CWR 3103 - WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
Prerequisites: CWR 3201 and STA 3033

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Florida International University
Fall or Spring Terms

Instructor: Professor Fuentes, Ph.D., P.E., R.E.M., D.E.E.
Office at EAS-3671, Mail box at EAS-3680
Phone No.: 348-2837, E-mail: fuentes@fiu.edu.

Office Hours: Varies Per Term
First-come/first-served policy during office hours.
Other Office Hours by Appointment.

Lecture location and time: TBA

Hydrologic and hydraulic engineering principles and methods are essential in the education of civil and environmental engineers. They are needed to estimate the quantity of water present in or conveyed by natural and engineered water systems (rivers, canals, etc). Their application is basic to support the design, analysis and management of water resources by communities within goals of sustainability. The overall learning objective is to provide basic knowledge to the future civil engineer for the solution of problems in water resources engineering; the course will consequently address the nature of water resources issues, fundamentals of hydrology, closed conduit flow, open channel flow, groundwater, and hydraulic machinery. Examples of relevant questions are: What is the average precipitation on a particular watershed after a rainfall event? What is the design peak runoff for a storm collector that drains a parking lot? What regime characterizes the typical flow condition of the Miami River in Dade County, Florida? How do we design a pumping station and pipeline system to safely and economically convey water between two designated locations? What are the laws, principles and concepts that are needed to answer the previous questions?

1. Wurbs, R. A. and W. P. James, Water Resources Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002.
   

2. Selected References.

ENV 5666 – WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Prerequisite: Various Prerequisites & Permission of the Instructor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Florida International University
Fall or Spring Term

Instructor: Professor Fuentes, Ph.D., P.E., R.E.M., D.E.E.
Office at EAS-3671, Mail box at EAS-3680
Phone No.: 348-2837, E-mail: fuentes@fiu.edu.

Office Hours: Varies Per Term
First-come/first-served policy during office hours.
Other Office Hours by Appointment.

Lecture location and time: TBA

The quality of our water resources is vital to the health, welfare, and survival of the planet and humankind. Their protection requires understanding of laws, principles and methods that are needed to manage water quality. The overall learning objective of the course is to provide the environmental engineer with a working knowledge of the variables and processes, which are important to control and estimate contaminant fate and transport in surface water environs. Contents will then focus on a sequence of surface water quality modeling themes as follows: completely mixed and incompletely mixed systems; selected applications to rivers and streams, estuaries, and lakes; and examples for conventional indicators. Some relevant questions are: How does the concentration of a particular solvent change along a river reach after a spill? What are the approaches to simulate the movement of arsenic through a system of interconnected lakes?

1. Chapra, S. C., "Surface Water-Quality Modeling," The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York, NY, 1997.
   

2. Selected Reference Handouts.