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MZUZU UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

SYLLABUS

1. PROGRAMME : Master of Science in Water Resources Management


2. SUBJECT : Water Resources Management
3. LEVEL OF STUDY : 6
4. COURSE TITLE : Introduction to Water Resources Management
5. COURSE CODE : MSCWRM 6101
6. DURATION : 16 Weeks
7. PRESENTED TO : Senate
8. PRESENTED BY : Dean of Environmental Science
9. LECTURE HRS PER WEEK : 4
10. TUTORIAL HRS PER WEEK : 1
11. PRACTICAL HOURS : 0
12. INDEPENDENT LEARNING
HRS PER WEEK : 10

13. TOTAL COURSE CREDITS : 12


14. PRE-REQUISITE COURSE CODES: None
15. CO-REQUISITE COURSE CODES: None
16. DELIVERY METHODS:
16.1 Mode of Delivery: Face- to Face

16.2 Teaching Methods: Lectures and tutorials

17. ASSESSMENT METHODS: Two continuous tests


One end of semester examination

18. ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 40% Continuous


60% End of semester

19. AIM(S) OF THE COURSE:


 To enhance the knowledge and skills of the
students in Water Resources Management (WRM)
issues to help them design, plan, implement and
evaluate water related activities including academic
research, development projects and business.
 To develop an intuition in students in water
resources management
 Prepare students for subsequent courses in water
resources management

20. LEARNING OUTCOMES: A successful learner from this course will be


able to:
 Use common language of terms to conceptualise
water resources management issues
 Conceptualise water resources management research
idea
 Apply methods learnt in the context of water
resources management as a key to poverty
alleviation and public health

21. TOPICS OF STUDY: Review

 Concepts of WRM
 Terms & definitions
 Historical background
 Organisational/Individual successes
 Organisational/Individual challenges

Fundamentals

 Water resources as a hydrologic science


 Hydrologic cycle
 World water balance
 Water/hydrological Systems

Basic concepts

 System transformation
 Stochastic transformation
 Hydrologic system
 Watershed response
 Water balance equation
 Mass balance in hydrologic system

Precipitation

 Definitions
 Precipitation mechanisms
 Spatial representation
 Rainfall hyetographs
 Frequency analysis

Evapotranspiration

 What is evapotranspiration?- the process


 What are factors that affect evaporation
 How is evapotranspiration measured?
 How is evapotranspiration estimated?

Groundwater…the “hidden” resource

 Groundwater in a hydrologic cycle


 Aquifers main functions
 Diversity in groundwater occurrence
 Different hydrogeological environments
 Transboundary aquifers
 Groundwater flow
 Groundwater interaction with surface water
 Why groundwater management for river basins?

IWRM in groundwater management

 3- pillars of IWRM
 3- change areas
 Ecosystem sustainability
 Groundwater management resource setting
 Management instruments and measures

Project planning nd implementation

 Problem analysis
 Objective analysis
 Analysis of stakeholders
 Developing a log frame
 Limits of a log frame

22. Prescribed Texts

23. Recommended Texts


This course outline was approved by Senate on 24th August 2016

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