COURSE DESCRIPTION

SWR1: Surface and subsurface Hydrology

The water balance concept, applied hydro-meteorology, hydrologic abstractions, basin geo-morphology, rainfall-runoff relationships, hydrologic models, watershed management, types and properties of aquifers, flow through porous media, groundwater monitoring, development & management.

SWR2: Water Resources Management

Water resources and their different uses, optimum use of rivers and their tributaries, dam and reservoir operations, short and long term forecasting, water resources economics, environmental management of rivers and their basins.

SWR3: Geography & Hydro-politics of Shared Water Resources

Characteristics of the physiography of large river basins, natural factors affecting the use of water resources, the development of the international system in the 20^th century, international and regional organizations and shared water resources, national hydro-politics of common river countries.

SWRD4: Economics and Management of Water Resources

Optimum use of rivers and their tributaries, dam and reservoir operations, short and long term forecasting, water resources economics, environmental management of rivers and their basins.

SWR5: Elective

Selected topics related to the economics of the development and management of water resources projects.

SWR6: River Engineering

River hydraulics, flow in non-prismatic sections, computer analysis of backwater curves, unsteady channel flow, sediment transport in river basins and natural waterways, hydraulic structures and their environmental impacts.

SWR7: Development, Planning and Utilization of the Nile Water.

Tributaries and sub-basins of the Nile, water balance of the different sub-basins, surface runoff -water levels -discharges relationships, existing water storage and conservation works, planned projects for the utilization of the Nile water.

SWR8: International Water Law

Historical background, basis of the international law for water, legal aspects of the international agreements concerning shared water resources, international water laws and agreements, the legal system of the Nile basin (case study).

SWRD9: EIA for Shared Water Resources Projects

Introduction to EIA, definitions, history, EIA procedures, base line environment, screening, scoping, impact assessment, mitigation measure, environmental management plan, environmental impacts on; surface water, ground water, air, noise impact, health impact, culture impact. Impact assessment methods, check list, simple matrix, stepped matrix, loops and networks. Environmental management plan.

SWR10: Applied Research and Seminar.

Each student is to prepare an independent study on a subject related to shared water resources. He or she will give an oral presentation and submit a comprehensive report on the subject selected. A series of lectures delivered by resource persons in engineering, geography, law, and hydro-politics will constitute a part of this course.

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