Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering

Course Number
Course Title
Degree Program
Module
Module Coordinator
Lecturer
ECTS Credits
Contact Hours (per week)

HENG 5192
Water Resources Planning & Management
B.Sc. in Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineering
Water Resources & Environment

4 Cp
Lecture
2

Tutorial
3

Practice or Laboratory
0

Home study
2

Objective:
The subject water resources planning is too broad and has
too many methodological options to be covered completely in
a one semester and therefore the course is well designed with
various topics to give thorough knowledge on the engineering
and economic planning aspects of water resources studies,
that should be understood by all students
Outcomes:

Course Objectives &

Competences to be Acquired

Students will be able

Know the water budget and surfaces water resources
of Ethiopia and existing and water resources potential
and % of coverage in various sectors like water
supply& sanitation, Irrigation and Hydropower etc
the various demands, variations in demand and their
assessment for water supply projects, fixation of the
Reservoir capacity under various demand conditions mass curve and sequent peak algorithm techniques,
etc Understand the definition of system, factors
governing a system, system analysis, typical problems
associated with system and detailed study of
techniques (optimization) used to solve the typical
hydrological /water resources system problems.
Understands the basic principles of model, modeling
and various types of models. How a reservoir may be
modeled using deterministic inputs model
formulation for two important aspects of reservoir
modeling namely reservoir sizing and reservoir
operation
Selection of various alternative designs and economic
analysis of various alternatives. Calculation of capital
and maintenance costs of each alternatives and
selection of best alternatives and feasibility studies of
various projects
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Course Description/Course
Contents

Pre-requisites
Semester
Status of Course
Teaching & Learning
Methods
Assessment/Evaluation &
Grading System
Attendance Requirements

Literature

Function of water in land development and social planning;

water resources planning objectives; integrated river basin
development; water supply and demand assessment; types of
consumptive and non-consumptive uses of water resources;
single and multipurpose water-uses-compatibility of different
uses; allocation of available water resources; water resources
project formulation evaluation; feasibility study and final
design; some common pitfalls in water resources planning;
introduction to system analyses and optimization technique;
water rights and water laws; concept of master plan;
Ethiopian water resource basins.
Engineering economics
Year 5, Semester I
Compulsory
Lectures and tutorial
Continues Assessment..50%
Final Exam.50%
A student must attend at least 80 % of the classes
1. Principles of Water resources planning Alvins Good
man; Prentice Hall Inc, New Jersey.
2. Water resources planning Neil S.Grigg Mc Graw hill
Book Company 1985
3. Water resources management Neil S.Grigg Mc Graw
hill Book Company 1985
4. Water resources systems planning David C.Major&
Robert L Lenton Prentice hall Inc Englewood Cliffs,
New Jersey 07632

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