CE385D

Water Resources Planning & Management

ASSIGNMENTS

TEXT: /Loucks, D. P. et al., Water Resource Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications

Book - Site:  http://www.wldelft.nl/rnd/intro/fields/water-management/book.html

Date

Topic

Reading

Homework

Due
Th, 8/27 Course Overview ( pdf)
Water Availability (part a pdf)
Loucks, Ch. 1
Shiklomanov
HW-1

Solution
9/3
T, 9/1 Water Availability (part b pdf)
Loucks, Ch. 2
 
Supplemental Reading:
     35 years of Water Policy,
    
Lund - Water Planning,
     US Federal Water Projects,
     US Principles & Guidelines,
     World Commission on Dams,

Th, 9/3 Water Res. Planning (pdf) (ppt)
 
Loucks, Ch. 3 HW-2
Supplemental Reading:
    Water Footprint
    McKinney WWF3
   
Ataniazova WWF3
9/22


T, 9/8 Water Res. Planning (Cont.)



Th, 9/10 Benefit - Cost Analysis (pdf) (ppt)
Loucks, Ch. 4.1-2

Econ Notes: Sec. 1
HW-3

Solution

Supplemental Reading:
     US OMB Circular 94
     ADB Cost Benefit Analysis
     Env. Def. Economic Principles
9/17
T, 9/15 Optimization (pdf) (ppt) Loucks, Ch. 4.3

Math Prog. Notes
HW-4

Solution
9/24
Th, 9/17 Optimization (Cont.)




T, 9/22 HW 2 Teamwork Problem



Th, 9/24 HW 2 Teamwork Problem (Cont.)

Optimization (Cont.)



T, 9/29 Simulation (pdf) (ppt)

Exam Review

Old Exam Problems
Loucks, Ch. 7.8.1, 7.9.2-5;

Loucks, Ch. 9.1-5;

Loucks, Ch. 10.6
HW-5

Solution
10/13
Th, 10/1 Exam - 1  Solution Includes material through Text Section 4.3 and Homework HW-4
 
T, 10/6 River Basin Simulation in WEAP (pdf)

Download WEAP

Inflow data

Demand data

HW-6
(WEAP Assignment)

Solution
10/20
Th, 10/8 Water Resources Economics (pdf) (ppt)
Economics Notes: Sec. 2-3

Loucks, Ch. 10.4
HW-7
(Econ Assignment)

Solution
10/27
T, 10/13 Water Resources Economics (Cont.)



Th, 10/15 River Basin Modeling (pdf) (ppt) Loucks, Ch. 7.1 & 7.2.1-3;

Loucks, Ch. 11.1-3

Project Proposal Instructions

Some Previous Projects

Project Teams Formed Today

Supplemental Reading:
    Loucks, App. A, Sec. 1-2
    Dinar et al., Ch. 10
(pdf)

T, 10/20 River Basin Modeling (Cont.)


Th, 10/22 Storage/Yield Functions (pdf) (ppt) Loucks, Ch. 4.5.1;

Loucks, Ch. 11.2.2
HW-8
(Stor/Yield Assignment)

Solution
11/3
T, 10/27 Storage/Yield Functions (Cont.)


Th, 10/29 Optimization using GAMS (pdf) (ppt) Intro to GAMS Notes

GAMS Download
(get Windows - 32 or 64 bit)

Eq1.txt

Eq2.txt

McKinney and Savitsky
HW-9

(GAMS Assignment)
This is a Teamwork Assignment, work in your project teams.


Solution
11/10
T, 11/3 Water Quality Management (pdf) (ppt) Loucks, Ch. 4.5.2;

Loucks, Ch. 12.1-4.3
Project Proposals Due Today
Instructions

HW-10
(LP and Multiobjective Assignment)


Solution

Supplementary Reading:

    US Drinking Water Standards

   Loucks, App. A, Sec. 2.7, 4.2
11/17
Th, 11/5 Water Quality Management (Cont.)
  
T, 11/10 Multiple Purposes (pdf) (ppt) Loucks, Ch. 10.1-5

Th, 11/12 Flood Management (pdf) (ppt) Loucks, Ch. 11.3.5

Loucks, App. D.
HW-11 12/1
T, 11/17
Flood Management (Cont.)



Th, 11/19 Flood Management (Cont.)
   

T, 11/24 Project Work  
 
 
Th, 11/26 Thanksgiving
   
T, 12/1 Exam Review

Old Exam Problems
 
 
Th, 12/3 Exam - 2 Includes material through and including Homework HW-11
M, 12/14 Project Presentations
Project Reports Due by email

McKinney | CE385D Civil Engineering | UT Austin

September 2007