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 793-128 Management of Water Resources

Credit Points

5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr T Clift

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

Lectures 12 hours; practical 12 hours

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to enable students to develop the skills and knowledge in relation to the management of water resources.

The content includes: Farm water resources available above or below ground. Water quality and its suitability to livestock, domestic or irrigation uses. Estimation of water yield from catchments. Determining the needs of livestock and other domestic uses. Water storages, their design and suitability to varying topography and use situations. Understanding water hydraulics and the principles of pumps, pumping and pipe flow. Water reticulation systems, their design and automation. Surveying as applied to water management. The principles of irrigation and the extent and use of irrigation in Australian agriculture.

Assessment

Internal students - Assignment of 1500 words (50%); two hour examination (50%). External students - Assignments of 3000 words (100%)

Prescribed Texts
  • (for external students) Nelson K D (1985), Design and Construction of Small Earth Dams. Melbourne, Inkata. State Electricity Commission (Victoria) (1991).
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