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This document provides an overview and agenda for CEE 413 Water Resources Engineering course. It outlines the grading structure, course details, topics to be covered over the semester, and assignments. The first assignment involves analyzing a household water bill to determine gallons per capita per day used and average water costs. The second assignment requires students to research water issues in a selected region and make a group presentation with recommendations. Key course topics include hydrology, hydraulics, water distribution systems, pumps, open channel flow, flood analysis, and modeling tools like WaterCad.

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CEE 413 Water Resources Engineering: Kazi Tamaddun

This document provides an overview and agenda for CEE 413 Water Resources Engineering course. It outlines the grading structure, course details, topics to be covered over the semester, and assignments. The first assignment involves analyzing a household water bill to determine gallons per capita per day used and average water costs. The second assignment requires students to research water issues in a selected region and make a group presentation with recommendations. Key course topics include hydrology, hydraulics, water distribution systems, pumps, open channel flow, flood analysis, and modeling tools like WaterCad.

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CEE 413

Water Resources Engineering


Kazi Tamaddun
Agenda
• Introductions
• Syllabus (grading)
• Overview of course topics (tour)
• Water use (First Assignment)
• Next Lecture (Water in NV)

• WRE - A Brief history (read on your own)


Grading
2 Tests (non- cumulative) 35 % (17.5% each)

Assignments (8-9)+ 20% 2 points for


formatting and
In class exercises/ Cleanliness, 1
point for
Class participation posting on
Instagram with
#CEE413_S19
Design Project (WaterCad)
(report and presentation) 10% (May)

Final Exam 35% (May)


Course Details
• UNLV Canvas for course communication
• FE Handbook + Links
• SEB 4215 (office hours Tue/Thr 1-3 pm)

• Attend classes (in class exercises)


• Participate in class discussions
• Read assigned material (before lecture)
• Provide feedback (adaptive course)
WRE
Civil Engineering

Structures Construction Water


Transportation Geotechnical E
Management Resources
E

Climate Hydrology Hydraulics Water


Change policy
Water Resources Engineering
Branch of civil engineering concerned with
analysis and design of systems to control
water quantity,
quality, timing,
and distribution of water
to meet needs of humans and the
environment.
Water Resources Engineering
interdisciplinary field:
Physical Sciences:
Hydrology (SW, GW)
Geography
Geomorphology
Basic Sciences:
Physics, Social Sciences:
Chemistry, Economics, Political
Biology WRE Science, Sociology
Applications of WRE
Applications of WRE
 Land development (How a new urban development will affect runoff)
 Storm water system analysis and design (How can we predict the amount
of runoff from a rain storm?)
 Highway drainage design (culverts, bridges)
 Providing drinking water (development, collection, conveyance
system design)
 Predicting and mitigating flood and drought;
 Designing irrigation schemes;
 Member of a team designing dams/reservoirs for water supply or
hydroelectric power generation;
 Predicting geomorphologic changes, such as erosion or
sedimentation.
 Assessing the impacts of natural and anthropogenic environmental
change on water resources.
Topics Covered
• Introduction to WRE – South west and Nevada water, Current
issues in water resources
• Hydrologic Cycle and Water Budget
• Evaporation & Precipitation Hydrology
• Flood Frequency Analysis
• Rational Method & SCS Curve Numbers
• Delineation of Watersheds
• Groundwater Hydrology
• Pipe Networks and Water distribution systems- Losses and
Branching Pipes
Hydraulics
• Pumps
• Open Channel Flow: Manning’s Equation, Sub-, Super-, Critical-
Flow, Gradually Varied Flow
• Modeling Tools (WaterCad)
SUBJECT [CHAPTER] READING
Introduction to Water Resources Engineering Ch. 1 & 7.1
Water Resources Sustainability [2, 9]
Southwest and Nevada Water [1, 7] 7.2
Hydrologic Cycle and Water Budget [1, 7]
Delineation of Watersheds [1, 7]
Evaporation & Precipitation [7]
Flood Frequency Analysis and Levels of Design [10] 10.1 - 10.4
Rational Method & SCS Curve Numbers [15, 8] 15.2, 8.6, 8.7
Groundwater Hydrology [6] 6.1, 6.3, 6.4
EXAM #1
Pipe Flow [4] Losses and Branching Pipes 4.1 – 4.5
Pipe Networks and Water distribution systems [12] 12.1 - 12.6
Pumps/Turbines [12]
EXAM #2
Open Channel Flow: Manning’s Equation [5] 5.1 – 5.6
Pipe network design [12]
Open Channel Flow: Sub-, Super-, Critical- Flow [5]
Open Channel Flow: Gradually Varied Flow [5]
Project Presentations
Current Issues in Water Resources Guest lecture

Book: water resources engineering Mays, Handouts


Overview of topics covered
The hydrologic cycle

metrology,
atmospheric
sciences

Centuries to
understand

GWH
Watershed

Schematic diagram of a drainage basin. The high terrain on the perimeter is the
drainage divide
Normal monthly precipitation in the United States in inches
(Space-time variations)
Computation of areal average rainfall by the Thiessen method
Surface Runoff
(a) Separation of sources of streamflow on an idealized hydrograph (from
Mosley and McKerchan (1993)).
Runoff Curve Numbers
Flood Frequency Analysis
Ground Water Flow

Divisions of subsurface water


Illustration of Darcy's law
Types of aquifers
Well hydraulics for a confined aquifer.
Well hydraulics for an unconfined aquifer.
Open Channel Flow

Haden-Rhodes Aqueduct,
Central Arizona Project.
Geometric Functions for Channel Elements
Example locations of critical flow. (a) Critical depth near free overfall;
b) Change in grade of channel bottom. (c) Flow over a broad-crested weir.
(d) Flow through hydraulic jump.
Flow profiles (from Chow
(1959).
Pumps in Water Supply
Systems
Radial-flow
pump and
performance
curves for four
different
impellers
Network design: watercad
Water distribution system
Water Use
• gpcd
• SNWA: City of North Las Vegas; City of
Henderson; LVVWD
Assignments
CEE 413
(group work 4 members)
HOMEWORK # 1 Due Jan 24th Thr

Obtain a current water bill from your home or someone that you know.

1. Hand in the water bill and cross out any personal information you do not
want disclosed.
2. State the local water purveyor
3. State the number of people in the household
4. State the type of home (e.g., single family, condo)
5. Summarize the water use in terms of gallons per capita per day (gpcd) for
a given month
6. Summarize the average cost of water in terms of $ per 1000 gallons for a
given month
7. Plot a graph showing how water use varies over the months (plot for 12
months if data is available)
8. Prepare a comparative graph for a given month (using data from all group
members) showing gpcd and average cost per 1000 gallons.
Reading for Next Lecture and
Class Discussion

Where Southern Nevada obtains its water?


What are important water resources issues in
Nevada?

Solutions !!!!
HOMEWORK # 2 Presentations Jan 31
and Feb 5

Choose a region (e.g., south west US) or country (e.g., Australia), or river
basin (e.g., Colorado River):

Describe the region (location map, geography, climate, hydrologic


characteristics, population etc.)
What are important water resources issues?
How the issues are impacting people, environment and economy?
What is being done to address the issues?
Provide your recommendation on how the issues could be addressed.

Timeline:
Work in groups of 4.
Submit
Make athe
10 following
minutes information by next class
long presentation
Names of group members (You will work in group of 4’s)
Group name – be creative
Selected study area
List of action items and name of person responsible for each item (who
will do what)

Make a 10 minute long group presentation (presentation date will be posted on


WebCampus calendar).

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