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CourseSyllabus
1.NameofCurriculum
BachelorofSciencePrograminEnvironment
Faculty/Institute/College
MahidolUniversityInternationalCollege,Facultyof
Science,FacultyofEnvironmentandResourceStudies,MahidolUniversity
2.CourseCodeICEN464CourseTitleWaterResourcesManagement
3.NumberofCredits4(Lecture/Lab)(40)
4.PrerequisiteNone
5.TypeofCourseElective
6.Trimester/AcademicYear

First/2005
7.CourseDescription
Understanding of the processes in hydrologic cycle that includes measurement,
computation,estimationanddeterminationineacharea.Waterresourcesproblems,the
conception, planning and design of functional elements and facilities to control and
utilizewater,basictoallwatermanagement.
8.

CourseObjectives
a. Tolearnhowtoanalyseandcomprehendbasicprincipleofwaterresourcesand
itsplanningandmanagement
b. Tovisualisesystematicprocessonenvironmentallywaterresourcemanagement
andsustainablewaterresourcedevelopment
c. TolaunchtheskilfultechniquesonapplicationofITforwaterresourceplanning
andmanagement

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CourseOutline

Week
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Topic
Lecture/Seminar
Introductiontowaterresources
- historicalprofileonworldwater
resourcesdevelopment
- waterresourcesandhumanities
- developmentofwaterscience
- globalwaterresources
- hydrologiccycle
- watershed,zoning,
- watershedmanagement,
- interrelationofwaterresources
withothernaturalresourcesand
theenvironment
- conceptofsustainablewater
resourcesdevelopment
Problemstowaterresourcesinthe
newmillennium
waterqualityandwater

Hour
4

Lab

Instructor
Hour

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pollution
waterquantityandwaterbudget
systemthinkingtowater
resourcemanagement
Managementofwaterresources
whymanagement?
whatabouttobemanaged?
howtomanage?
conceptofenvironmentalwater
management
ConceptofIntegratedWater
ResourcesManagement(IWRM)
waterallocationandwater
schedulingproblem
equitablemannersofwater
management
BasicTechniquesforWater
Analyses
- rainfallanalysis
- soilwatercontentanalysis
- evaporation,transpirationand
evapotranspiration
- floodmeasurement
- floodfrequencyanalysis
- runoffanalysis
- rainfallrunoffanalysis
- designoffloodpeak,
- rationalformula,
- Snydersmethod
- reservoiroperationstudy
- energygenerationof
hydropower
- sedimentanalysis
Waterbalancestudy
- waterdemandanduses
- watersupply
Irrigationwaterrequirement
principleofirrigation
evapotranspiration
cropcoefficient
potentialevapotranspiration
effectiverainfall,
Environmentaldiscourseondam
construction
conceptofEIAstudytowater
resourcedevelopment
PlanningandDesignof
DistributionSystem

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waterresourceplanning
planningconcept:preliminary
study,feasibilitystudy,detailed
planning
waterduty
canaldesign
GlobalEfforts
- ThinkGlobally:ActLocallyon
waterresources
- Manwareonwaterresource
managementLocalwater
organisations;WUGs,WUAs,
- Worldwaterorganisations;UN,
GWP,WWC,etc.

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10. TeachingMethod
1. Lecture
2. PracticalExcercises
3. Discussion
4. Quiz
5. SelfStudy

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11. TeachingMedia
1. TextsandTeachingMaterials
2. Transparencies
3. PowerPointPresentation
12. CourseAchievement
Assessment made from the setforward criteria. Student who gets 85% up, will have
GradeA.
13. CourseEvaluation
1. Exercises10%
2. OralPresentation10%
3. midtermExamination40%
4. FinalExamination40%
14. References
1. Allen,G.R.,Pereira,L.S.,Raes,D.,andSmith,M.(1998).Cropevapotranspiration,
Guidelinesforcomputingcropwaterrequirements.FAO,IrrigationandDrainage
paper56.
2. Bhaktikul,K.(1996).HydrologyforEnvironmentalist.Courselecturenote.Faculty
ofEnvironmentandResourceStudiesMahidolUniversity.(inThai)
3. Bhaktikul,K.(2001).TheDevelopmentofaGeneticAlgorithmforRealTimeWater
AllocationandWaterSchedulinginComplexIrrigationSystems.PhDThesis,
SchoolofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,TheUniversityofEdinburgh,UK.
4. Israelsen,O.W.,andHansen,V.E.(1962).IrrigationPrinciplesandPractices,JohnWiley
andSonsInc.,USA.
5. Mays,L.W.(1996).Waterresourceshandbook,McGrawHill.

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Linsley,R.K.,Franzini,J.B.(1979)Waterresourceengineering,thirdedition,
McGrawHill.
Taesombat,W.(1988).AppliedHydrology.DepartmentofIrrigationEngineering,
FacultyofEngineering,KasetsartUniversity.(inThai).
Wardlaw,R.W.andBhaktikul,K.(2004).ApplicationofGeneticAlgorithmsfor
IrrigationWaterScheduling.PaperacceptedtoIrrigationandDrainage,53(118).
Publishedonlineinhttp://www.interscience.wiley.com
Wardlaw,R.B.,andBhaktikul,K.(2001).Applicationofageneticalgorithmsfor
waterallocationinanirrigationsystem.J.IrrigationandDrainage.ICID,CIID.

15. Instructor
Asst.Prof.Dr.KampanadBhaktikul
16.CourseCoordinator
Asst.Prof.Dr.KampanadBhaktikul