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ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY

Contact Details
Lec. Engr. Muhammad Umer
Phone: (051) 90854625
Email: engrumer@nice.nust.edu.pk
OFFICE: Room # 108, NICE Building.
OFFICE HOURS: Tue 1400 to 1600
Wed 1400 to 1600
Or any other time I am in office

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Why Water is so Important?

It is He who sends down rain from the
sky, from it you drink and out of it
(grows) vegetation on which you feed
your cattle
(Al-Nahl, vers-10)
 It is life line of all living creations
what Q’uran Says about this
“ We gave life to all creations from water”
 No community could exist without water - All old
cities and towns are on the banks of rivers/ and on
groundwater now.
 All deserts and water scarcity areas are with out life
yet today
 There are so many planets in this universe but
water is present only on this earth
 Now future wars are/will be on water

Did you know that;

A Between 5-6 litres

25 litres of water for a potato

184 litres of water for a bag of potato crisps

B Between 40 – 50 litres

2400 litres of water for a hamburger

C Between 135 –140 litres
a day • 15000 litres of water is needed to produce one kilo of beef and 94% of
that water is “green” – meaning it comes from rain that falls on crops and
ANSWER! BETWEEN 135-150 pastures, with marginal environmental impact

LITRES A DAY!

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CE-354 Engineering Hydrology
 Credit Hours (2.0 = 1.5 + 0.5)
 Part A – Surface Water Hydrology
 Part B – Groundwater Hydrology
COURSE OUTLINE
Part A – Surface Water Hydrology
1. Introduction
 Introduction
 Hydrological cycle
 Hydrologic equation
 Importance and practical applications of hydrology
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COURSE PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is:
 To introduce the principles of hydrology, including the
hydrological cycle and its impact on water resources
availability, catchment water balance, measurement of
catchment rainfall and its analysis, measurement of flow in
natural river channels.
 To introduce fundamentals of subsurface flow and
transport emphasizing the role of groundwater in the
hydrologic cycle and the relation of groundwater flow to
geologic structure.
COURSE OUTLINE
2. Precipitation
 Types of precipitation.
 Factors necessary for the formation of precipitation
 Measurement of precipitation
 Computation of Average Rainfall over a Basin
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COURSE OUTLINE
3. Runoff & Hydrograph
COURSE OUTLINE
 Runoff & Factors Affecting Runoff 4. Stream Flow Routing
 The phenomenon of flooding and its causes
 Computation of Runoff
 Frequency and duration analysis
 Characteristics of hydrograph
 Reservoir & channel routing
 Components of a hydrograph
 Methods of Stream Gauging
 Hydrograph separation
 Measurement of Stream Flow by Current Meter
 Estimation of maximum rate of runoff
 Unit Hydrograph
 S-curve
 Discharge estimation by probabilistic method

COURSE OUTLINE COURSE OUTLINE

 Part B – GROUND WATER HYDROLOGY
 Water Yielding Properties
 5. Basic Definitions & Law in Ground Water
 Ground Water Reservoir
Hydrology
 Aquiclude, Aquifuge, Aquifer & Types of Aquifer
 Darcy’s Law
 Aquifer as Reservoir
 Differential Equation governing Ground Water Flow
 Aquifer as Conduit
 Porosity, Specific Yield, Specific Retention, Storage
Coefficient, Permeability & Transmissibility

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COURSE OUTLINE COURSE OUTLINE

6. Well Hydraulics
7. Tube Well Construction

 Steady Radial Flow to Well in Confined & Unconfined

 Tube Well Types
Aquifers – Dupuits Theory
 Tube Well Construction
 Assumptions & Limitations of Dupuits Theory
 Well Losses
 Capacity of Well
 Interference among Wells

EH BOOKS REFERENCE BOOKS

TEXT BOOK:
 Ghumman, A. R. (2006) Engineering Hydrology: An
Introduction. Prosperous Pakistan Publishers, Lahore,
Pakistan
 Raghunath, H.M. (1988). Hydrology: Principles,
Analysis & Design. Wiley Eastern, India.
 Punmia, B.C. (1984). Irrigation & Water Power
Engineering. Standard Publishers Distributors, New
Dehli, India.
 Awan, N.M. (1981). Surface Water Hydrology, Vol 1.
National Book Foundation, Pakistan

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REFERENCE BOOKS (Contd..) Practicals

 Subramanya, K. (2008) Engineering Hydrology. 3rd
Edition. McGraw-Hill. No.
Practical

 Linsley R K, Kohler M A, and Paulhus L H (1988)

Investigation of the Effect of the Conditions of the Catchment Area and its Slope on
Hydrology For Engineers, Mcgraw Hill, Paperback - the Rainfall-Runoff Relationships
a. Long duration storm (t > tc) on dry catchment
1988, ISBN 1-5 b. Short duration storm (t < tc) on dry catchment
c. Short duration storm (t < tc) on saturated catchment
d. Short duration storm (t < tc) on impermeable catchment
e. Effect of catchment slopes on runoff hydrograph

6 Effect of Interflow on the Runoff Hydrograph

7 Simulation of Multiple and Moving Storms
8 Development of Cone of Depression for Single Well

Relative Grading
Theoretical/Instruction
75%
Assignments 10%
Quizzes10%
OHT Exams30%
End Semester Exam50%
Practical Work 25%
Laboratory Work 70%
Laboratory Attendance20%
Laboratory Report20%
Laboratory Quiz30%
Viva/Quiz 30%
Total 100%