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Handbook of Modules Water Resources and Environmental Management (WATENV)

Date: 05. Januar 2009

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science

Handbook of Modules

Contents

1st Semester

No. Module / Course Abbreviation Page 1.1 Research Planning

- Literature Research, Scientific Writing and Presentation - Analysis of Scientific Literature and Oral Presentation

RePla 1

1.2 Natural Sciences - Hydrobiology and Hydrochemistry - Meteorology and Climatology

NatSci 2

1.3 Environmental Hydraulics - Groundwate r Hydraulics - River Hydraulics

EnvHy 4

1.4 Hydrology and Water Resources Management I - Hydrology Basics - Water Resources Management

HyWa I 5

1.5 Environmental Data Analysis - Statistical Methods - GIS and Remote Sensing

EnvDatAna 6

1.6 German Language I Ger I 7

1.7 Hydraulic Engineering - Hydraulic Structures - Soil Mechanics

HyEng 8

1.8 Computer and Informatics CI 9

2nd Semester

No. Module / Course Abbreviation Page 2.1 Research Project and Colloquium ResPCol 10

2.2 Hydrology and Water Resources Management II - Hydrology Advanced Methods - Integrated Water Resources Management - Geohydrolo gy - Hydrometric Practical Training

HyWa II 11

2.3 Ecology and Water Resources - Hydroecology and Practical Training - Water Quality Management - Urban Water Res. Management - Water Resources in the Tropics

EcoWaR 12

2.4 Sanitary Engineering SE 14

2.5 Solid Waste Management SWM 15

2.6 German Language II Ger II 17

2.7 Water, Soils and Vegetation - Soils and Environment - Water and Vegetation

WSV 18

2.8 Practical Training in Sanitary Engineering - Lab Practice Biology, Chemistry - Modelling of WWTP’s

PTSE 20

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Contents

3rd Semester

No. Module / Course Abbreviation Page 3.1 Theories and Methods of Research ThMeRe 22

3.2 Hydrological Modelling - Hydrological Modelling - Geostatistics - Modelling in Urban Hydrology - Groundwate r Modelling

HyMod 23

3.3 Special Topics in Water Resources Management (Guest lectures)

STWRM 24

3.4 Water Supply and Industrial Water Management - Industrial Water Management - Water Supply

WSIWM 25

3.5 Special Topics in Sanitary Engineering (Guest lectures)

STSE 27

3.6 Flow and Transport Processes FTP 28

3.7 Environmental Economics - Planning and Evaluation of Developed Projects - Global Environmental Economics

EnvEc 29

3.8 Environmental and Coastal Management - Environmen tal Planning - Integrated Coastal Zone Management

EnvCoast 31

4th Semester

No. Module / Course Abbreviation .1 Master Thesis MT 33

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Modules of the 1st Semester

Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.1 Research Planning Abbreviation of module RePla Courses of module: Literature Research, Scientific Writing and Presentation

(1 swh), Analysis of Scientific Literature and Oral Presentation (1 swh)

Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: M. Billib Lecturers: M. Billib, J. Olf, NN, all Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 2 swh Work load: 90 h Credit points: 3.0 ECTS Prerequisites: none Learning objectives: 1. Students know how to search for scientific literature, using

internet and the Technical Library of the University, how to write a scientific report or publication, how to use the modern presentation technology, and the basics of moderate scientific discussion. 2. Students know how to review a scientific publication, to discuss the main topics, to evaluate the results, and to discuss the results of scientific work.

Contents: 1. Literature research, scientific writing and presentation: - Literature research using internet - Literature research using the TIB of the University - Scientific writing - Oral presentation and discussion

2. Analysis of scientific literature: Practise of reviewing, evaluating and presenting a scientific publication, discussion and defending the personnel point of view

Mode of examination: Report, presentation and colloquium Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: DAY, R. A.; GASTEL, B. 2006: How to write and publish a

scientific paper. 6. Ed., Greenwood Press. FRIEDLAND, A. J.; FOLT, C. L. 2000: Writing successful science proposals. Yale University Press.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.2 Natural Sciences Abbreviation of module: NatSci Courses of module: Hydrobiology (1 swh), Hydrochemistry (1 swh), Meteorology

and Climatology (2 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organisers: M. Beier Lecturers: M. Beier, S. Wolter, T. Hauf Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: 1. Hydrobiology and Hydrochemistry: Divided in two parts

biology and chemistry. Natural scientific basics get across to join the extension courses of water usage concern. The part of biology contains the biological coherences of water quality and wastewater treatment. Organism in waters and in wastewater treatment will be presented, cell structures and metabolism of organism illustrated. Significant processes such as respiration, fermentation, nitrification, denitrification, biological phosphate elimination will be exemplified basically and related to the degradability in waters/wastewater. The part of chemistry contains the basic terms and definitions of water chemistry as there are oxidation and reduction processes, acid-based-equilibrium, carbonation and precipitation. 2. Meteorology and Climatology: Fundamental knowledge about weather, climate and atmospheric phenomena. Ability to solve problems regarding the atmospheric variables and processes, either analytically or with numerical methods.

Contents: 1. Hydrobiology and Hydrochemistry: Part biology: - Systematics and morphology of organisms - Eco-systems and their biocoenosis - Mass and power balances - Basic principles of biological wastewater treatment - Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, nitrification,

denitrification, biological phosphate elimination - Basic principles of hygiene Part chemistry - Atoms and elements, chemical bond and chemical

reactions - Water and its properties, pH-value, acid, base, buffer - Thermodyn amical basics and reaction kinetics - Electrochemical potential, redox potential, oxidation and

reduction processes - Precipitation, flocculation and further chemical-physical

wastewater treatment processes 2. Meteorology and Climatology:

- monitoring weather and atmosphere - the basic physical laws of the atmosphere - atmospheric processes: mathematical description,

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diagnosis and forecast - climate and climate change

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard

Literature: Bitton, G., 1999. Wastewater microbiology. Wiley-Liss, New York.

Lester, J. N. Birkett,J. W., 1999. Microbiology and chemistry for environmental scientists and engineers. E.&F.N.Spon, London.

John Houghton, 2002. The physics of atmospheres. Cambridge University Press, 3ed.

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Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.3 Environmental Hydraulics Abbreviation of module EnvHy Courses of module: Groundwater Hydraulics (2 swh), River Hydraulics (2 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: I. Neuweiler Lecturers: I. Neuweiler, T. Schlurmann Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: The students know the physical processes and phenomena

that are relevant for surface and subsurface flow. They have learned the fundamental principles for modelling the flow processes and can implement them for practical problems. They have acquired simple hydro-numerical solution schemes.

Contents: 1. Groundwater Hydraulics: - Continuum description of porous media - Darcy’s law - Flow in unsaturated soil - Continuum equation for ground water - Application for different types of aquifers - Well hydraulics - Regional ground water flow - Numerical schemes for groundwater flow

2. River Hydraulics: - Kinematics and kinetics of flow (balance equations) - Laminar and turbulent flow - Flow models, similarity theory, physical modelling - Potential theory - Stationary, steady state open channel flow - Normal discharge, supercritical and subcritical flow - St Venant equations, iterative solutions for the water

table - Fundamentals of hydronumerical simulations (floods)

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Baer, J., 1979. Hydraulics of Groundwater. McGraw-Hill, New

York. Freeze, R.A. und J.A. Cherry, 1979. Groundwater. Prentice-

Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs. Kinzelbach, W. 1986: Groundwater Modeling. Elsevier Lamb, H., 1993. Hydrodynamics. Cambridge Mathematical

Library, Cambridge University Press, 6th edition. Chadwick, A., 2004. Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental

Engineering. Taylor & Francis; 4th edition.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.4 Hydrology and Water Resources Management I Abbreviation of module HyWa I Courses of module: Hydrology I (2 swh),

Water Resources Management I (2 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: U. Haberlandt Lecturers: U. Haberlandt, M. Billib, B. Riemeier Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: 1. Hydrology I: Students know the fundamentals about the

estimation of water balance components precipitation, evapotranspiration and runoff and they know different concepts for the calculation of runoff from rainfall. 2. Water resources management I: Students know basic approaches for river basin management and can apply them for solving problems regarding floods, droughts and water pollution.

Contents: 1. Hydrology I: - Cycle of water, energy and matter, catchment - Precipitation: genesis, measurement, calculation - Evaporation: types, measurement, calculation - Stage and discharge: measurement, analysis - Floods and droughts - Subsurface water: soilwater, groundwater - Rainfall runoff relationships

2. Water Resources Management I: - Reservoirs, flood protection - River design, ecology, erosion, sediment transport - Irrigation, drainage - Planning, project evaluation, optimisation

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Maidment, D.R. (Editor), 1992. Handbook of Hydrology.

McGraw-Hill Inc. Loucks, D.P. and van Beek, E. (Editors), 2005. Water

Resources Systems Planning and Management. UNESCO publishing, Paris.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.5 Environmental Data Analysis Abbreviation of module EnvDatAna Courses of module: Statistics (2 swh), GIS (1 swh), Remote Sensing (1 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: U. Haberlandt Lecturers: U. Haberlandt, M. Sester, U. Sörgel Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: The students know basic concepts and methods of statistics

concerning environmental data analysis and can apply these on any environmental problem. The students are also able to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyse, modify and model environmental data. Further the students have a basic knowledge of the collection and assessment of environmental data using remote sensing techniques. The overall focus is on environmental data, which are relevant to hydrology and water resources management.

Contents: 1. Statistics: - Plausibility, consistence and homogeneity of data - descriptive statistics, probability, distribution functions - extreme value analysis, risk assessment, floods - tests, correlation, regression - time series analysis and synthesis

2. Geographical Information Systems: - data types, analysis, functions (vector/ raster) - Georeferencing, digital elevation model, bathymetry - Interpolation, river networks etc.

3. Remote Sensing: - Satellites and sensors - Radar remote sensing - Image processing

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Haan, C.T., 2002. Statistical Methods in Hydrology.

Blackwell, Ames, Iowa, USA. Jones, C., 1999. Geographical Information Systems and

Computer Cartography Logman. CCRS, 2008. Tutorial: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing,

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/index_e.php



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.6 German Language I Abbreviation of module GER I Courses of module: Deutsch (4 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: K. Schwienhorst Lecturers: K. Schwienhorst, NN Language: German Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Seminars / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: (6.0 ECTS, does not count for quota of WATENV) Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: Students will learn German common speech. Materials will

include videotaped lectures and seminars as well as written material. The aim is to provide learners with basic language skills for daily use.

Contents: - Using a learning portfolio - Planning, self-evaluation, self-assessment - Collecting and producing relevant learning materials - Giving oral presentations - Producing written dossiers

Mode of examination: Oral presentations, written dossiers, self-assessment Used means for teaching: Camcorder, Internet, language portfolio, various software

tools. Literature: In-house produced software and print materials.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.7 Hydraulic Engineering Abbreviation of module HyEng Courses of module: Hydraulic structures (1 swh), Soil Mechanics (1 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: M. Achmus Lecturers: M. Achmus Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 2 swh Work load: 90 h Credit points: 3.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: 1. Hydraulic structures: Students know fundamentals about

the construction and design of dams and barrages and about the possibilities to gain waterpower. 2. Soil Mechanics: Students know the fundamentals of soil types and soil behavior and can apply them for the determination of settlements and bearing capacity of foundations.

Contents: 1. Hydraulic structures: - Construction and design of dams and barrages - Waterpower Engineering

2. Soil Mechanics: - Soil types and soil features - Methods of field and laboratory investigations - Shear strength, compressibility and permeability of soils - Design of foundations

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Novak, P., Moffat, A.I.B., Nalluri, C., Narayanan, R., 1992.

Hydraulic Structures, Chapman & Hall, London. Kutzner, C., 1997. Earth and Rockfill Dams, Principles of

Design and Construction, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Das, B.M., 2008. Advanced Soil Mechanics. Taylor &

Francis, London. Mitchell, J.K., Soga, K., 2005. Fundamentals of soil behavior.

Wiley, Hoboken/NJ.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 1.8 Computer and Informatics Abbreviation of module CI Courses of module: Computer and Informatics (2 swh) Semester: 1st semester (ws) Organiser: P. Milbradt Lecturers: P. Milbradt Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 2 swh Work load: 60 h Credit points: 3.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: The students acquire main concepts of software engineering

based on modern ICT. Knowledge on object-oriented modelling and Java programming will be complemented. Concepts for handling mass data from field measurement, data reduction and geometrical modelling as well as data visualisation will be presented.

Contents: - Software Technology - Object-oriented modelling - Data management - Geometrical modelling - Visualizat ion

Mode of examination: Homework and Colloquium Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Effective Java: A Programming Language Guide (Java

Series), Addison-Wesley Longman, Amsterdam; 2nd Revised edition

Schaum's Outline of Data Structures with Java, Mcgraw-Hill Professional; 2nd ed.

Computer Graphics for Java Programmers, L. Ammeraal, K. Zhang, Wiley & Sons; 2nd rev. ed.


Modules of the 2nd Semester

Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.1 Research Project and Colloquium Abbreviation of module RePCol Courses of module: Research Project and Colloquium (4 swh) Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: H.-R. Verworn Lecturers: ALL Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Personal supervision / homework / colloquium / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.1 RePla Learning objectives: Students know how to plan and conduct the work for a

research project and how to structure a report. Students can present the work and results and defend their findings in a colloquium.

Contents: - Supervised planning and conduction of a small research project

- Practise of writing, presentation and defence of the findings of the conducted research project

Mode of examination: Report, colloquium Used means for teaching: Tuition Literature:



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.2 Hydrology and Water Resources Management II Abbreviation of module HyWa II Courses of module: Hydrology II (1 swh), Wat. Res. Management II (1 swh),

Geohydrology (1 swh), Hydrometric Practical Training (1 swh)

Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: U. Haberlandt Lecturers: U. Haberlandt, G. Houben, B. Riemeier Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures, exercises and practical training / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.4 HyWa I Learning objectives: Students know advanced methods about the estimation of

water balance components as well as flood and draught assessment. They have also learned sophisticated approaches for river basin management and can apply their knowledge to new problems. Students have special knowledge about the management of groundwater resources and can solve problems regarding groundwater abstraction and pollution. In addition students have learned in practical training how to measure important hydrological variables.

Contents: 1. Hydrology II - Water balance components - Rainfall-run off modelling - Floods and draughts

2. Water Resources Management II - Fuzzy methods, Multi Criteria Decision Making - Dynamic optimisation, Global water problems - EU Water framework directive

3. Geohydrology: - Aquifer types, geohydraulics - groundwater management - groundwater pollution, remediation and protection

4. Hydrometric Practical Training - Measurement of discharge, soil moisture - Measurement of some water quality parameters - Pumping test

Mode of examination: Oral examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Bárdossy, A. and Duckstein, L., 1995. Fuzzy Rule-Based

Modelling with Applications to Geophysical, Biological and Engineering Systems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 232 pp.

Domenico, P. and Schwartz, F. 1990. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology; Wiley, New York.

Loucks, D.P. and van Beek, E. (Editors), 2005. Water Resources Systems Planning and Management. UNESCO publishing, Paris.

Maidment, D.R. (Editor), 1992. Handbook of Hydrology. McGraw-Hill Inc.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.3 Ecology and Water Resources Abbreviation of module EcoWaR Courses of module: Limnology and Practical Training (1 swh)

Water Quality Management (1 swh) Urban Water Resources Management (1 swh) Water Resources in the Tropics (1 swh)

Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: H.-R. Verworn Lecturers: J. Bäthe, M. Billib, H.-R. Verworn Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.2 NatSci, 1.4 HyWa I Learning objectives: 1. Limnology and practical training: Students know the

fundamentals of aquatic ecosystems, the biocenosis of stagnant and running waters, trophic and saprobic levels, analysis of water bodies and methods to collect aquatic organisms according to international standards of waterbody examination, in order to validate the condition of waters. 2. Water quality management: Students know the natural biological and chemical processes in water bodies, the anthropogenic pressures and impacts on water quality and know the concepts for assessment, planning and control. 3. Urban water resources management: Students know basic approaches for water resources management in urban areas and can apply them for solving problems regarding water supply, storm and waste water drainage and treatment, and river pollution. 4. Water Resources in the Tropics: Students know the main hydrological and environmental aspects of hydraulic engineering and water management projects in developing countries, especially for the planning and design of irrigation systems, soil melioration, soil erosion protection measurements, as well as environmental impact studies for reservoirs.

Contents: 1. Limnology and practical training: - Aquatic ecosystems: functions and physical

characteristics, biocenosis - Cycles of nutrients and gases - Biogenic turnover, primary and secondary production - Ecological examination of water bodies - Field training of sampling methods (macrozoobenthos)

and analysis (laboratory) 2. Water quality management:

- Natural background loads - Pressures: types, measurement, calculation - River quality objectives: biological, chemical, structural - Planning processes and measures - Cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness analysis - Water quality modelling principles

3. Urban water resources management:



- Water supply

- Storm and waste water drainage - Pollution and river quality - Planning and design practices

4. Water Resources in the Tropics: - Global water problems, socio-economic development - Tropical climate , climate variability and changes - Design of hydrological networks, data sampling - Rainfall data analysis, filling gaps, drought analysis - Runoff data analysis, time series analysis, stochastic

simulation, regional analysis - Planning and design of irrigation projects - Drainage, melioration, salt-affected soils, soil erosion - Impact of dams, environmental impact assessment

Mode of examination: written examination, oral examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Randhir, T.O. (2006): Watershed management practice. IWA

Publ., London Rosegrant, M.W., X. Cai, S.A. Cline (2002): World Water and

Food to 2025 – Dealing with Scarcity. Int. Food Policy Research Inst., Washington DC

Wetzel, R.G. (2001): Limnology - Lake and River Ecosystems. Academic Press Inc., London



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.4 Sanitary Engineering Abbreviation of module: SE Courses of module: Sanitary Engineering (4 swh) Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: K.-H. Rosenwinkel Lecturer: K.-H. Rosenwinkel Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / Excursion / 4 swh, Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.2 NatSci (Hydrobiology and Hydrochemistry) Learning objectives: This course deals with the basic topics of waste water

management, which consist of water supply, sewage technology and waste management. The course seeks to impart knowledge about basic methods and dimensioning approaches of waste water management. The route of the water, starting with its catchment, over its treatment up to the collection and draining of the produced waste water is shown and explained. Basic methods of mechanical-biological waste water and sludge treatment are added to this overview, as well as an introduction into waste management.

Contents: Water supply - Basics of water supply - Methods of water treatment - Distribution, storage and conveyance of water

Sewage technology - Waste water onset and draining, sewage network - Rain water treatment and rating - Waste water consistence - Requirements on waste water treatment - Methods of waste water treatment and dimensioning

approaches - Concepts for WWTP´s and decentralized areas, sludge

treatment Waste management

- Introduction into waste management - Waste types and quantities, as well as collection and

transportation - Waste recycling

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, blackboard Literature: Grigg, N. S., 2002. Water, wastewater, and storm water

infrastructure management. Lewis, Boca Raton. Twort, A.C. et al., 2000. Water supply. Arnold, London. v. Sperling, M., 2007. Basic principles of wastewater

treatment. IWA Publication, London. Water treatment handbook, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, 1991. Degrémont,

Rueil-Malmaison.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.5 Solid Waste Management Abbreviation of module: SWM Courses of module: Solid Waste Management (4 swh) Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: D. Weichgrebe Lecturers: D. Weichgrebe, K.H. Rosenwinkel Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / Excursion / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: The course shows how to manage and treat waste in the

sense of sustainability. At the beginning waste and the responsibilities for waste will be defined and the general conditions as welas the specific waste amounts discussed. Then waste management techniques and processes like collection, transportation, sorting, treatment, recycling and disposal are shown. With regard to process engineering mechanical, biological treatment (composting, digestion), the combination (MBT, MBSt) and thermal waste treatment (wte, combustion, gasification, etc.) as well as reuse and disposal of the output are exposed in particular and related to each other. Besides of process description, design data and conditions, legal emission criteria as well as output quality are debated. .Furthermore control, principles and requirements of landfill´s construction and emissions plus the handling of abandoned polluted areas are taught. Modern recycling techniques for glass, paper, plastics, wood, metal and construction waste are also part of this course as the evaluation (e.g. ecobalancing) and elaboration of administrative waste management concepts. The lecture orientates on contemporary practical examples and will be consolidated in tutorials in form of calculation examples.

Contents: - Introduction and definition of waste and related legislation - Description and composition of wastes, waste volume and

waste products - Collection, transportation and specific treatment of waste - Biological, mechanical-biological and thermal waste

treatment incl. immission control - Construction, handling and management of landfills and

abandoned polluted areas incl. the treatment of their emissions (leachate and landfill gas)

- Recycling of glass, paper, plastics, wood, metal and construction waste

- Evaluation of waste treatment and management concepts - Waste management concepts

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, blackboard Literature: Weichgrebe, D., 2008. presentation´s handout

Lens et al., 2004. Resource Recovery and Reuse in Organic Solid Waste Management. IWA Publication, Padstow.

Cheremisinoff, N.P, 2003. Handbook of solid waste





management and waste minimization technologies.

Butterworth Heinemann, Amsterdam. Forbes R. McDougall et al (2001) Integrated solid waste management : a life cycle inventory, Blackwell Science, Oxford



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.6 German Language II Abbreviation of module GER II Courses of module: Deutsch (4 swh) Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: K. Schwienhorst Lecturers: K. Schwienhorst, N.N. Language: German Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Seminars/ Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: (6.0 ECTS, does not count for quota of WATENV) Prerequisites: none Learning objectives: Students will learn German through work with authentic

resources from Water Resources and Environmental Management. Materials will include videotaped lectures and seminars as well as a wealth of written material taken from the subject course itself. The aim is to provide learners with relevant material to be able to communicate through German about their subject area.

Contents: - Using a learning portfolio - Planning, self-evaluation, self-assessment - Collecting and producing relevant learning materials - Giving oral presentations - Producing written dossiers

Mode of examination: Oral presentations, written dossiers, self-assessment Used means for teaching: Camcorder, Internet, language portfolio, various software

tools. Literature: In-house produced software and print materials.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.7 Water, Soils and Vegetation Abbreviation of module WSV Courses of module: Soils and Environment (2 swh), Water and Vegetation

(2 swh) Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organiser: R. Pott Lecturers: R. Pott, W.H.M. Duijnisveld Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: 1. Soils and Environment: Students know the fundamentals

of the water dynamics in the unsaturated zone and solute transport in soils and they have knowledge of the leaching of different solutes from soils into the groundwater 2. Life in water: Hydro- and helophyte plant-communities and their interaction with the Aquatic environment. This teaching module consists of a one week lab course including field studies and excursions. The salient features of vascular hydrophytes, mosses and lichens are presented. Additionally classification according to life forms and growth forms are elaborated. The zonation of aquatic and amphibic vegetation will be presented in oligo-, dys-, meso- and eutrophic lakes and rivers. A special aspect will be the biodiversity and variety of aquatic habitats. Basic principles are: Nature and speed of change in aquatic vegetation; compositional changes and interspecific antagonism, productivity of hydro- and helophyte communities, vegetative reproduction and perennation, interaction of vegetation and hydrochemical situation of aquatic habitats. The problem and the control of aquatic weeds. The practical work will be performed in lab courses, the theoretical background will be teached in seminars and field-courses.

Contents: 1. Soils and Environment: - Inorganic and organic components of soils - Basic parameters of bulk soils - Water retention and hydraulic conductivity of soils - Flow and transport through the unsaturated zone - Soil water dynamics: measurement, modelling - Leaching of nitrate and trace elements from soils

2. Life in Water: Genesis of lakes and rivers - Chemical and physical aspects of water as

environmental factors - Hydrodynamic processes (water – vegetation) - Aquatic macrophytes - Water and environment - Aquatic plants and plant communities - Oligotrophic, dystrophic, mesotrophic, eutrophic and

hypertrophic types - Bioindication of aquatic macrophytes and plant

communities



- Interaction soilwater, groundwater and aquatic

ecosystems - FFH-Biotope-types and nature conservation

Mode of examination: One written Examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard, Field trip Literature: Bohne, K. (2005): An introduction into applied soil hydrology.

Lecture notes in GeoEcology. Catena Verlag. Kutilek, M. & D. Nielsen (1994): Soil hydrology: Textbook for

students of soil science. Catena Verlag. Pott, R. (1995): Die Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands, 2.

Aufl., Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart Pott, R. (1996): Biotoptypen – Schützenswerte Lebensräume

Deutschlands und angrenzender Regionen, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart

Pott, R. (2005): Allgemeine Geobotanik, Biogeosysteme und Biodiversität, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Pott, R. & J. Hüppe (2007): Spezielle Geobotanik. Pflanze-Klima-Boden, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York

Pott, R. & D. Remy (2000): Gewässer des Bínnenlandes, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 2.8 Practical Training in Sanitary Engineering Abbreviation of module: PTSE Courses of module: Modelling of WWTP´s (2 swh)

Lab practice biology, chemistry (2 swh) Semester: 2nd semester (ss) Organisers: K.-H. Rosenwinkel, C. Helmer-Madhok, S. Wolter Lecturers: Helmer-Madhok, Wolter, V. Spering, M. Pabst Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / Lab practice / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 2.4 SE, 1.2 NatSci (Hydrobiology and Hydrochemistry) Learning objectives: This course is based on the contents of the courses

„Sanitary Engineering“ and “Hydrobiology and -chemistry”. Tutorials for dimensioning wastewater treatment plants and rated models will deepen of theoretical knowledge. The handling of dimensioning and simulation is trained by the use of the DENIKA –software, giving examples of municipal WWTPs. Basics of the course “Hydrobiology and -chemistry“ will be applied on the practical course. Principles of wastewater and sewage sludge analytics will be taught in laboratory work. In teamwork students will determine parameters of wastewater and rather sludge like COD, nitrogen concentration or total solid contents. These parameters will be applied on the dimensioning and simulation of WWTP in practical exercises.

Contents: Modelling of WWTP’s - Tutorials for dimensioning and computation of plants in

water management in residental areas - Process engineering in wastewater treatment - Dimensioning of wastewater treatment plants - Process engineering in sludge treatment - Mathematical mapping of static systems with „HSG-

Ansatz“ as well as dynamic systems with ASM - Presentation of the dimensioning and simulation

program DENIKA Lab practice biology, chemestry

- Wastewater analysis: pH-value, temperature, COD, NH4-N, NO3-N, NO2-N, hardness, acid and base capacity

- Sewage sludge analysis: suspended, filterable and total solids, dry matter content, organic dry matter content, sludge volume index

- Mikroscopy of activated sludge and analysis of respiratory activity

- Analysis of nitrogen degradation processes – nitrification, denitrification of activated sludge

- Determination of kinetic parameters as database for process modelling

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, blackboard Literature: Henze, M. et al., 1995. Wastewater treatment, Biological and



chemical Processes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Schütze, M. R, 2002. Modelling, simulation and control of urban wastewater systems. Springer, London.

Water Environment Federation, 2002. Basic laboratory procedures for wastewater examination. Alexandria, Va.

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Modules of the 3rd Semester

Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.1 Theories and Methods of Research Abbreviation of module ThMeRe Courses of module: Theories and Methods of Research (2 sws) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: P. Hoyningen-Huene Lecturers: P. Hoyningen-Huene Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 2 swh Work load: 90 h Credit points: 3.0 ECTS Prerequisites: None Learning objectives: To make students familiar with basic methodological

questions and their assessment Contents: In the lecture section of the course, the development of the

theories of scientific methods during the last century until today is presented. In the following exercise section, students must present their own research project, explain the methods used, and connect them to the theories of scientific methods given in the lecture section.

Mode of examination: One written presentation (20%), one written examination (80%)

Used means for teaching: PowerPoint Literature: Chalmers, A. F., 1999. What is this Thing called Science?

3rd. ed., Indianapolis: Hackett Pub. Co.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.2 Hydrological Modelling Abbreviation of module HyMod Courses of module: Hydrological Modelling (1 swh), Geostatistics (1 swh),

Modelling in Urban Hydrology (1 swh), Groundwater Modelling (1 swh)

Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: U. Haberlandt Lecturers: U. Haberlandt, H.-R. Verworn, B. Riemeier Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures, exercises and computer lab / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.4 HyWa I, 2.2 HyWa II Learning objectives: Students can apply models for flood simulation, simulation of

urban drainage systems and groundwater modelling. They know the basics of parameterisation, calibration and validation of hydrological models. They also are familiar with geostatistical concepts of data interpolation and simulation.

Contents: 1. Hydrological Modelling - Theory of model technique - Parameterisation, calibration, validation - Flood simulation

2. Geostatistics - Statistical model - Structural analysis, variography - Kriging and simulation methods

3. Modelling in Urban Hydrology - Components of rainfall-, runoff-, polluting load

modelling - Structure and approaches for models in urban

hydrology 4. Groundwater Modelling

- Principles of groundwater flow and –transport - Structure of groundwater models and required data - Calibration and validation of groundwater flow and

-transport Mode of examination: Oral examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Beven, K., 2001. Rainfall-Runoff Modelling: The Primer.

John Wiley & Sons, 360 pp. Deutsch, C.V. and Journel, A.G., 1992. GSLIB:

Geostatistical software library and user's guide. Oxford University Press, New York, 340 pp.

Goovaerts, P., 1997. Geostatistics for natural resources evaluation. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, 483 pp.

Bear, J. and Verruijt, A., 1987. Modeling Groundwater Flow and Pollution. D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 414 pp.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.3 Special Topics in Water Resources Management Abbreviation of module STWRM Courses of module: Different courses with varying actual topics (2 swh) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: U. Haberlandt Lecturers: National and international specialists as guest lecturers;

different instructors depending on actual topics Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / Excursion etc. / 2 swh Work load: 90 h Credit points: 3.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.4 HyWa I, 2.2 HyWa II Learning objectives: Students will know about current scientific topics and actual

practical challenges in water resources management. They will have fundamental knowledge about new methods and developments in the field and will be able to solve related practical questions.

Contents: The content varies with topics and lecturers. A number of national and international specialists will be invited to give guest lectures about their special field within this module.

Mode of examination: Oral or written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Literature will be provided by the guest lecturers



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.4 Water Supply and Industrial Water Management Abbreviation of module: WSIWM Courses of module: Water Supply (2 swh), Industrial Water Management (2 swh) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: K.-H. Rosenwinkel Lecturers: K.-H. Rosenwinkel, M. Beier Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / Excursion / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 2.4 SE Learning objectives: This course deals with the municiple drinking water supply,

the industrial water management as well as waste water treatment and recycling systems. The water supply ranges from the water catchment to the consumer and concern with the process and rating practices of the municiple water supply. In a further part special basic principles of the industrial water treatment and management will be illustrated. This part of the course deals with the processes and process variants of water supply, circuitry and sewage purification which are applied especially in the industry. Basics for application and dimensioning of plants with different basic approaches.

Contents: Water supply (municiple): - Water supply - Water treatment - Water delivery - Storage of water - Water distribution

Industrial Water Management: - Industrial water economy - Industrial water supply (special processes in industry) - Concentrations and loads of different industrial waste

water - Water cycles in industrie - Special processes of industrial waste water treatment

(chemical, physical, aerobic and anaeorobic biological processes)

- Designing and dimensioning of treatement plants - Examples for special industries

Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, blackboard Literature: Barnes, D. et al., 1984. Survey in industrial wastewater treat-

ment. Vol. 1, Food and allied industries. Pitman, Boston. Byers, W., 2003. Industrial water management. Wiley, New

York. Lehr, J., 2005. Domestic, municipal, and industrial water

supply and waste disposal. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Rosenwinkel, K.-H. et al., 2008. Considering water quality for

use in the food industry. ILSI Europe, Brussels. Rosenwinkel, K.-H. et al., 2005. Industrial wastewater



sources and treatment strategies; in Environmental

Biotechnology. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.5 Special Topics in Sanitary Engineering Abbreviation of module: STSE Courses of module: Different courses with varying actual topics (2 swh) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: K.-H. Rosenwinkel Lecturers: National and international specialists as guest lecturers;

different instructors depending on actual topics Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Tutorials / Excursion / 2 swh Work load: 90 h Credit points: 3.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 2.4 SE Learning objectives: Students will know about current scientific topics and actual

practical challenges in Sanitary Engineering. They will have fundamental knowledge about new methods and developments in the field and will be able to solve related practical questions.

Contents: The content varies with topics and lecturers. A number of specialists will be invited to give guest lectures about their special field within this module.

Mode of examination: Oral or written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Literature will be provided by the guest lecturers



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.6 Flow and Transport Processes Abbreviation of module FTP Courses of module: Flow and Transport Processes (4 swh) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: I. Neuweiler Lecturers: I. Neuweiler Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures / Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.3 EnHy Learning objectives: The students know the physical processes and phenomena

that are relevant for transport of solutes, particles and heat in water and air flow. They know how to implement the most important processes in a transport model and have tested the models for relevant problem in environmental engineering.

Contents: - Balance equations, equations of states - Fully mixed systems - Diffusion, heat conduction - Advective transport, convection, advection-diffusion

equation, boundary conditions, analytical solutions - Method of spatial moments - Taylor Aris dispersion and macrodispersion - Chemical reactions, phase transitions, sorption - Coupling of flow and transport: density driven flow

Mode of examination: Written or oral exam Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard Literature: Kinzelbach, W. 1986: Groundwater Modeling, Elsevier

Fischer, H., List, E., Koh, C., Imberger, J. & Brooks, N. 1979: Mixing in inland and coastal waters, Academic Press, New York.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.7 Environmental Economics Abbreviation of module EnvEc Courses of module: Planning and Evaluation of Developing Projects (2 swh);

Global Environmental Economics (2 swh) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: H. Waibel Lecturers: U. Grote; H. Waibel Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures, Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: none Learning objectives: 1. Planning and Evaluation of Development Projects:

Students know the principles of cost benefit analysis and will be able to apply concepts of investment analysis to project in the field of natural resources management and agriculture. 2. Global Environmental Economics: Students learn about the problems, objectives and instruments related to global environmental policies and economics, and they have a solid knowledge about different approaches for assessing environmental goods and services.

Contents: 1. Planning and Evaluation of Development Projects - Definition of project and project cycle - Basics of welfare theory - Principles of Cost Benefit Analysis - Discounting and Compounding - Investment Criteria - Principles of valuation - Financial and Economic Analysis

2. Global Environmental Economics - Environmental externalities and polluter pays principle - Basic concepts as solutions to environmental problems - Quantification of environmental goods and services - Discussion of emission trading systems and the Kyoto

protocol - Trade context and regional and international

agreements about global environmental goods Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard, Exercises Literature: Planning and Evaluation of Development Projects :

Gittinger, J. P. (1982). Economic Analysis of Agricultural Projects.

Curry, S. and J. Weiss (1993): Project Analysis in Development Countries.

Fleischer, G. and H. Waibel (1994). Ansätze zur Erweiterung der Kosten Nutzen Analyse am Beispiel der Bewässerungswirtschaft.

Global Environmental Economics Pearce, David and Kerry Turner (1990): Economics of

Natural Resources And The Environment. Essex, England.



Sterner, Thomas (2003): Policy Instruments for

Environmental and Natural Resource Management. RFF Press, Washington D.C.

Siebert, Horst (1998): Economics of the Environment. Theory and Policy. Springer-Verlag, Fifth Edition.

Tietenberg, Tom (2000): Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Addison Wesley Longman, Fifth Edition.



Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 3.8 Environmental and Coastal Management Abbreviation of module EnvCoast Secondary title of module Courses of module: Environmental Planning (2 swh), Integrated Coastal Zone

Management (2 swh) Semester: 3rd semester (ws) Organiser: Schlurmann Lecturers: von Haaren, Reich, Schlurmann Language: English Type: Elective Type of teaching / swh: Lectures/ Exercises / 4 swh Work load: 180 h Credit points: 6.0 ECTS Prerequisites: 1.3 EnvHy, 2.3 EcoWaR Learning objectives: 1. Environmental Planning: Students know fundamentals

about landscape ecology and methodologies in landscape planning and nature conservation. Students learn about the most important instruments of implementation of environmental objectives. Students apply knowledge and know pros and cons of different implementation strategies. 2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management: Students know basic approaches and design tools for coastal management purposes regarding the dynamic, continuous and iterative process designed to promote sustainable management of coastal zones. Students are capable to solve problems regarding coastal floods, hydrology and pollution, and are acquainted with the fundamentals of policies and administration processes.

Contents: 1. Environmental Planning: - Fundamentals of landscape ecology and nature

conservation (Reich) - conceptual framework for ecological networks, - agricultural land-use and nature conservation - stream restoration and nature conservation - Fundamentals of landscape planning (von Haaren) - General strategies and instruments of nature

conservation - Environmental impact assessment and Impact

regulation - Implementation of environmental objectives in nature

reserves - Implementation of environmental objectives on

farmland: Financing of eco services by farmers and foresters

- Communication in planning and implementation; (example: environmental advice to farmers)

Parallel to lecture work an application on a case study in a seminar is carried out (exercises) 2. Integrated Coastal Zone Management:

- Economics and ecology of coastal zones - Stakeholders, coastal environment and measures to

protect/defend/sustain the coastlines - Design of infrastructures and measures to maintain



- coastal zones, i.e. erosion, sediment transport

- Relevant policy areas, sectors and levels of administration, Sustainable development, interdisciplinary approaches

Planning, project evaluation, optimisation Mode of examination: One written examination Used means for teaching: PowerPoint, Overhead, Blackboard, Literature: Selected publications will be provided at the beginning of the

course (v. Haaren, Reich). Dean, R. and R. Dalrymple, 1991. Water Wave Mechanics

for Engineers & Scientists. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, Vol. 2, World Scientific Publishing Company.

Clark, J.D., 1996. Coastal Zone Management Handbook. CRC-Press.


Module of the 4th Semester

Program: MSc Water Resources and Environmental Management Name of module: 4.1 Master Thesis Abbreviation of module: MT Courses of module: Semester: 4th semester (ss) Organisers: All members of the teaching staff Lecturers: Language: English Type: Mandatory Type of teaching / swh: Work load: 6 months Credit points: 30 ECTS Prerequisites: Learning objectives: Students are able to solve independently a complex problem

in the field of Water Resources and Environmental Management using scientific methods within a time period of six months. They are competent to write down the master thesis, lecture about their work and answer questions.

Contents: Mode of examination: Written master thesis and colloquium Used means for teaching:

Literature:



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