WATER

RESOURCES
Lecture 1
Water Resources Engineering is concerned
Utilization of water
◦ Irrigation
◦ Water Supply
◦ Hydro electric power
Water Resources Engineering is concerned
Control of water
◦ Flood control
◦ Land Drainage
◦ Sewerage
◦ Bridge construction
Water Resources Engineering is concerned
Water quality management or pollution control
Maintain the required quality of water for municipal and irrigation uses to preserve environment and ecological
balance
Classifications and uses of water
Domestic
Municipal
Irrigation
Power generation
Fisheries
Livestock raising
Industrial
Recreational
Other purposes
Domestic
◦ Use of water for domestic purposes is the utilization of water directly drawn from a source by a
household for drinking, washing, bathing, cooking, watering of gardens or animals and other domestic
uses.
Municipal
◦ Use of water for municipal purposes is the utilization of water for supplying the water requirements of a
community, whether by piped or bulk distribution for domestic and other uses, direct consumption, the
drawer or abstractor of which being the national government, its subsidiary agencies, local government
units, private persons, cooperatives or corporations.
Irrigation
◦ Use of water for irrigation is the utilization of water for producing agricultural crops.
Power generation
◦ Use of water for power generation is the utilization of water for producing electrical or mechanical
power.
Fisheries
◦ Use of water for fisheries is the utilization of water for the propagation and culture of fish as a
commercial enterprise or any other aqua-culture ventures.
Livestock raising
◦ Use of water for livestock raising is the utilization of water for large herds or flocks of animals raised as
a commercial enterprise.
Industrial
◦ Use of water for industrial purposes is the utilization of water in factories, industrial plants and mines
including the use of water as an ingredient of a finished product.
Recreational
◦ Use of water for recreational purposes is the utilization of water for swimming pools, bath houses,
boating, water skiing, golf courses and other similar facilities in resorts and other places of recreation
Water Resources in the Philippines
• Just over a third or 36 percent of the country’s river systems are classified as sources of public water
supply:
• Up to 58 percent of groundwater sampled is contaminated with coliform and needs treatment;
• Approximately 31 percent of illness monitored for a five-year period were caused by water-borne
sources; and
• Many areas are experiencing a shortage of water supply during the dry season.