysis of the documentation available.

Ecological flows
Objectives of their calculation. Main types of methods. Comparative discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology. Case studies' analysis.

Fishways
Objectives of their implementation. Main types of methods. Comparative discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology. Case studies' analysis.

River Restoration
Previous concepts. Goals. Difficulties. Main types of interventions and methodologies. Comparative discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each methodology. Case studies' analysis.

Mandatory literature

A. Lencastre, F. M. Franco; Lições de hidrologia. ISBN: 972-8152-59-0

Complementary Bibliography

João Reis Hipólito, Álvaro Carmo Vaz; Hidrologia e recursos hidricos. ISBN: 978-972-8469-86-3
I. Moreira, M. T. Ferreira, R. Cortes, P. Pinto, P. R. Almeida; Ecossistemas aquáticos e ribeirinhos – Ecologia, gestão e conservação, Instituto da Água, 2002
M. H. Alves, J. Bernardo; Caudais ecológicos em Portugal, Instituto da Água, 2002
FAO/DVWK; Fish passes – Design, dimensions and monitoring, FAO, 2002
I. Cowx, R. Welcomme; Rehabilitation of rivers for fish, FAO, 1998

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and discussion of contents, followed by the presentation of case studies and solving several problems and exercises.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade = WRM Theory (40%) + PA Theory  (20%) + Practical (40%)