COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WATER - RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4161 WATER - RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR CEM POLAT ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The context of the course aims to teach the need for water resources management,
management objectives and preferences, social, economical, legislative and
administrative dimensions of water resources management and its basic concepts and
philosophy. Another aim of the course is to teach the students basic aspects of
integrated river basin management within the context of system analysis approach
utilized since 70 s.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify water demands from different sectors.
2   To be able to identify basic technical terms and concepts related with water resources management.
3   To describe the necessity of the application of sustainability issues in water resources management.
4   To recognize the components of system approach utilized in water resources management.
5   To specify the structure of the objective and constraints functions in a water allocation problem which is modeled and to be optimized.
6   To be able to choose water policies fitting defined management objectives of water resources.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, purpose of the course, water potential and demand of Türkiye
2 Evaluation of sectoral water demands and uses
3 Social, economical, legislative and administrative dimensions of water uses, determination of indicators.
4 Designation of objectives and targets in water resources management.
5 Reliability of water supply and quality
6 Monitoring of indicators during planning and application phases. Hydro-meteorological monitoring networks and monitoring activities.
7 Water resources management (classical and integrated-adaptive approaches)
8 Databases, data reliability
9 Water balance and water quality simulation models
10 Water balance and water quality simulation models
11 Scenario development and DPSIR approach
12 Development of alternative decisions, decision-making progress, behaviors of decision-makers and stakeholders, trade-off relations.
13 Implementation of expert systems in integrated river basin management.
14 The general situation in Türkiye, Challenges and opportunities in water resources management philosophy (Role playing game by students)

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Su Kaynakları Sistemleri , Bayazıt, M., ITÜ 1994
Supplementary Book(s): Water Resource Systems Planning and Analysis , Loucks, D.P.;
Stedinger, J.R., Haith, D., Prentice-Hall, 1981

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The main teaching method is the comprehensive explanations of graphical presentations
which are uploaded to Lecturer s personal web page. The students are demanded weekly to
read and study the available Lecture notes and presentations before their attendance.
At the end of the semester two weeks are allocated to students for a role playing
game realized at the last week in order to demonstrate a water resources management
decision making progress under a given water allocation scenario by the lecturer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are evaluated by the questions posed during mid-term and final
exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to lectures is essential, all questions in the exam are related with the topics and details explained in lectures

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Cem Polat Çetinkaya cem.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced after the course schedule is determined.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Other activities within the scope of the atelier pratices 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 92

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.25
LO.34
LO.44
LO.5545
LO.6