ENGR.

TALHA AHMED
MS Water Resource Engineering and Management
(CUST)
talha.ahmed@cust.edu.pk

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Engineering Applications of Hydrology

Hydrology is the science of occurrence, movement, distribution and circulation of earth`s
water having interaction with the surrounding environment including living and nonliving
things.

It has a wide range of applications in this regard …

Planning, Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Water Resource Engineering Projects.

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Engineering Applications of Hydrology

• Hydraulic Structures (Dams, Barrages, Weirs, Canals, Levees etc.)
• Water Supply
• Waste Water Treatment
• Irrigation (Agricultural Areas)
• Drainage (Roads, Buildings, Airports, etc.)
• Hydropower generation
• Flood Control
• Erosion and Sediment Control
• Recreational Use of Water
• Fish and Wildlife Protection
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Engineering Applications of Hydrology

• In these projects Hydrological Investigations are carried out for the following necessary
factor
• Capacity of the storage structures.
• Magnitude of Flood flow to enable safe disposal of surplus flow
• Minimum and Maximum Flow available in various seasons.
• Interaction of flood waves and hydraulic structures like Dams, levees, barrages, and
bridges.
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Engineering Applications of Hydrology

• In these projects Hydrological Investigations are carried out for the following necessary
factor
• Capacity of the storage structures.
• Magnitude of Flood flow to enable safe disposal of surplus flow
• Minimum and Maximum Flow available in various seasons.
• Interaction of flood waves and hydraulic structures like Dams, levees, barrages, and
bridges.
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Hydraulics and Hydrology

Hydraulics Hydrology
Design of spillway to Determination of magnitude of design
pass a design discharge discharge
Storage requirement of a reservoir for Required draft during dry
water supply or irrigation & wet season
Stream flow design Effect of rainfall on
calculations magnitude of flow
Design of hydraulic Flood forecasting & effect of reservoir on
structures downstream flood flows
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Importance of Hydrology
• Overtopping and consequent failure of Earthen Dam.
• Failure of Spillway due to Surplus flow.
• Breaching of bridges and culverts due to excessive flow.
• The inability of large reservoirs to fill up with water due to overestimation of stream flow.
• Almost all phases of the hydrological cycle are non-uniformly distributed both in time and
space.
• It is necessary to study and interpret these variabilities with the aid of hydrologic studies.
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P&D of Water Resources Projects

• P&D of various Water Resources like Domestic, Industrial, and Agricultural water
Resources Projects include ..
• Levels in Planning
• Functional Requirements of Water Resources Projects
• Steps in Water Resources Planning and Development
• Environmental Aspects of Planning and Development
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P&D of Water Resources Projects

• Levels of Planning
• Local (Town) Level Planning
• Regional (District) Level Planning
• State (Province) Level Planning
• National (Country) Level Planning
• International Level Planning
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Local Level of Planning

• Local Level of Planning
• Planned for small areas like towns or village.
• Watershed (catchment) development plan of an area.
• Rainwater Harvesting Techniques.
• Check Dams, Underground, Surface, and Overhead Water supply tanks, and pipeline
network for villages or town.
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Regional Level of Planning

• Comparatively Large Area with several villages and Towns like a district.

• Water Supply Schemes

• Water Filtration Plants

• Construction of Irritation Schemes

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State (Province) Level of Planning

• Includes Planning and Development for several Districts.

• Watershed development plan of Sub basins of a river.

• Rivers, Canals, Dams, Headworks and utilization of water for different purposes is
considered
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National Level of Planning

• Includes Planning and Development for River Basins comprising many provinces.

• Watershed development plan of Sub basins of a river.

• Rivers, Dams, Barrages, Diversion Canals, Headworks, Canal Systems are considered in
this scale.
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International Level of Planning

• Rivers running across neighboring nations planning need at international levels.

• Transboundary water management is considered at this level.

• River Indus is one of the transboundary water body that needs planning between nations.
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