BARAERO, SHERNAN

PECUNDO, JOAN
SNA FRANCISCO, LEAH
BSCE – 5C
 Water is the fundamental requirement for life; more
immediately important than food, shelter, light or heat.
98% of the water on the planet (estimated at 326
million trillion gallons) is stored in the sea and too saline to be
of use. Of the remaining 2% which is fresh, 1.6% is locked in
polar ice caps and glaciers. The remaining 0.4% is
the water we have available to us
It is found in rivers and stored under the ground, as well as floating in
the air as vapour and locked within the cell structures of plants and
animals.
Humans use water for:
- drinking -washing
- recreation - amenity
- education - promoting ecology and biodiversity
- navigation - business
- agriculture
 Water Resource Engineering is about solving
problems to secure water for people, based on a
sound scientific understanding of hydrologic and
hydraulic processes. This includes protection from
excess water and from water shortage, as well as
providing sufficient water for a sustainable
environment.
 Water resource engineering is the management of
every part of the water cycle; form a drop of water
falling out of a cloud as rain to the point at which it
joins the sea.
The aim of water resource engineering is to
maximize the use of potable water as a finite and
precious resource.
 Water engineering spans the theoretical and the
practical. A water engineer prepares a hypothetical
calculation of multiple scenarios in which the
movement of water is modelled with key variables
changed in each such as elements of any design and
the volume of water. For a water engineer, success on
a project is the lack of failure.
Water engineers help teams to create designs which are:
- Sustainable
- Appropriate to the location (safe, accessible, not
likely to flood)
- Appropriate to the project’s current and future
requirements
- Sensitive to anticipated shifts in climate
- Supportive of the local ecology
Water engineers might work in the following areas:
- River engineering
- Water utility and network design
- Waterfront development
- Marine and coastal engineering
- Water resource management
- Flood risk management
 Water engineers undertake a range of specialist roles
on projects to enable water to be effectively managed. These
include:
* Hydraulic Modelling – using computational software
to model water flows in a river, coastal or even a
glacial environment
* Water Treatment – dealing in aerobic and anaerobic
biological and chemical characteristics and determining the
machinery required to purify water so it can be used for
irrigation or human consumption
* Network Modelling - analysing how water is collected
and distributed