Course

Unit 1

Introduction – Principles of Ecology – Ecosystems – Overview of water resources, concepts and principles of sustainability for freshwater systems, issues and challenges in water resources management, humans and water, sustainable development and water

Unit 2

Balancing the diverse needs for water – Cities and towns, urban environment – water supply, sanitation, sustainable development goals, water-wise cities, sustainable urban water systems- Resource crisis – Water, Energy, Food and other resources – Case studies.

Unit 3

Designing water systems – Sustainable water infrastructure planning, trade-offs, Integrated water resources management, water governance, partnership for sustainable water management – case studies

Prerequisite(s): 19CIE314 Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering

Course Objectives:

This course provides ways to manage and sustain water systems for built environment and ecosystems.

Course Outcome

Textbooks

1. Daniel P. Loucks, Eelco van Beek, “Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An introduction to methods, models and applications”. Springer Nature jointly published with Deltares and UNESCO-IHE, 2017.
2. Ramesha Chandrappa and Diganta B. Das, “Sustainable Water Engineering: Theory and Practice”. Wiley, 2014

References

1. P D Sharma, “Ecology and Environment”, Rastogi Publications, 2011.
2. Peter P. Mollinga, Ajaya Dixit, and Kusum Athukorala, “Integrated Water Resources Management: Global Theory, Emerging Practice and Local Needs”. Sage India, 2006.
3. Meir Russ, “Handbook of knowledge management for sustainable water systems”. Wiley_Blackwell, 2018
4. C.Wang and G. Fu, “Water-wise cities and sustainable water systems: concepts, technologies and applications”. IWA Publishing, 2021