Hydrology and hydrogeology O13024

Course content:

The hydrological cycle, water balance of the Earth. Water resources. Catchment. Rivers, surface water networks. Lakes. Wetlands. Oceans. River gauging, river flow. Runoff, river regimes, drought and flood. Flood routing. Water balance. Water management. Water demand of economy. Groundwater. Chemistry of water. Hazards, degradation and protection of water resources. Classification (standards) of water.

(in Polish) Rodzaj przedmiotu

(in Polish) Obowiązkowy

Course coordinators

Piotr Kondratiuk

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes: Student describes and interprets both hydrological and hydrogeological phenomena and processes in connection with environmental conditions, determine basic hydrological parameters, identify water resource hazards. He knows basics of water resource protection and basic measurement techniques.

Assessment criteria

Teaching methods: lecture, project
Assessment: exam (lecture) - at least 60% correct answers of the test and 2/3 correctly defined terms, projects mark at least 3,0 (project)

Bibliography

a) basic references:
Bajkiewicz-Grabowska E., Mikulski Z., 2010. Hydrologia ogólna. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Byczkowski A., 1999. Hydrologia, t. I i II. Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa.
Domenico P.A., Schwartz F.W., 1990. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. Wiley, New York.
Macioszczyk A. (red. nauk.), 2007. Hydrogeochemia strefy aktywnej wymiany wód podziemnych. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Macioszczyk A. (red. nauk.), 2011. Podstawy hydrogeologii stosowanej. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.

b) supplementary references:
Bajkiewicz-Grabowska E., Magnuszewski A., 2009. Przewodnik do ćwiczeń z hydrologii ogólnej. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Kiciński i in., 1994. Materiały do ćwiczeń z hydrologii. Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa.
Mikulski Z., 1998. Gospodarka wodna. Wyd. Nauk. PWN, Warszawa.
Shaw E. M., 2005. Hydrology in Practice. Taylor & Francis. (e-book).