Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Water resources engineering disciplines -- Water management sectors -- The water management community -- Computer models in water resources -- Engineering -- Units of measure. Chapter 2: Hydrology -- Water -- Hydroclimatology -- Atomospheric processes -- Precipitation -- Evaporation and transpiration -- Units of measure for depth, area, volume, volumetric rates -- Watershed hydrology and streamflow -- Subsurface water -- Erosion and sedimentation -- Water quality -- Climatic, hydrologic, and water quality data. Chapter 3: Fluid mechanics -- Units -- Properties of water -- Statics -- Classification of fluid flow -- Reynolds transport theorem -- Dimensional analysis -- Conservation of mass, energy, and momentum -- Newton-Raphson formula. Chapter 4: Hydraulics of pipelines and pipe networks -- Basic equations for steady flow -- Pumps in pipelines -- Culverts -- Pipelines connecting reservoirs -- Pipe network systems -- Unsteady flow -- Generalized pipe system simulaiton models. Chapter 5: Open channel hydraulics -- Open channels -- Flow classification -- Uniform flow -- Critical flow -- Computing normal and critical depth -- Channel design -- Gradually varied steady flow -- Rapidly varied steady flow -- Unsteady flow -- Generalized open channel hydraulics models. Chapter 6: Flood routing -- Hydrologic routing -- Kinematic routing -- Hydraulic stream routing -- Dam break analysis -- Watershed routing -- Generalized flood routing models. Chapter 7: Hydrological frequency analysis -- Hydrologic random variables and data -- Probability relationships -- Binomial distribution and risk formula -- Empirical relative frequency relations -- Analytical probability distributions -- Frequency graphs -- Bulletin 17B flood frequency analysis -- Methodologies -- Other flood frequency analysis methods -- Flow-duration, concentration-duration, and low-flow frequency relationships -- Reservoir/river system reliability -- Precipitation frequency analysis -- Probable maximum storm. Chapter 8: Modeling watershed hydrology -- Watershed hydrology -- Watershed models -- Watershed characteristics -- Rational method for estimating peak flow -- Separating precipitation into abstractions and runoff -- Unit hydrograph approach for estimating flow rates -- Erosion and sediment yield -- Water quality modeling -- Generalized watershed simulation models. Chapter 9: Groundwater engineering -- subsurface water -- Basic equations of groundwater flow -- Wells -- Flow net analysis -- Numerical methods -- Groundwater quality -- Generalized groundwater models. Chapter 10: Urban stormwater management -- Stormwater collection systems -- On-site detention basins -- Regional detention facilities -- Water quality -- Flood-damage mitigation. Chapter 11: Water resources systems analysis -- The systems philosophy -- Economic analysis -- Simulation of flood damage reduction systems -- Simulation and optimization -- Linear programming -- Network flow programming -- Zero-one integer programming. Chapter 12: River basin management -- River basin systems -- Dams, reservoirs, and associated facilities -- Water rights and water allocation systems -- Water quality management -- Ecosystem management -- Rivers and reservoirs of the world -- Major river/reservoir systems in the United States -- River basin management computer models .