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Hydrology Lecture

Hydrology is defined as the study of water on Earth, including its occurrence, distribution, movement, and interaction with the environment. It is closely related to fields like geology, climatology, meteorology, and oceanography. Hydrology is important for environmental management, as water scarcity or excess can threaten human life, and water is interconnected with land, air, and all living things. As populations and industries grow, improved water management will be needed to ensure future generations have adequate, clean water supplies. This lecture aims to provide foundational knowledge of hydrologic processes to help address these challenges in water engineering, planning, and policy.

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Hydrology Lecture

Hydrology is defined as the study of water on Earth, including its occurrence, distribution, movement, and interaction with the environment. It is closely related to fields like geology, climatology, meteorology, and oceanography. Hydrology is important for environmental management, as water scarcity or excess can threaten human life, and water is interconnected with land, air, and all living things. As populations and industries grow, improved water management will be needed to ensure future generations have adequate, clean water supplies. This lecture aims to provide foundational knowledge of hydrologic processes to help address these challenges in water engineering, planning, and policy.

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CE 141-2 LECTURE

HYDROLOGY DEFINED:

Hydrology is an earth science. It encompasses the occurrence, distribution, movement, and properties
of the waters and their environmental relations. Closely allied fields include, geology, climatology,
meteorology, and oceanography.

Application of Hydrology to Environmental Problems.

It is true that humans cannot exist without water, it is also true that water, mismanaged, or during times
of deficiency (droughts), or times of surplus (floods), can be life threatening. Furthermore, there is no
aspect of environmental concern that does not relate in some way to water. Land, air, and water are all
interrelated as are water and all life forms. Accordingly, the spectrum of issues requiring an
understanding of hydrologic processes is almost unlimited.

As water becomes more scarce and as competition for its use expands, the need for improved water
management will grow. And to provide water for world’s expanding population, new industrial
developments, food production, recreational demands, and for the preservation and protection of
natural systems and other purposes, it will become increasingly important for us to achieve a thorough
understanding of the underlying hydrologic processes with which we must contend. This is the challenge
to water engineers, planners, policy makers, lawyers, economists, and others who must guarantee that
future generations will be served with an abundant water supply and that a quality environment will
prevail.

It is intended to provide a good foundation for those who are preparing to practice in the exciting and
rewarding field of water management.

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