Symons Rain Gauge – Diagram | Advantages | Disadvantage

The most widely used non-recording type gauge in the world is Symon’s Gauge. As the type of this gauge predicts that it does not record the rain instead of this it only collects the rain. A graduated cylinder is incorporated for measurement of the collected rain. The receiver also called, junction or connecting bottle has … Read more

Water-Related Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in Metropolitan Areas (Tokyo)

This article is an abstract of Dr. Koji IKEUCHI’s presentation who is a professor at the University of Tokyo since October 2016. Before that, he worked at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) till June 2016. As a civil engineer of the MLIT, He was in charge of flood control measures and … Read more

Download handbook of Water Engineering Problems by Mohammad Valipour [PDF]

In the near future, energy is converted as a luxury item and water is considered as the most vital item in the world due to reduction of water resources in most areas. In this condition, role of water science researchers is more important than ever. If a water engineering student is not educated well, he/she … Read more

What are Groundwater Zones, Aeration, Saturation, Pheratic Zone, Vedose Zone

Groundwater is enormous and significant source of fresh water that owns huge share regarding water requirement of humans. Soil being a porous and non-porous medium allows movement of water through interstices and pores through various phenomenon. In terms of groundwater hydrology, the underground soil water is classified in to two basic zones:- a) Zone of … Read more

Download Handbook of Engineering Hydrology by Saeid Eslamian [PDF]

Hydrology is science of water, hydrology deals with occurrence, circulation of water and the distribution of water. It studies the way how water is circulated from sea to vapors then precipitation then infiltration, runoff and other similar activities that are taking place. This book titled “Handbook of Hydrology” includes bundles of scientific laws and observations … Read more