Course Guide Book

Program Natural Resource Management

Degree B.Sc
Module Name Water Resource development NMNaRM2081
Module Number NMNaRM2081
Course Title Water Resources Planning and Management
Course Code NaRM2083
Instructor’s name and Sisay M.(M.Sc)
Contact Information
Course ECTS (CP) 4ECTs
Student Work Load Lecture Tutorial Lab /practical Home Total
in hours study
32 16 60 108
Course Information Academic Year 2014/15 Semester I
Meeting Day _____ Meeting Time____ Meeting Location________
Delivery Year & Year: II Semester: I
Semester
Pre-requisite(s) None
Course Status Major
Course Objectives: At the end of the course, students will be able to:
 Define what water resource planning and management mean
 Recognize various water resource problems
 Describe fundamentals of water use trends and categories necessary for water resources planning
 Discuss the planning process, its implementation activities and its various theoretical bases
 Understand the political and institutional context of water resources protection and management
 Distinguish the various planning tools as well as their applicability and usefulness
 Evaluate component(s) of a specific water resource planning project

Schedule
Weeks Topics to be Covered
1-3 1. Introduction
1.1. Water resources of the World
1.2. Global water availability and withdrawal
1.3. Water resource potential of Ethiopia
2. Water Resources System
2.1. Water resources systems
2.2. Components of water resources system
2.2.1. Geopolitical and institutional aspect
2.2.2. Hydro-physical and Ecological aspect
2.2.3. Infrastructure and Management aspect
2.2.4. Socio-cultural and Economic aspect
2.2.5. Health and Population
2.3. Water resources system assessment
2.3.1. Water resource vulnerability assessment
4-7 3. Integrated river basin development.
3.1. Concept of river basin and its development
3.2. River basins of Ethiopia
3.3. Integrated river basin development
3.4. Transboundary rivers basins and utilization
3.4.1. Geopolitics of transboundary river basins
3.4.2. Conflict management of transboundary river basins
3.4.3. Role of countries governance in transboundary river basins
5-8 4. Water Systems Analysis and Optimization
4.1. Basic Concepts & Definitions
4.2. Sustainable water resource utilization
4.3. Systems analysis techniques: simulation, optimization, other techniques
4.4. Optimization techniques of water resources
4.4.1. Linear Programming (LP)
4.4.1.1. Graphic methods
4.4.1.2. Simple method
4.4.2. Dynamic Programming (DP)
5. Water Resource Development
5.1. Single and multiple use
 5.2. Consumptive and non-consumptive use of water
5.3. Compatibility of different water use
5.4. Irrigation development
5.5. Water harvesting
5.6. Spring water dev’t
5.7. Ground water development
9-11 6. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)
6.1. Concepts and definitions
6.2. The need for IWRM
6.3. IWRM tools
6.4. Steps towards IWRM
6.5. Sustainability IWRM
7. Water Management Policy
7.1. The need for policy
7.2. Fundamental principle of water management policy
7.3. Policy on transboundary water
7.4. Policy on water supply and sanitation
7.5. Policy on hydropower policy
7.6. Policy on irrigation
12-14 8. Water Resource Planning
8.1. Planning approaches
8.2. Methods and levels of planning
8.2.1. Demands on water resource system
8.2.2. Basic information for planning
8.2.3. Feasibility and design
8.3. Concept of Master plan
8.4. Water resources project formulation
8.5. Institutional aspects of water resources planning in Ethiopia

Assessment/Evaluation
Assessment is carried out both as a continuous process during course delivery, which constitutes 50% weight in the
total mark and final exam, which constitutes maximum of 50%.
The assessment methods involved are summarized as follow:
 Continuous assessment [Quiz, Test results, Group assignment reports, Individual assignment reports, Practical
session participation/Field work or visit, Project work, Class activity
 Final exam
Attendance requirement: 85 % Lecture, 100% Practical
Possible Reference Materials
 PP Mujumdar,2005, Water Resources Systems Modeling Techniques and Analysis, McGraw-Hill publishing
company, New Delhi
 Goodman A. S. (1984): Principles of Water Resources Planning, Prentice Hall.
 Linslay, R. K., Franzini, J. B., Freyberg, D. L., and Tchobanoglous, G. (1992): Water
Resources Engineering, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill Inernational Editions.
Grading: as per the harmonized modular curriculum
Course Policy
All students are expected to abide by the code of conduct of students of the Senate legislation of the
University throughout this course. Academic dishonesty including fabrication, cheating and
plagiarism will not be tolerated and will be reported to concerned bodies for action. Class activities
will vary from day to day, ranging from lectures to discussions. Students will be active participants in
the class. You need to ask Questions and raise issues. I expect you to do all the assignments, if needs
to be, you are supposed to accomplish and submit on time.

Note on class attendance and participation: you are expected to attend class regularly. I will take
attendance on random days during the semester to ensure that students are coming to class. If you
miss more than 15% of the class attendance, you will not sit for the final examination. Please try to be
on time for class. I will not allow you to get in if you are late more than five minutes. I will often ask
questions during my lectures and hence active participation is essential.

Cell phone: cell phone must be disabled before you come to class. So please make sure that your cell
phone is turned off in the class room. You are responsible for all class announcements and changes.
All issues discussed in the class and assignments are part of the final examination question items.
Read the mentioned pages in the book indicated at each of the content of your course guide book to
gain comprehensive idea on the subject.