HYD243 Water Res. Plann. & Manag.

Water Resources Planning and Management

HYD 243 - EBS 243

ADD 1 CREDIT: HYD 298 (CRN 47524)

This class focuses in an integrated water resources management approach for every sources of water and type of use, showing fundamental concepts for every aspect of coupled human and natural systems, as well as the fundamentals of decision-making processes. Programming techniques to water resources planning, analysis and management.

Key concepts learned in this class are:

Integrated water resources management
Natural flow regimes
Surface water and groundwater modeling and calibration
Performance criteria for water resources systems
Engineering economics
Agriculture hydrology and water needs
Urban hydrology and water needs
Environmental flows and environmental water management
Reservoir operations and re-operations
Groundwater management and aquifer recharge
Conjunctive use of water
Shared vision and collaborative modeling
IWRM and decision making processes
Holistic Water resources management

Lectures: 5:10 – 6:30 pm Monday and Wednesday. Location: Hunt Hall 110

Professor: Samuel Sandoval Solis. Email: samsandoval@ucdavis.edu
Office hours: Wednesdays 1:00 - 2:00 pm. Veihmeyer Hall 135.
For an appointment please sign in: https://calendly.com/samsandoval/office-hours
For other times, please send an email to the instructor

Grading: 60% Exercises (Ex.) and Readings (Rd.). Late submission -10%/day
40% Term project.

Term project: Template.
  Abstract/Main idea (1/2 – 1 page)
  Work plan (1-2 pages)
  Literature Review
  Methods
  Preliminary Results
  Final Report: Executive Summary/abstract (1 page)
  Report (7 pg. not less, not more. Not including citations) May 26^th
  Presentation (10 min) due May 26^th and June 2^nd

Readings: Register here for selecting your reading assignments and podcast assignments

Field Trip: Register here for the field trip and read the following instructions for where we are going, agenda and logistics

Data: California Water databases, useful Link, videos and books (link)

Class Calendar

	Instruction Begins Monday March 28, 2022		What's due?
Week	Date	Session	Reading & podcast	Homework	Term Project
Introduction to Water Resources Management
1	Mon 3 Apr	Discussion of Syllabus and logistics of the class (Presentation, Video)
1	Wed 5 Apr	Introduction to Water Resources Management (Presentation, Video 1 & 2)	Rd. 1 Pod. 1
Environmental Flows
2	Mon 10 Apr	Principles of Environmental Flows (Video 1 and 2, podcast)	Rd. 2 Pod. 2
2	Wed 12 Apr	Streamflow Completion and, Unimpaired and Naturalized Flows (Presentation, Video, Example file)	Rd. 3 Pod. 3	Ex. 1
Input Data and Simulation Models
3	Mon 17 Apr	Control volumes, conservation of mass & water budgets (Handout, Video, Excel)	Rd. 4 Pod. 4
3	Wed 19 Apr	Water Resources Modeling & Principles: Simulation (Video, Presentation).		Ex. 2	Abstract, Introduction & Objectives
Water Allocation Systems and Goodness of Fit
4	Mon 24 Apr	Water Rights and Allocation Systems (WR 1 and 2, Handout 1 and 2). Podcast 1 & 2.	Rd. 5 Pod. 5
	Wed 26 Apr	Modeling calibration, verification and validation.	Rd. 6 Pod. 6	Ex. 3
	29, 30 Apr	Field Trip - Hopland REC. Register here
Water in California and Performance Criteria
5	Mon 1 May	Water in California (Presentation, Video part 1 and 2)	Rd. 7 Pod. 7
5	Wed 3 May	Performance Criteria	Rd. 8 Pod. 8	Ex. 4
Cost - Benefit and Risk Analysis
6	Mon 8 May	Reservoir re-operation (Presentation)	Rd. 9 Pod. 9
6	Wed 10 May	Cost Benefit Analysis (Presentation, Video)		Ex. 5	Lit. Review & Methods
Water Resources Modeling: Principles of Optimization
7	Mon 15 May	Groundwater Management & Conjunctive use of Water (Video 1, 2 and 3, Podcast 1 2 & 3)	Rd. 10 Pod. 10
	Wed 17 May	Optimization Modeling (Video, handout, Presentation)		Ex. 6
	Fri 19 May	Bay Delta Tour. 7am - 7pm (Mandatory). Register here
Risk Analysis and the Role of Scientist in Decision Making Process
8	Mon 22 May	Risk Analysis and Expected Monetary Value (Presentation, Video)
8	Wed 24 May	Role of Scientist in Decision Making (Video, Podcast 1 & 2) and Environmental Justice (Video 1, 2 and 3)	Rd. 11 Pod. 11	Ex. 7	Preliminary Results
Project Presentation
9	Mon 29 May	No class - Memorial Day Holiday
9	Wed 31 May	Term Project Presentation		Ex. 8
Project Presentations
10	Mon 5 Jun	Term Project Presentations
10	Wed 7 Jun	Term Project Presentation			Final Report

Other recommended videos: Agriculture and Food System (Video 1, 2 and 3, Podcast 1 & 2). Optional videos 1, 2, and book.

Assignments

Instructions to join Hydrolearn Use this Template to submit Your Water Plan	Due Date
Ex. 1: Hydrolearn Modules: - Introduction (Tutorial, pdf) - Components of the Water Budget: Introduction Environmental Water Needs (Tutorial, sheet, pdf)	Apr/12
Ex. 2: Hydrolearn Modules: - Components of the Water Budget: Urban and Rural Water Demands (Tutorial, sheet)	Apr/19
Ex. 3: Hydrolearn Modules: - Components of the Water Budget: Agricultural Demand (Tutorial, sheet)	Apr/26
Ex. 4: Hydrolearn Modules: - Components of the Water Budget: Water Budget and Water Plan Summary: Baseline Water Budget (Tutorial, sheet)	May/3
Hydrolearn Ex. 5. Modules: - Alternative Water Management Strategies (Tutorial, sheet)	May/10
Ex. 6: Cost – Benefit Analysis (Data, Tutorial, Video)	May/17
Ex. 7: Optimization Modeling (Data and Tutorial)	May/24
Ex. 8: Risk Analysis and Expected Monetary Value (Data, Tutorial)	May/31

Reading List

Reading	Extent	Due Date
Rd 1: Loucks and Van Beek 2017:Download book	pg 28 - 45	Apr/5
Rd 2: Environmental Flows	Natural Flow Regime, Functional Flows 1, 2, ELOHA , CEFF,	Apr/10
Rd 3: Data Completion and removing human alteration	Vogel, Kadir and Wurbs	Apr/12
Rd 4: Water Budgets. DWR. Handbook, Ukiah	Budget Diagrams	Apr/17
Rd 5: Water Rights in California	Summary (1, 2, and 3), Allocation(Sandoval-Solis 2019) Daner et al. Section 2.5 (pg 31 - 34)	Apr/24
Rd. 6: Model Calibration, validation and verification	Nash Sutcliffe: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5	Apr/26
Rd. 7: California Water PPIC. Brochures	All brochures	May/1
Rd. 8: Performance Criteria	Hashimoto et al. (1982), Sandoval-Solis et al. (2011)	May/3
Rd. 9: Reservoir re-operation	Reservoir sizing, Example, FIRO, Death to Rule Curves, Re-op for Eflows	May/8
Rd. 10: Groundwater Management	Community-based Conservation SGMA, MAR in California, FloodMAR	May/15
Rd. 11: Groundwater Pollution	Podcast 1 & 2. Nitrate Contamination in California, Sustainable for Whom?	May/31

Listening List

Podcast	Theme	Podcast	Due Date
Pod. 1:	Water systems, Fire and Drought	(a)Slow Water, and (b) Indigenous Water and Fire, (c) Drought and disease in the Sierra	Apr/5
Pod. 2:	Water Management for the Environment	(a) Functional Environmental Flows, (b) Beavers, and (c) Wild Horses	Apr/10
Pod. 3:	Indigenous perspective of Water	(a) Decolonizing Water part 1 and (b) part 2	Apr/12
Pod. 4:	Urban Water Management	(a) Urban Water 101, (b) Watering Urban Spaces and (c) Urban Gardening	Apr/17
Pod. 5:	Indigenous and Colonial Water Rights	(a) California Native Water Rights and (b) Colonial Water Rights	Apr/24
Pod. 6:	Agricultural Water Management	(a) Small Farms, (b) Agriculture in the Delta, (c) San Joaquin Valley and (d) Imperial/Mexicali Valley	Apr/26
Pod. 7:	Water Policies, Diplomacy and Leadership	(a) Water inheritance, (b) Drought Management, and (c) Water Diplomacy	May/1
Pod. 8:	Under-represented communities and Water	(a) Advancing Water Justice and (b) Climate Justice	May/3
Pod. 9:	Dams, and Storage of water in Soils	(a) History of Dams, (b) Soil and water, and (c) Cover Crops	May/8
Pod. 10:	Sustainable Groundwater Management	(a) Water Reforms and (b) Water Education	May/15
Pod. 11:	Human Right to Water	(a) Human right to water and SGMA, (b) Water Insecurity, and (c) Env. Justice in the San Joaquin Valley	May/31