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Water is critical to all forms of life, society, and the environment, and being able to manage water in a sustainable manner is essential. This requires a thorough understanding of the different demands for water and the available supply. This course aims to provide this understanding by looking at the regulatory framework (including policy and social/cultural/economic/ecological aspects such as Te mana o te Wai anf the Resouce Management Act), measuring available water, modelling demand and supply over time and optimising water allocation and costs when facing conflicting interests.
Water is critical to all forms of life, society, and the environment, and being able to manage water in a sustainable manner is essential. This requires a thorough understanding of the different demands for water and the available supply. This course aims to provide this understanding by looking at the regulatory framework (including policy and social/cultural/economic/ecological aspects such as Te mana o te Wai and the Resource Management Act), measuring available water, modelling demand and supply over time and optimising water allocation and costs when facing conflicting interests.
1. Understand the regulatory background of water demand and supply in the New Zealand context, including Te Mana o te Wai and the RMA2. Learn how to measure and/or estimate water demand and supply,3. Be able to statistically and stochastically analyse and model water quantity data,4. Be able to optimise water supply and allocation in different contexts.
ENCN304 and ENCN342 or equivalent or approval by Head of Department.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
The course will be mostly taught in block course mode with additional zoom and online learning. Block 1 in March will focus on optimisation. Block 2 in May will concentrate on measuring and modelling, time series analysis as well as linear programming systems for exchange of allowances
Tonny de Vries
Markus Pahlow and Mark Milke
Communication will happen via email and Learn. Students should use their university email to communicate with lecturers and each other. The use of personal email is strongly discouraged as messages often are flagged as spam and may not be delivered.
Final exam50%Assignment optimisation20%Assignment measuring and modelling15%Assignment time series analysis7.5%Assignment regulatory background7.5%Total 100%
ENCN648 will have a significant amount of online material, book chapters and other suggested readings. You will find an overview of all this material on Learn under the headings of the individual topics.
Domestic fee $1,197.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .