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This course is designed as the upper level course for students electing to major in water engineering. Engineers involved in surface water participate in a broad range of activities. These activities include the assessment, design, operation and management of infrastructure associated with flooding and catchment runoff as well as water storages. To effectively engage in these activities, engineers need to understand Australian surface water issues and the various frameworks that influence and govern water management. The course also introduces students to a selection of industry-standard simulation models available to practicing engineers. Material presented in the earlier courses under the segregated headings of hydraulics and hydrology is integrated in ENV4107. The course assignments make use of typical water management problems to enhance learning outcomes.

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. understand and discuss the major surface water issues facing Australia;
2. identify and comprehend the range of management frameworks that apply to surface water management including those that are socio-economic, legislative, catchment-based and water cycle-based;
3. describe First Nations’ values of water in Australia;
4. explain how flooding, catchment runoff and water storages are managed within the Australian context;
5. identify and select appropriate modelling tools to evaluate surface water issues including the impact of climate change on streamflows;
6. understand the basic principles of water model calibration and validation;
7. solve, via case study assignments, a selection of water management problems by using industry-standard software packages.