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Desalination and Water Purification

Author(s): Prof. John Lienhard
Offered by: MIT
Type: Lecture note

Water supply is a problem of worldwide concern: more than 1 billion people do not have reliable access to clean drinking water. Water is a particular problem for the developing world, but scarcity also impacts industrial societies. Water purification....


The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change

Type: Tutorial

The Teacher-Friendly Guideā„¢ to Climate Change is now available free online from the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI). The book addresses both the science of climate change and psychological, social, and political issues that add to the ch....


Channel transitions - part 3

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Channel transitions - part 2

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Channel transitions: Introduction

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Critical flow computations

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Computation of critical flow part -1

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Energy, momentum & specific force

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Specific energy & critical flow

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Equation of continuity & energy

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Pressure distribution

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open Channel Flow: Flow classifications & velocity distribution

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Various classifications of open channel flows

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

Source of text, figures and links to video lectures: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati website and NPTEL pro....


Open channel flow: Introduction - advanced hydraulics & course structure

Author(s): Dr. Suresh A Kartha
Offered by: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Type: Video

The student will be able to design the channel sections and drains, jumps, and pumps for various hydraulic and hydrologic projects. Contents: Introduction to kinds of open channel flows and properties like specific energy, force, ....


Transport Processes in the Environment

Author(s): Prof. Heidi Nepf
Offered by: MIT
Type: Video

This class serves as an introduction to mass transport in environmental flows, with emphasis given to river and lake systems. The class will cover the derivation and solutions to the differential form of mass conservation equations. Class topics to b....


Introduction to Water Treatment

Author(s): Prof.dr.ir. J.B. van Lier
Offered by: Delft University of Technology
Type: Slides
Keywords: Drinking water; wastewater treatment

This course will detail urban water services, focusing on basic drinking water and wastewater treatment technologies. Unit processes involved in the two treatment chains will be described as well as the physical, chemical and biological processes inv....


Groundwater Hydrology

Author(s): Prof. Charles Harvey
Offered by: MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: Lecture note
Keywords: Groundwater

This course covers fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. The class includes ....


Global Freshwater Crisis

Author(s): Susan Murcott
Offered by: MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: Tutorial
Keywords: Freshwater Crisis

For the first time in history, the global demand for freshwater is overtaking its supply in many parts of the world. The U.N. predicts that by 2025, more than half of the countries in the world will be experiencing water stress or outright shortages.....


Water Resource Systems

Author(s): Prof. Dennis McLaughlin
Offered by: MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: Lecture note
Keywords: River basin development, flood control, water supply, groundwater remediation

This subject is concerned with quantitative methods for analyzing large-scale water resource problems. Topics covered include the design and management of facilities for river basin development, flood control, water supply, groundwater remediation, a....


Advanced Fluid Dynamics of the Environment

Author(s): Prof. Chiang Mei; Guangda Li
Offered by: MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: Lecture note
Keywords: Fluid Dynamics

Designed to familiarize students with theories and analytical tools useful for studying research literature, this course is a survey of fluid mechanical problems in the water environment. Because of the inherent nonlinearities in the governing equati....


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