The Water Resources and Environmental Section is one of the longer portions of the AM to study for. However, it is an important section so make sure you study each topic. There will be 8 question on the morning portion.
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Teaching Notes
Hydraulics – Closed Conduit
- 1. Energy and or continuity equation (e.g., Bernoulli) for concept http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=QWEq3xifCDw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWEAQ8OqFP8 - 2. Pressure conduit (e.g., single pipe, force mains)
- 3. Closed pipe flow equations including Hazen-Williams, Darcy-Weisbach Equation – for concept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_RmvQz3QP8 - 4. Friction and/or minor losses
- 5. Pipe network analysis (e.g., pipeline design, branch networks, loop networks)
- 6. Pump application and analysis
Hydraulics – Open Channel
- 1. Open-channel flow (e.g., Manning’s equation) – Youtube Video; Manning’s Roughness Values
- 2. Culvert Design
- 3. Spillway capacity
- 4. Energy dissipation (e.g., hydraulic jump, velocity control)
- 5. Stormwater collection (e.g., stormwater inlets, gutter flow, street flow, storm sewer pipes)
- 6. Flood plains/floodways
- 7. Flow measurement – open channel
Hydrology
- 1. Storm characterization (e.g., rainfall measurement and distribution)
- 2. Storm frequency
- 3. Hydrographs application
- 4. Rainfall intensity, duration, and frequency (IDF) curves
- 5. Time of concentration
- 6. Runoff analysis including Rational and SCS methods
- 7. Erosion
- 8. Detention/retention ponds
Wastewater Treatment
- Collection Systems (e.g., lift stations, sewer networks, infiltration, inflow) – solutions to example
questions can be found at http://www.testmasters.com/water-treatment.html.
Water Treatment – Environmental Formulas
- Hydraulic Loading and Distribution Systems
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering :
Other Resources
- For Hydraulics (Closed conduit(pipes) and Open channel) review
- For Hydrology review