Online Course on Water Resources for Agricultural Uses
This course provides you with a concise introduction to catchment hydrological processes covering both surface and groundwater systems. It gives a particular focus on water resources assessment in a catchment from the perspective of agricultural water use.
Prerequisites
A BSc or equivalent degree in water resources, hydrology, civil engineering, agricultural engineering or closely related fields.
Applications may also be considered from candidates who have a BSc degree in other than the fields mentioned above, but have work experiences in a relevant field and mathematics and physics education at the high school level.
Learning objectives
- Analyse groundwater flow to pumping wells in aquifers.
- Interpret hydrological time series data and carry out commonly required analyses.
- Estimate evapotranspiration and water demands for selected crops.
- Identify groundwater occurrence, flow and storage, estimate groundwater recharge and compute groundwater balance.
- Formulate plans for groundwater development.
- Describe fundamental hydrological processes and catchment water balance.
Course content
- Catchment hydrological processes: Hydrological cycle, precipitation to runoff processes, catchment water balance
- Hydrological data analysis: precipitation, discharge
- Evapotranspiration, soil water and crop water demand
- Groundwater resources assessment: Aquifer and parameters, groundwater movement, groundwater balance
- Groundwater flow analysis: steady-state groundwater flow to pumping wells in acquires
- Groundwater resources development: assessment of groundwater resources availability and formulation of plans for sustainable development
Scholarships
For the 2024 course there are up to 20 fellowships available to cover the course tuition fee.
You do not have to apply for this scholarship as all academically admitted candidates from Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan and Yemen are automatically taken into account for this the selection of the scholarship.
The selected candidates will be informed by email by 10 November 2024.
Course Coordinator
Shreedhar Maskey
Associate Professor of Hydrology & Water Resources
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