Curricular Unit:			Code:
Water Resources Management			997GAGU
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Quality, Environment and Safety Management	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The main objective of this curricular unit is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and tools for planning and management of water resources in a given area considering its multiple aspects - ecological, social, economic, technological and legislative for sustained development. They should also: • understand the chemical, biological and socio-economic physical processes underlying water management; • understand the complexity, uncertainty and interdisciplinary nature of water management, recognizing its multiple strands; • select and use the most appropriate methodologies and techniques to analyze water domain problems; • inventory, characterize and diagnose problems related to water protection, valorization, planning and mana trategies, means and solutions for solving problems and analyze consequences of the proposed solutions.
Syllabus:
1) Water: a. Importance b. Main uses c. Main associated issues 2) Water cycle: a. Main water reservoirs b. Processes c. Anthropogenic changes to the water cycle 3) Main aquatic ecossystems a. Basic concepts of aquatic ecology b. General characterization of diferente ecossystems 4) Water quality a. Concept b. Main quality elements c. Evaluation methodologies 5) Water treatment a. Supply water b. wastewater c. Physical, chemical and biological processes 6) Water Management Instruments in Portugal
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The program teaches contents that allow the student to understand the importance of water in human life and what are the main risks that come from the degradation and use of this resource when it is carried out without taking into account the sustainability of this resource. It also allows the contact with some instruments that aim at the sustainability of the use of water and the filling of some of the problems due to the degradation of its quality.Metodologias de ensino (avaliação incluída)
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The teaching methodologies are mainly expositive, interrogative and demonstrative, both during classes and tutorial orientation sessions. Case-studies are frequently used, in order to allow the interpretation and correct application of theoretical knowledge. Students are encouraged and supervised to perform research essays. Whenever possible, field trips are promoted. The evaluation is continuous, through the practical application of knowledge in individual or group assignments, and research essays.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The teaching methodologies of this curricular unit were planned in order to enhance the practical applicability of the theoretical concepts transmitted. According to this, it is believed that learning methodologies like lectures with external guests, and case-studies, together with study orientation practices, will enable the students to understand the relevance of these subjects in the practice of organizational management, as well as the relevance of their role in this scope.
Reading:
.ADENE.2017. Guia Aqua eXperience. www.aquaexperience.pt/ebook .APA, 2020. Instrumentos. https://apambiente.pt/index.php?ref=17&subref=826 .APA, 2012. Programa Nacional para o Uso Eficiente da agua .IAPMEI, 2015. Guia do licenciamento industrial .Jiménez Cisneros et al. 2015. Freshwater resources. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WGIIAR5-Chap3_FINAL.pdf .Clim. Chang. 2014 Impacts, Adapt. Vulnerability Part A. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415379.008 . Marques, R.C., 2011. A regulação dos serviços de abastecimento de água e saneamento de águas residuais. .Simões, C. et al. 2008. Guia para a Avaliação de Impacte Ambiental de Estações de Tratamento de Águas Residuais. .United Nations, 2018. Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report 2018 on Water and Sanitation. https://doi.org/10.18356/e8fc060b-en .Lei n 58/2005, Lei da Água .Decreto-Lei n 73/2015.Sistema da Indústria Responsável .Portaria n 279/2015. O Sistema da Indústria Responsável
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Maria Guerreiro (mariajoao@ufp.edu.pt)