FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT

MFA 10603 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING

Semester 2 Session 2019/2020

Project Instruction

The significant increase in flooding that has been seen over the last few years is largely
due to changing physical characteristics of the hydrological system caused by human
activities: continued development of already densely populated flood plains,
encroachment on flood‐prone areas, destruction of forests and hill slopes
development. While urbanisation has increased the potential for hydrological
alterations and channel disturbances along streams by the expansion of built up areas,
and modification of natural channel through channelisation processes.

Flood losses are high, thus, the government appoints your company to seek for a
comprehensive solutions to overcome this issue. As an engineer, you are required to
provide a holistic and comprehensive engineered solutions. There are a few
components that need to be included in the report. The required components for the
conceptual solutions are:

1. Literature review on floods - find recent high impact journal papers

2. Background of study area - include images or photos (if available)
3. History of floods
4. Causes and effects of flood
5. Identification of flood area
6. Propose flood mitigation plan
(a) Structural approach
(b) Non-structural approach

2. Report Writing:

2.1 Format of report:

(a) Project report should be typed with 1.5 lines spacing, in 12-pt Times New
Roman.
(b) The report should not exceed 20 pages (including photos). All pages
(excluding cover and list of content) should be numbered (centered at the
bottom of the page).
2.2 Prepare a short video presentation to explain your work - There is no
restrictions on the style of the video.
2.3 Report and video presentation need to be submitted in soft copy.

Note: Please refer to your lecturer if any doubt arises during project implementation.
Be creative in reporting the project.

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 MFA 10603 Water Resources Engineering
Project Assessment Rubric

CLO1: Formulate the main concepts of water resources engineering from global perspective. (C5, PLO1)
Assessment Criteria Sub-criteria Level 1 2 3 4 5 Weight Score
Understand the causes and
Information Seeking/ C2 1.0
risks of floods
Selecting and
Identify the current
Report Evaluating C4 1.0
issues/problems
Method of monitoring and
Methodology C5 3.0
solving problems
Total (%) 5 /25.0

CLO2: Adapt water resources structure and management system conforming to regulatory requirement (P6, PLO5)
Assessment Criteria Sub-criteria Level 1 2 3 4 5 Weight Score
Technical
investigations on Descriptions on study area P1 2.0
study area
Information are clearly
Report & described including history
Utilizing information P3 3.0
Presentation of floods in that particular
area
Propose appropriate
Use/adapt appropriate
solutions based on a real P6 2.5
techniques
situation
Total (%) 7.5 /37.5

CLO3: Solve the problems of water resources project management and its application on engineering tasks according
to documented regulatory instruction (A5, PLO3)
Assessment Criteria Sub-criteria Level 1 2 3 4 5 Weight Score
Shows involvement (e.g.
Q&A session, attendance, A1 2.5
Involvement etc.)
Participation Demonstrate interests on the
A2 2.0
& subject matter
Presentation Demonstrate the importance
A3 2.0
of documented information
Convey spoken ideas
Presents a clear point of
A5 1.0
view
Total (%) 7.5 /37.5
Overall Marks (%) 20 /100