Customer Reviews

Water Resources Engineering

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Larry W. Mays has written an outstanding text that provide students with a complete picture of water resources engineering by integrating the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, and contaminant transport processes. The material in the text is presented from first principles, is rigorous, is relevant to the practice of water resources engineering, and is reinforced by detailed presetations of design applications. A text worth having next to vintage books on this subject in W-R engineers' library.

This text includes some useful information, but the author makes some logical leaps and bounds that are very difficult to follow. Equations are given without explanation and the wording of some passages leaves the reader searching for guidance. Some example solutions use equations that aren't given (and can't be expected to be known). Examples are also sparse and cover only about a third of the concepts discussed. I would not suggest using this book as a reference, but if you are required to use it for a class, take good notes in lecture.

This book is loaded with good information, but we found errors in key hydraulic formulas, which quickly led me not to trust anything out of the book. The sad part is, this was a required text for an engineering class. Maybe the new edition has remedied the problems, but I wouldn't recommend the edition I bought.

One of my coworkers had this book, I kept using it as a reference so I eventually bought my own copy. It is an outstanding textbook and an important reference book to have on hand. I highly recommned it. It is far better than the "Hydraulic Engineering" textbook I had in college.

One of the best water resources books. It covers all major and minor topics in water resources and is a great reference for the PE Exam.

They are great. Condition is great, so very reasonable price.The book itself is also useful. We use it as required book for a 300level class in hydrology.

book was in great shape but it is poorly laid out and there is no availabe solutions manual

Book was in very good condition and looked practically new. Arrived in a timely manner.