Water Resources Management
Human society is linked to the nature and its waters:
- Water is a vital resource
- Water resources are exposed to environmental impacts
The water resource management study track promotes sustainable use of water and advances assessment and prediction of the status of the water environment. The objective is to produce quantitative information regarding availability and quality of water as well as hydrological extremes. The curriculum of courses covers computational hydrology and hydraulics, environmental hydraulics and environmentally sound hydraulic engineering, and quantitative water quality assessments within a catchment.
Encountered problems relate to water balance across spatial and temporal scales and impacts of human activities on the quantity and quality of water in its cycle. Assessment of water cycle lies in the quantitative description of water balance components, such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, snow accumulation and melt, soil and ground water flow, runoff generation, and storage and transport of water in channels and reservoirs. Assessment of hydrological and hydraulic processes links to studies concerning water quality, environmental loads to natural waters, sediment and nutrient processes, and ecological systems.
After completing the Water Resource Management study track a student is able to:
- recognize the key thematic components in water resources engineering
- understand the principles of the hydrological cycle and flow of water in natural and constructed environments, including quantitative estimates of the water fluxes
- explain and apply key technical methods (e.g. modelling, statistics, GIS) related to water and environmental engineering
- deal with the uncertainty and different orders of magnitude related to the measurements, data analysis and modeling
Two options are available for this study track, depending on where you begin your degree:
Start at Aalto, thesis at DTU
Year 1: Aalto
|
Course number |
Course name |
Credits |
Semester/period |
WAT-E1011
|
Water & Environment
|
10 |
I |
WAT-E1030
|
Computational Methods in Water and Environmental
Engineering
|
5
|
I
|
WAT-E2010
|
Groundwater Hydrology
|
5
|
II
|
WAT-E2030 |
Hydrological Modelling
|
5 |
III |
WAT-E2040 |
Surface Water Resources
|
5 |
IV |
|
|
|
|
Elective
|
Choose from the list below
|
25
|
I-V |
|
State of the World and Development L
|
2 |
I |
|
Urban Water Systems
|
5 |
II |
|
Sustainability in Environmental Engineering
|
5 |
II |
|
Sustainable Built Environment
|
5 |
II |
|
Water and Governance
|
5 |
III |
|
Design and Management of Water and Wastewater Networks
|
5 |
IV |
|
Sustainability Global Technologies (SGT) Studio
|
10 |
III-V
|
|
Physical and Chemical Treatment of Water and Waste
|
5 |
III |
|
Environmental Hydraulics
|
5 |
IV |
|
Biological Treatment of Water and Waste
|
5 |
IV |
|
Special Course on Water & Environmental Engineering
|
5 |
I-V |
|
Water and People in a Changing World
|
5 |
V |
|
Modelling and Control of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
|
5 |
V |
Year 2: DTU
|
12326
|
Field Course in Applied Geophysics
|
5
|
Aug
|
12245
|
Water Pollution |
5 |
Fall (E5B) |
12336 |
Groundwater Quality |
5 |
Fall (E4A) |
|
Electives - choose from list of Technological Specialization Courses, MSc Env Engineering
|
5
|
Fall
|
12240
|
Environmental Management and Ethics
|
5
|
Jan
|
|
MSc thesis
|
30
|
Spring/Jun
|
Start at DTU, thesis at Aalto
Year 1: DTU
|
Course number |
Course name |
Credits |
Semester/period |
12104
|
Modelling of Environmental Processes and Technologies
|
10
|
Fall (E3)
|
12245
|
Water Pollution |
5 |
Fall (E5B)
|
12336 |
Groundwater Quality |
5 |
Fall (E4A) |
|
Electives - choose from list of Technological Specialization Courses, MSc Env Engineering
|
5-10
|
Fall
|
12240
|
Environmental Management and Ethics
|
5
|
Jan
|
12237
|
Chemicals in the Environment
|
10
|
Spring (F1)
|
12333 |
Water Resources Management |
5 |
Spring (F7) |
|
Electives
|
10
|
Spring
|
12331
Or
12326
|
Field investigations of contaminated sites
Field Course in Applied Geophysics
|
5
5
|
June
Or
Aug
|
Year 2: Aalto
|
|
Groundwater Hydrology
|
5
|
II
|
|
Elective (see the list above)
|
25
|
Fall
|
|
MSc thesis
|
30
|
Spring
|