The global water cycle is considered from the student's perspective. With an interactive proposal, all aspects of the hydrological cycle are presented, but also unconventional resources and how to take advantage of resources and preserve them, from an integrative point of view. Students raise the concepts of good practice and exemplify some examples of bad practice in the world and discuss possible alternatives

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The student applies his previous knowledge to develop the global hydrological cycle, making visible the hydraulic works and the concepts of reuse with an engineering perspective and an environmentalist vision. See how the knowledge that students already have allows them to propose solutions to very complex problems of global scope. The methodology is to propose 4 real problems, 2 that are cases of bad management from the point of view of surface hydrology, and 2 of groundwater. Students work the cases in groups and propose solutions.

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The water cycle. Components: River, lakes, terrain. Cicle processes. basin characteristics. Basin hidrologic balance. Hydrograph characteristics

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Hydrograph splitting methods. Determination of the curve emptying a basin. Methods of capacity on a runway. Sample capacity of a channel. Determination of flow resistance coefficient. Parameter optimization. Hydrometric station. training

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Precipitation types. Measure rainfall. Instruments for measuring rainfall. The weather radar. Missing data. The hyetograph. Rain over an area. Arithmetic average. Thiessen polygons Method of Isohyets. Inverse square distance method. Curve of average mass in a watershed. Rainfall duration curve area. Area rainfall duration curve Probability. Assigning the return period. Relationship between the intensity duration and frequency (return period). Probability distributions. IDF Curves intensity-duration-return period.

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Runoff coefficient. Rational Formula. The isochrones. Time of concentration. exercise The rational method. Exercises

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Explain the most common types of design or project rainfall, according to types of rainfall in each geographical area

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Infiltration concept. The infiltration method SCS. Antecedent moisture conditions. Using the SCS method for determining the direct runoff hydrograph

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Regionalization of flow rates. Myers method. Method Francou-Rodier. The concept of Unit Hydrograph Synthetic unit hydrograph. The hydrograph of the SCS. The S curve and its application Unit hydrograph.

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Description of an avenue. Laminating a concept flood. Pulse method or spread in reservoirs. The Muskingum method or propagation channels.

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Movement of water in the hydrosphere. Aquifers and their types. Hydraulic head. Darcy';s Law. Hydraulic conductivity and porosity.

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The flow equation is posed as a mass balance. Boundary and initial conditions are defined. Some simple examples but with physical interest are solved Drawing of flow nets; calculation of well drawdowns; water balance; residence time calculations

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Know the equation not as a theoretical entity, but looking for its applicability to hydrological problems Students learn to draw flow nets with specific cases and to make the calculations corresponding to water balance from the networks.

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Well hydraulics in steady-state and transient conditions; inverse problem: parameter estimation: bounddary effects (image theory). Well construction details. Problems solved in class of calculation regarding well drawdown and hydraulic parameter estimation

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Estimate the pumping effects of a well on an aquifer under various conditions of proximity to other wells or contours; learn to estimate hydraulic parameters from pumping tests and understand the constructive details of a well

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Quality of a drinking water; hydrochemistry; aquifer pollution; solute transport processes Problem solving in hydrochemistry and aquifer pollution

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Evaluate a chemical analysis of water; obtain notions of hydrochemistry that allow to evaluate the effects of aquifer pollution and its possible evolution in the space and the time

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