By the end of this course, all students shall have acquired knowledge and competences on the process of water resources planning and management, including legal and institutional aspects, both at national and international level, enabling them to:
• Understand e develop water resources planning processes;
• Recognize and understand the main proceedings and methods in water resources management;
• Evaluate water availability and water needs for multiples sectors;
• Understand and quantify the relevance and impacts associated with climate change on water availability and needs;
• Participate in the selection and implementation of methods and tools essential to the processes of water management and decision-making.
Students shall also acquire competences which will allow then mastery on:
• Water resources monitoring strategies and planning;
• Water availability characterization;
• Water needs quantification;
• Water balances calculations;
• Hydraulic infrastructures design;
• Integrated water quality assessment.