HYDROLOGY AND HYDRAULICS | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

EHS 1209

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 2

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Health Sciences

School:

School of Public Health

Department:

Community Health and Behavioural Sciences

Course Discipline:

Chemistry

Course Description & Objectives:

The course includes descriptions of the basic land-phase of the hydrological cycle and hydraulic processes. The processes considered include precipitation, infiltration, runoff generation, streamflow and open channel hydraulics, evapo-transpiration, rainfall interception, and subsurface flow. Catchment hydrological processes are illustrated through case studies. Selection of pumps and water resources planning are discussed.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

Explain the basic concepts and principles of processes governing the transfer of water between the atmosphere, land surface, subsurface and natural channels.
Interpret hydrological parameter measurement techniques.
Explain the processes affecting the quality of water in aquifers, rivers, lakes and reservoirs
Interpret and be able to use the simple hydrological models commonly used in environmental engineering applications
Describe the processes controlling water flow and contaminant and sediment transport in catchments, groundwater and surface waters and to be able to quantify such movements.
Conduct a hydrologic budget for a water body and estimate uncertainties; describe the physical principles of, estimate, measure, and model the main components of a hydrologic budget, including precipitation, evapo-transpiration, infiltration, overland flow, and stream flow.

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