Course Name: WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

This course deals with the principles and analysis of water

resources systems such as multi-purpose reservoir, water supply
distribution system and stormwater drainage; irrigation system
Course Description
and agricultural drainage system; special topics include river, flood
control, drought mitigation and water resource planning
management.

Number of Units for

Lecture, Laboratory, Lecture – 3 units
Fieldwork and Tutorial

Number of Contact Hours

Lecture – 3 hours
per week

Prerequisite/Co-requisite Hydraulics

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

1. Appreciate water resources engineering and its

role in infrastructure and socio-economic
development of the country.

2. Have a good grasp of the multi dimensional

aspects of water resources/watershed problems
and non-structural and/or structural interventions
that may be done to solve them.
Course Objectives
3. Develop tools/skills in solving practical problems,
which involve numerical calculations from working
formulas used for hydraulic analysis and design of
structures.

4. Make solutions and decisions on a particular

problem incorporating social and moral impact
and put into mind that a mediocre solutions could
cause a loss of life and/or property.

1. Definitions and Classifications of Applications:

Water Resources and Engineering. Control of
Water. Use of Water. Water Quality Analysis and
Management. Philippine Water Resources Regions.
Course Outline
2. Watershed Management and Engineering
Interventions: Role of Hydrology and Hydraulics in
WRE. Engineering Hydrology. Aspects in
hydraulics--Important Hydraulic Structures
(selected), Water Supply and Distribution System,
 Groundwater Development, Sewerage Systems,
Drainage Structures, River Structures/Coastal
Defense, Lahar & Flood Control. Watershed
Planning and Management--
Definitions/Purpose/Use, Siting of Major Facilities,
Role of Geographical Information Systems in
Watershed Planning/Management.

3. Field Exercise/Case Studies: Case Study on Water

Supply and Distribution, Uses of GIS in WRE,
Laguna Lake and Manila Bay Interaction, Tools
Development /Softwares/ Approaches-Mini
Library, Water Infrastructure needs assessment,
Presentation of the Work.

Laboratory Equipment None

1. Mays, Larry W. 2004. Water Resources

Engineering, 2005 Edition. USA.

2. Wurbs, Ralph A.; Wesley, James P. 2001. Water

Resources Engineering. USA.

3. Chin, David A. 1999. Water Resources Engineering.

Prentice Hall.
Suggested References
4. Wurbs, Ralph A. 1994. Computer Models for Water
Resources Planning and Management. USA.

5. Linsley, Ray K. ; Franzini, Joseph B.; Freyberg,

David L.; Tchobanoglous, David L. 1992. Water
Resources Engineering, Fourth Edition. McGraw
Hill.