An understanding of rainfall, evapotranspiration, runoff, groundwater recharge, groundwater storage, and groundwater movement is essential for those involved in the science, engineering or management of the water environment. This course provides a conceptual and quantitative understanding of surface and groundwater hydrology as a basis for later applied studies of water quality, water engineering, and water management.

 

At a glance

  • Dates
    • 06 May 2025
    • 13 May 2025
    • 20 May 2025
    • 27 May 2025
  • Duration12 hours over four 3 hour sessions
  • LocationOnline
  • Cost£500 Concessions available

Course structure

This course is delivered via a mixture of online lectures, break-out group activities and discussions

What you will learn

On successful completion of this short course you will be able to:

  • Explain the processes governing the surface and sub-surface movement of water within a catchment.
  • Select and apply appropriate measurement techniques and understand their measurement uncertainty.
  • Analyse and interpret a range of hydro-meteorological data.
 

Core content

  • Water balances as a basis of sustainable water management
  • Land-atmosphere interactions: measurement of precipitation amount and intensity. Interception and depression storage.  Reference, potential and actual evapotranspiration,
  • Understanding variability in soil water storage in space and time and implications for hydrology; runoff processes.
  • Discharge measurement; velocity area methods. Structures; hydraulic principles of weirs & flumes. Stage measurement. Rating curves and other methods.
  • Groundwater: Aquifer properties; recharge, groundwater movement, groundwater flow; conduct and analysis of pumping tests including limitations and assumptions.

Concessions

You can book a single course or any combination of the courses offered in Water Management May in the same year, and benefit from discounts.

  • One course: £500
  • Two courses: (£450 per course)
  • Three+ courses: (£350 per course)

Read our Professional development (CPD) booking conditions.