| CEE 3430 Engineering Hydrology Schedule (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) | ||||
| Date | Topic | Readings* | Assignments due | |
| 6-Jan | Mo | Introduction to Hydrology (Peralta) | 1.1-1.4 | |
| 8-Jan | We | The Hydrologic Budget and Hydrologic Data (Peralta) | 1.5-1.7 | |
| 10-Jan | Fri | Groundwater and rock/soil properties | 2.1-2.2 | |
| 13-Jan | Mo | Groundwater vertical distribution | 2.3-2.5 | HW1 |
| 15-Jan | We | Groundwater storage | 2.8 | |
| 17-Jan | Fri | Groundwater movement and Darcy's law | 3.1-3.2 | |
| 20-Jan | Mo | No Class - Human Rights Day | ||
| 22-Jan | We | Determining hydraulic conductivity | 3.3 | HW2 |
| 24-Jan | Fri | Groundwater flow | 3.4-3.6 | |
| 27-Jan | Mo | Unsaturated flow | 3.7 | |
| 29-Jan | We | Steady flow in confined aquifers | 4.1 | |
| 31-Jan | Fri | Steady flow in unconfined aquifers | 4.1 | HW3 |
| 3-Feb | Mo | Steady radial flow to a well. | 4.2 | |
| 5-Feb | We | Radial flow to well in unconfined aquifer | 4.2 | |
| 7-Feb | Fri | Review | HW4 | |
| 10-Feb | Mo | Test 1 | ||
| 12-Feb | We | Introduction to surface water hydrology | 7.1 | |
| 14-Feb | Fri | Precipitation | 7.2.1-7.2.3 | |
| 17-Feb | Mo | No Class - Presidents Day | ||
| 18-Feb | Tu | Design storms | 7.2.4-7.2.5 | |
| 19-Feb | We | Evaporation | 7.3 | |
| 21-Feb | Fri | Methods for calculating infiltration | 7.4.1-7.4.3 | HW5 |
| 24-Feb | Mo | Infiltration continued | 7.4.1-7.4.3 | |
| 26-Feb | We | Surface runoff and hydrograph components. | 8.1 | |
| 28-Feb | Fri | Baseflow separation and phi index | 8.2 | HW6 |
| 3-Mar | Mo | The unit hydrograph approach | 8.3 | |
| 5-Mar | We | Synthetic unit hydrographs | 8.4 | |
| 7-Mar | Fri | S hydrographs | 8.5 | |
| 10-Mar | Mo | No Class - Spring Break | ||
| 12-Mar | We | |||
| 14-Mar | Fri | |||
| 17-Mar | Mo | Unit Hydrograph questions and answers | ||
| 19-Mar | We | USGS Streamflow gauging (at Logan River Stream Gauge) | ||
| 21-Mar | Fri | Hydrologic Data (Jeff Horsburgh) | ||
| 24-Mar | Mo | NRCS Rainfall Runoff Calculations | 8.6-8.7 | HW7 |
| 26-Mar | We | NRCS Dimensionless Unit Hydrograph | 8.8 | |
| 28-Mar | Fri | Review | HW8 | |
| 31-Mar | Mo | Test 2 | ||
| 2-Apr | We | No Class - Spring Runoff Conference | ||
| 4-Apr | Fri | No Class - ASCE Conference | ||
| 7-Apr | Mo | Reservoir and River Routing | 9.1-9.3 | |
| 9-Apr | We | Reservoir and River Routing | 9.1-9.3 | |
| 11-Apr | Fri | Modeling using HEC-HMS. Meet in ENGR 307 Lab | ||
| 14-Apr | Mo | Problem solving case study - Logan Dry Canyon | HW9 | |
| 16-Apr | We | Problem solving case study - Logan Dry Canyon | ||
| 18-Apr | Fri | Problem solving case study - Logan Dry Canyon | ||
| 21-Apr | Mo | Problem solving case study - Logan Dry Canyon | ||
| 23-Apr | We | Review | ||
| 25-Apr | Fri | Review | HW10 | |
| 28-Apr | Mo | Final Exam. 1:30-3:20 pm | ||
| Notes | ||||
| *Readings refer to sections in Mays, L. W., (2011), Ground and Surface Water Hydrology, John Wiley & Sons, 704 p. | ||||