While retaining the strengths of the First Edition, this thoroughly revised edition of Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems offers a complete treatment of the quantitative elements involved in the development of water resources. The Second Edition includes fundamental, up-to-date coverage of applications and designs, the development and monitoring of groundwater, kinematic and contaminant hydrology, evapotranspiration, the design of water supply projects, the theory of leaky aquifers, probable maximum precipitation, and flood-routing procedures. The text's broad coverage makes it ideal for a variety of courses on hydrology, hydrologic systems, and water resources management. Outstanding features of the Second Edition include: 280 illustrations and 175 tables; 225 fully solved example problems integrated within the text and 500 end-of-chapter problems; detailed treatment of theory and applications of groundwater flow for both steady- and unsteady-state conditions; application of EPA-recommended statistical procedures to groundwater monitoring; detailed presentation of field practices of hydrologic investigations and analytical procedures for data assessment; systematic treatment of various estimation techniques of surface water; analysis and design of basic hydraulic structures; presentation of contaminant hydrology as it relates to surface water, groundwater, and unsaturated media; and complete treatment of storm, sanitary, agriculture, and urban drainage systems.
Professor of Engineering at RWU, Ram Gupta holds forty years of experience working on projects in the United States, Australia, India and Liberia (West Africa). He is a full time faculty at RWU for over 22 years. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Dr. Gupta is President of Delta Engineers, Inc., a RI based consulting company
specializing in Structures and WAter REsources.
He holds a master of engineering from IIT, Roorkee, India and a Ph.D. from Polytechnic University, New York.
Besides contributing a large number of research papers, he has authored two very successful textbooks, Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems, and Introduction to Environmental Engineering.
He worked on the technical scrutiny of energy related projects for inclusion in the National Five Year Plans of India and to monitor their progress. He was a member of the team to investigate the UN sponsored multinational Mano River Valley Hydropower Project in Africa. As a hydrology expert to the Government of Liberia, he set up a network of hydrometric stations and assessed the hydropower potential of the nation. For New York State Energy Resources Development Authority (NYSERDA) , he investigated the small hydropower potential in New York, as part of the team at Center of Regional Technology of Polytechnic University. The center developed the User's Manual for Small Hydropower Development. His research interest has been focused on the energy alternatives and renewable energy developments including wind energy sources which he covered in his environmental book.
