9780130812933

Designed to provide an up-to-date broad coverage of pertinent topics concerning water resource engineering. This book focuses on modern computer-based modeling and analysis methods, illustrating recent advances in computer technology and computational methods that have greatly increased capabilities for solving water resources engineering problems.Focuses on fundamental topics of hydraulics, hydrology, and water management. Water resources engineering concepts and methods are addressed from the perspective of practical applications in water management and associated environmental and infrastructure management. The focus is on mathematical modeling and analysis using state-of-the-art computational techniques and computer software.Appropriate as a reference in water resources engineering for practicing engineers.

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Wesley P. James has over 40 years of experience in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources engineering, working in federal agencies, private consulting, and universities Ralph A. Wurbs is a Professor in the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division with the Civil Engineering Department, Texas A&M University

Preface

ix

Introduction

1

(38)

Water Resources Engineering Disciplines

1

(2)

Water Management Sectors

3

(15)

The Water Management Community

18

(11)

Computer Models in Water Resources Engineering

29

(8)

Units of Measure

37

(2)

References

38

(1)

Hydrology

39

(68)

Water

40

(4)

Hydroclimatology

44

(11)

Atmospheric Processes

55

(3)

Precipitation

58

(10)

Evaporation and Transpiration

68

(8)

Units of Measure for Depth, Area, Volume, and Volumetric Rates

76

(4)

Watershed Hydrology and Streamflow

80

(9)

Subsurface Water

89

(2)

Erosion and Sedimentation

91

(1)

Water Quality

92

(7)

Climatic, Hydrologic, and Water Quality Data

99

(8)

Problems

102

(2)

References

104

(3)

Fluid Mechanics

107

(23)

Units

107

(1)

Properties of Water

108

(3)

Statics

111

(6)

Classification of Fluid Flow

117

(1)

Reynolds Transport Theorem

118

(1)

Dimensional Analysis

119

(4)

Conservation of Mass, Energy, and Momentum

123

(2)

Newton-Raphson Formula

125

(5)

Problems

126

(3)

Bibliography

129

(1)

Hydraulics of Pipelines and Pipe Networks

130

(122)

Basic Equations for Steady Flow

130

(9)

Pumps in Pipelines

139

(12)

Culverts

151

(5)

Pipelines Connecting Reservoirs

156

(9)

Pipe Network Systems

165

(33)

Unsteady Flow

198

(35)

Generalized Pipe System Simulation Models

233

(19)

Problems

234

(16)

Bibliography

250

(2)

Open Channel Hydraulics

252

(104)

Open Channels

252

(2)

Flow Classification

254

(1)

Uniform Flow

254

(7)

Critical Flow

261

(5)

Computing Normal and Critical Depth

266

(4)

Channel Design

270

(9)

Gradually Varied Steady Flow

279

(32)

Rapidly Varied Steady Flow

311

(13)

Unsteady Flow

324

(17)

Generalized Open Channel Hydraulics Models

341

(15)

Problems

341

(14)

Bibliography

355

(1)

Flood Routing

356

(52)

Hydrologic Routing

357

(12)

Kinematic Routing

369

(5)

Hydraulic Stream Routing

374

(11)

Dam Break Analysis

385

(6)

Watershed Routing

391

(7)

Generalized Flood Routing Models

398

(10)

Problems

398

(8)

References and Bibliography

406

(2)

Hydrologic Frequency Analysis

408

(54)

Hydrologic Random Variables and Data

408

(3)

Probability Relationships

411

(1)

Binomial Distribution and Risk Formula

412

(3)

Empirical Relative Frequency Relations

415

(2)

Analytical Probability Distributions

417

(7)

Frequency Graphs

424

(2)

Bulletin 17B Flood Frequency Analysis Methodologies

426

(6)

Other Flood Frequency Analysis Methods

432

(7)

Flow-Duration, Concentration-Duration, and Low-Flow Frequency Relationships

439

(4)

Reservoir/River System Reliability

443

(2)

Precipitation Frequency Analysis

445

(7)

Probable Maximum Storm

452

(10)

Problems

455

(5)

References

460

(2)

Modeling Watershed Hydrology

462

(72)

Watershed Hydrology

462

(2)

Watershed Models

464

(5)

Watershed Characteristics

469

(5)

Rational Method for Estimating Peak Flow

474

(3)

Separating Precipitation into Abstractions and Runoff

477

(11)

Unit Hydrograph Approach for Estimating Flow Rates

488

(14)

Erosion and Sediment Yield

502

(8)

Water Quality Modeling

510

(10)

Generalized Watershed Simulation Models

520

(14)

Problems

525

(6)

References

531

(3)

Groundwater Engineering

534

(88)

Subsurface Water

534

(4)

Basic Equations of Groundwater Flow

538

(19)

Wells

557

(19)

Flow Net Analysis

576

(8)

Numerical Methods

584

(18)

Groundwater Quality

602

(7)

Generalized Groundwater Models

609

(13)

Problems

610

(10)

Bibliography

620

(2)

Urban Stormwater Management

622

(87)

Stormwater Collection Systems

623

(15)

On-Site Detention Basins

638

(17)

Regional Detention Facilities

655

(8)

Water Quality

663

(27)

Flood-Damage Mitigation

690

(19)

Problems

697

(10)

Bibliography

707

(2)

Water Resources Systems Analysis

709

(60)

The Systems Philosophy

709

(2)

Economic Analysis

711

(9)

Simulation of Flood Damage Reduction Systems

720

(9)

Simulation and Optimization

729

(2)

Linear Programming (LP)

731

(20)

Network Flow Programming

751

(2)

Zero-One Integer Programming

753

(16)

Problems

756

(11)

References

767

(2)

River Basin Management

769

(52)

River Basin Systems

770

(1)

Dams, Reservoirs, and Associated Facilities

771

(11)

Water Rights and Water Allocation Systems

782

(10)

Water Quality Management

792

(4)

Ecosystem Management

796

(2)

Rivers and Reservoirs of the World

798

(4)

Major River/Reservoir Systems in the United States

802

(14)

River Basin Management Computer Models

816

(5)

References

819

(2)

Index

821

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Effective management of water resources, locally, regionally, and globally, is crucial for human welfare, economic prosperity, and environmental vitality. The professional field of water resources engineering is concerned with solving problems and meeting needs associated with municipal, industrial, and agricultural water supply and use, water quality in streams and aquifers, erosion and sedimentation, protection of ecosystems and other natural resources, recreation, navigation, hydroelectric power generation, stormwater drainage, and flood damage mitigation. This textbook is designed for a basic course in water resources engineering focusing on fundamental topics of hydraulics, hydrology, and water management. It is also appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and as a reference for practicing engineers. Water resources engineering concepts and methods are addressed from the perspective of practical applications in water management and associated environmental and infrastructure management. The focus is on mathematical modeling and analysis using state-of-the-art computational techniques and computer software. The book is based largely on the authors'' combined total of more than 40 years experience in teaching the required undergraduate civil engineering course at Texas A&M University entitled Water Resources Engineering and other undergraduate and graduate courses that build on this course. The book reflects ideas formulated by the authors and their colleagues and students for updating and improving these courses. It is designed to provide broad coverage of pertinent topics with flexibility for adaptation to the spectrum of ways that individual courses and sequences of undergraduate and graduate courses are organized at various universities. The first three chapters are introductory overviews of the professional practice of water resources engineering (Chapter 1), the science of hydrology (Chapter 2), and fundamentals of fluid mechanics (Chapter 3). Chapters through 9 each focus on specific aspects of water resources engineering design and analysis, including pressure conduit hydraulics, open channel hydraulics, hydraulic and hydrologic routing, frequency analysis, watershed modeling, and groundwater engineering. In Chapter 10, selected methods from previous chapters are applied to urban stormwater management. Chapter 11 is an introduction to the application of systems simulation, optimization, and economic evaluation techniques in water management decision-making. Chapter 12 introduces practices and issues of comprehensive river basin management. Chapters 1, 2, and 12 provide a broad qualitative overview of hydrology and water resources management. Chapter 3 reviews basic principles of fluid mechanics. The hydrologic and hydraulic analysis concepts and computational methods presented in Chapters 4 through 10 are applied in professional practice as components of computer models that simulate natural and constructed water systems. Chapter 11 integrates economic and systems analysis methods, along with hydrologic and hydraulic engineering methods, in a broader systems view of water resources planning and management. The chapters can be covered in essentially any order, subject to the following considerations. Students using the text will likely have already completed a course in fluid mechanics and may not need Chapter 3. However, because hydraulics is built on fluid mechanics, a brief review of basic fluid mechanics concepts is presented in Chapter 3 prior to addressing hydraulics in depth in Chapters 4-6 and 9-10. The basic overview of hydrology presented in Chapter 2 is prerequisite for Chapter 7, "Hydrologic Frequency Analysis," and Chapter 8, "Modeling Watershed Hydrology," and also provides an introduction for Chapter 9, "Groundwater Engineering." Chapter 10, "Urban Stormwater Management," applies methods from all of the hydrology and hydraulics chapters. Chapter 1 is the only prerequisite chapter for Chapters 11 and 12. Although Chapters 11 and 12 complement each other, either may be covered without the other. Sufficient material is provided for multiple courses, particularly if supplemented by the computer models discussed in the book. The text may be used for courses in hydrology, hydraulics, urban stormwater management, and water systems planning and management, as well as for a fundamental first course in water resources engineering. A set of computer programs developed in conjunction with the text enhances understanding and application of computational methods. Modeling capabilities provided by generalized simulation models developed by federal water agencies and other entities greatly contribute to water resources engineering practice and play an important role in education. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of our students and colleagues at Texas A&M University in shaping our perspectives on the subject matter of this book. We join the publisher in thanking the following reviewers for their thoughtful comments during the development of the manuscript: Paul C. Chan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida, and Thomas C. Piechota, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Mrs. Joyce Hyden typed much of the manuscript, proficiently as always. Finally, we thank our wives, Keri and Karen, for their enduring patience and support during the project. RALPH A. WURBS WESLEY P. .LAMES

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