Class Hydric Resources Planning and Management

This curricular unit belongs to the curricular plan of this 1st cycle degree. The goal of this curricular unit is to provide to the students the fundamental concepts related to the planning and management of water resources, regarding the watershed. In this context it be will introduce the basic concepts and discuss the hydrologic cycle, watershed characterization, as well as estimate the water balance. This curricular unit has objective provide knowledge of legislation and planning ongoing in Portugal and in Europe. It is also intended introduce knowledge concerning operational/practical aspects related with water resource management and planning.

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1. The hydrological cycle and its components. Effects of Climate Change on the hydrological cycle. 2.Watershed/River Basin. Physiographic characterization of the watershed. 3.Study of precipitation. ''SNIRH''. Weighted precipitation over a watershed. Thiessen method. Method of double accumulations. 4.Interception, evaporation and evapotranspiration (potential and effective). 5.Infiltration and percolation. 6.Runoff. Effective precipitation and runoff deficit. Flow curves. Chronological and classified flows. Characteristic flows. 7.Hydrological Balance. Method of Thornthwaite and Mather. 8.Basic concepts of statistics applied to hydrology. Classification of the type of years. 9.Droughts and Floods. 10.Water Balance (water availability vs. water needs). 11.Challenges and currently aplicabble legislation on Water Resources Management and Planning. Water Framework Directive. 12.Integrated Water Resources Management  

PBL activities

Lencastre, A. e Franco, F., 2010. Lições de Hidrologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 451p., ISBN: 978-972-8152-59-0 Hipólito, J. R. e Vaz, A. C., 2011. Hidrologia e Recursos Hídricos, Coleção Ensino da Ciência e daTecnologia - 41. Instituto Superior Técnico, IST, ISBN:978-972-8469-86-3 . Diversos textos de apoio a fornecer ao longo das sessões.