Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives The student is expected to develop an understanding of the various components making up the hydrologic cycle, their inter-relationship and the role of hydrology in civil engineering practices. The student is expected to acquire skills in the computation of design flows for engineering design and the assessment of the effect of changing land use on catchment hydrology.
Synopsis General - role of hydrology in civil engineering, hydrologic cycle: hydrologic data measurement and analysis, catchment losses. Flood hydrology - flood frequency analysis, design storms, simple flood estimation methods, unit hydrograph method, flood routing, runoff routing. Yield hydrology - rainfall-runoff relationships, storage-yield relationships, low flow analysis, stochastic data generation. Groundwater hydrology - types of groundwater aquifers, analysis of groundwater aquifers. Urban hydrology - urban drainage. Environmental hydrology - water quality problems, erosion and soil degradation, diffuse and point sources of nutrients, urban stormwater quality management.
Assessment Written assignments: 20% + Examination (3 hours): 80%