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
Please note! Students at Aalto are required to enroll in compulsory language studies. The workload is equal to 3 ECTS: Read more about the requirements here
Semester 1
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Semester 2
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Semester 3
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Semester 4
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Aalto
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Aalto
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DTU
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DTU
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WAT-E1100 Water & Environmental Engineering 15 ECTS
WAT-E2040 Surface Water Resources 5 ECTS
WAT-E2030 Hydrological Modelling 5 ECTS
WAT-E2010 Groundwater Hydrology 5 ECTS
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Electives: Choose 30 ECTS from list:
WAT-E3020 State of the World and Development 2 ECTS
WAT-E2090 Water and People in a Changing World 5 ECTS
WAT-E2060 Sustainable Built Environment 5 ECTS
WAT-E2080 Water and Governance 5 ECTS
WAT-E2110 Design and Management of Water and Wastewater Networks 5 ECTS
WAT-E2070 Sustainability Global Technologies (SGT) Studio 10 ECTS
WAT-E2120 Physical and Chemical Treatment of Water and Waste 5 ECTS
WAT- E2020 Environmental Hydraulics 5 ECTS
WAT-E2180 Biological Treatment of Water and Waste 5 ECTS
WAT-E3010 Special Course on Water & Environmental Engineering 5 ECTS
WAT-E2200 WAT Project Course 5 ECTS
WAT-E2130 Modelling and Control of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes 5 ECTS
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12104 Modelling of Environmental Processes (compulsory)
Suggested electives:
12122 Urban Drainage and Stormwater Management 5 ECTS
12245 Water Pollution 5 ECTS
12336 Groundwater Quality 5 ECTS
12109 Physico-Chemical Water Treatment Technologies 5 ECTS
Other Electives max 10 ECTS per semester
January 3 week elective courses
12240 Environmental management, Innovation and Ethics 5 ECTS
12124 Urban Flood Risk Assessment 5 ECTS
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Master's thesis 30 ECTS
June 3 week elective course
30574 Earth Observations for Monitoring 5 ECTS
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Start at DTU, thesis at Aalto
Please note! Students at Aalto are required to enroll in compulsory language studies. The workload is equal to 3 ECTS: Read more about the requirements here
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Semester 1
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Semester 2
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Semester 3
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Semester 4
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DTU |
Aalto |
Aalto |
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12104 Modelling of Environmental Processes (compulsory) 10 ECTS
Suggested electives
12245 Water Pollution 5 ECTS
12336 Groundwater Quality 5 ECTS
12122 Urban Drainage and Stormwater Management 5 ECTS
12109 Physico-Chemical Water Treatment Technologies 5 ECTS
Other Electives max 10 ECTS per semester
January 3 week elective courses
12240 Environmental management, Innovation and Ethics 5 ECTS
12124 Urban Flood Risk Assessment 5 ECTS
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12121 Water Supply (compulsory) 10 ECTS
Suggested electives
12115 Wastewater Treatment and Valorization 10 ECTS
12345 Observation, Modeling and Management of Water Systems 5 ECTS
12238 Priority Organic Pollutants- Transport, Distribution and Transformation 5 ECTS
12330 Contaminated Sites 10 ECTS
Other electives max 10 ECTS per semester
June 3 week electives
30574 Earth Observations for Monitoring 5 ECTS
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Optional studies*
*the course selection must be agreed with the programme director before enrolling for the courses
See list above |
X.thes Master's thesis 30 ECTS
ENG.matr Maturity test
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Please note! Students at Aalto are required to enroll in compulsory language studies. The workload is equal to 3 ECTS: Read more about the requirements here