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
Environmental, Social and Water Justice
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 1:30 - 2:30 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: 50% Exercises (Ex.), 10% Readings (Rd.), 10% Podcast assignment (Pd.). Late submission -10%/day
30% 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 31, 2025		What's due?
Week	Date	Session	Reading & podcast	Homework	Term Project
Introduction to Water Resources Management
1	Mon 31 Mar	Discussion of Syllabus and logistics of the class (Presentation, Video)
1	Wed 2 Apr	Introduction to Water Resources Management (Presentation, Video 1 & 2)	Rd. 1 Pod. 1
Environmental Flows and Water In California
2	Mon 7 Apr	Principles of Environmental Flows (Video 1 and 2, podcast)	Rd. 2 Pod. 2
2	Wed 9 Apr	Water in California (Presentation, Video part 1 and 2)	Rd. 3 Pod. 3	Ex. 1	Defining Your Research Project
Input Data and Model Assessment
3	Mon 14 Apr	Control volumes, conservation of mass & water budgets (Handout, Video, Excel)	Rd. 4 Pod. 4
	Wed 16 Apr	Streamflow Completion and, Unimpaired and Naturalized Flows (Presentation, Video, Example file)	Rd. 5 Pod. 5	Ex. 2	Abstract, Introduction & Objectives
	19 & 20 Apr	Optional - Fieldtrip Hopland. Register Here
Wat. Res. Modeling: Simulation and Allocation Systems
4	Mon 21 Apr	Water Resources Modeling & Principles: Simulation (Video, Presentation). Water Rights and Allocation Systems (WR 1 and 2, Handout 1 and 2). Podcast 1 & 2.	Rd. 6 Pod. 6
4	Wed 23 Apr	Randy Dahlgren Presentation		Ex. 3
Goodness of Fit and Performance Criteria
5	Mon 28 Apr	Modeling calibration, verification and validation.	Rd. 7 Pod. 7
5	Wed 30 Apr	Performance Criteria	Rd. 8 Pod. 8	Ex. 4
Reservoirs Re-operation and Cost - Benefit Analysis
6	Mon 5 May	Reservoir re-operation (Presentation) - Scenarios Evaluation	Rd. 9 Pod. 9
	Wed 7 May	Cost Benefit Analysis (Presentation, Video)		Ex. 5	Lit. Review & Methods
	Fri 9 May	Mandatory - Field Trip Bay Area. Register Here
Groundwater Management and Optimization Modeling
7	Mon 12 May	Groundwater Management & Conjunctive use of Water (Video 1, 2 and 3, Podcast 1 2 & 3)	Rd. 10 Pod. 10
7	Wed 14 May	Optimization Modeling (Video, handout, Presentation)		Ex. 6
Risk Analysis and the Role of Scientist in Decision Making Process
8	Mon 19 May	Risk Analysis and Expected Monetary Value (Presentation, Video)	Rd. 11 Pod. 11
8	Wed 21 May	Role of Scientist in Decision Making (Video, Podcast 1 & 2) and Environmental Justice (Video 1, 2 and 3)		Ex. 7	Preliminary Results
Project Presentation
9	Mon 26 May	No class - Memorial Day Holiday
9	Wed 28 May	Term Project Presentation		Ex. 8
Project Presentations
10	Mon 2 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/2
Rd 2: Environmental Flows	Natural Flow Regime, Functional Flows 1, 2, ELOHA , CEFF,	Apr/7
Rd 3: Data Completion and removing human alteration	Vogel, Kadir, Wurbs, Sandoval-Solis et al.	Apr/9
Rd 4: Water Budgets. DWR. Handbook, Ukiah	Budget Diagrams	Apr/14
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/16
Rd. 6: Model Calibration, validation and verification	Nash Sutcliffe: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5	Apr/21
Rd. 7: California Water PPIC. Brochures	Water brochures	Apr/28
Rd. 8: Performance Criteria	Hashimoto et al. (1982), Loucks 1998, Sandoval-Solis et al. (2011)	Apr/30
Rd. 9: Reservoir re-operation	Reservoir sizing, Example, FIRO, Death to Rule Curves, for Env. Flows, Economic Analysis	May/5
Rd. 10: Groundwater Management	Community-based Conservation SGMA, MAR in California, FloodMAR, In Lieu MAR	May/12
Rd. 11: Groundwater Pollution	Podcast 1 & 2. Nitrate Contamination in California, Sustainable for Whom?	May/14

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/2
Pod. 2:	Water Management for the Environment	(a) Functional Environmental Flows, (b) Beavers, and (c) Wild Horses	Apr/7
Pod. 3:	Indigenous perspective of Water	(a) Decolonizing Water part 1, (b) part 2, and (c) CA Tribal Policy	Apr/9
Pod. 4:	Urban Water Management	(a) Urban Water 101, (b) Watering Urban Spaces and (c) Urban Gardening	Apr/14
Pod. 5:	Agricultural Water Management	(a) Small Farms, (b) Agriculture in the Delta, (c) San Joaquin Valley and (d) Imperial/Mexicali Valley	Apr/16
Pod. 6:	Indigenous and Colonial Water Rights	(a) California Native Water Rights, (b) Colonial Water Rights and (c) Socio-Hydrology	Apr/21
Pod. 7:	Water Policies, Diplomacy and Leadership	(a) Water inheritance, (b) Drought Management, (c) Water Diplomacy, and (d) Water Advocacy	Apr/28
Pod. 8:	Under-represented communities and Water	(a) Advancing Water Justice and (b) Climate Justice	Apr/30
Pod. 9:	Dams, and Storage of water in Soils	(a) History of Dams, (b) Soil and water, and (c) Cover Crops	May/5
Pod. 10:	Sustainable Groundwater Management	(a) Water Reforms, (b) Water Education, and (c) 10 years of SGMA	May/12
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/14