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 a capacity of measuring 175mm of rainfall. In the areas of large…
Water-Related Disasters and Disaster Risk Management in Metropolitan Areas (Tokyo)
April 12, 2017
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…
Download handbook of Water Engineering Problems by Mohammad Valipour [PDF]
December 3, 2015
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…
What are Groundwater Zones, Aeration, Saturation, Pheratic Zone, Vedose Zone
February 24, 2015
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 Aerationb) Zone of Saturation
Zone of…
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…
