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

CO-PO Mapping

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