Water Resources Engineering

920 Pages·2010·29.94 MB·English

by  Larry W. Mays

Water Resources Engineering
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Water Resources Engineering
Second Edition
Larry W. Mays
Professor
Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering Group
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
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About the Author
LarryW.MaysisProfessorintheCivil,Environmental,andSustainableEngineeringGroupinthe
SchoolofSustainableEngineeringandtheBuiltEnvironmentatArizonaStateUniversity(ASU),
andformerchairoftheDepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering.PriortoASUhewas
DirectoroftheCenterforResearchinWaterResourcesattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,wherehe
held an Engineering Foundation–endowed professorship. A registered professional engineer in
several states, and a registered professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many
nationalandinternationalorganizations.
ProfessorMayshaspublishedextensivelyinrefereedjournalpublicationsandintheproceedings
ofnationalandinternationalconferences.Hewastheauthorofthefirsteditionofthisbookand
Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (published by Marcel Dekker), and co-author of Applied
Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Management (both from McGraw-Hill) and
GroundwaterHydrology(publishedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Inc).Hewaseditor-in-chiefofWater
ResourcesHandbook,WaterDistributionSystemsHandbook,UrbanWaterSupplyManagement
Tools,StormwaterCollectionSystemsDesignHandbook,UrbanWaterSupplyHandbook,Urban
StormwaterManagementTools,HydraulicDesignHandbook,WaterSupplySystemsSecurity,and
WaterResourcesSustainability,allpublishedbyMcGraw-Hill.Inaddition,hewaseditor-in-chief
ofReliabilityAnalysisofWaterDistributionSystemsandco-editorofComputerMethodsofFree
SurfaceandPressurizedFlowpublishedbyKluwerAcademicPublishers.
ProfessorMaysdevelopedthebook,IntegratedUrbanWaterManagement:AridandSemi-arid
Regions,publishedbyTaylorandFrancis.ThisbookwastheresultofvolunteerworkfortheUnited
NationsUNESCO-IHPinParis.HerecentlywaseditorofthefourtheditionofWaterTransmission
andDistribution,publishedbytheAmericanWaterWorksAssociation.
Oneofhismajoreffortsisthestudyofancientwatersystemsandtherelationthatthesesystems
could have on solving our problems of water resources sustainability using the concepts of
traditional knowledge, not only for the present, but the future. His most recent book is Ancient
WaterTechnology,publishedbySpringerScienceandBusinessMedia,TheNetherlands.
Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the Department of Civil and
Engineering at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and he is a Diplomate, Water
ResourcesEngineeringoftheAmericanAcademyofWaterResourcesEngineering.Heisalsoa
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the International Water Resources
Association. He loves the mountains where he enjoys alpine skiing, hiking, and fly-fishing. In
additionhelovesphotographingancientwatersystemsaroundtheworldandgardening.Professor
MayslivesinMesa,ArizonaandPagosaSprings,Colorado.
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Acknowledgments
WaterResourcesEngineeringistheresultofteachingclassesoverthepast34yearsattheUniversity
ofTexasatAustinandArizonaStateUniversity.Sofirstandforemost,Iwouldliketothankthemany
studentsthatIhavetaughtovertheyears.SeveralofmypastPh.D.studentshavehelpedmeinmany
waysthroughtheirreviewofthematerialandhelpindevelopmentofthesolutionsmanual.These
formerstudentsincludeDrs.AihuaTang,GuihuaLi,JohnNicklow,BurcuSakarya,KaanTuncok,
CarlosCarriaga,BingZhao,ElSaidAhmed,andMesseleEjeta.Iwouldliketogivespecialthanks
toProfessorY.K.TungoftheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.Hehasbeenalong
timefriendandwasmyveryfirstPh.D.studentattheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Y.K.wasvery
gracious in providing mewith some of the end of chapter problems for the hydrology chapters.
IwouldliketoacknowledgeArizonaStateUniversity,especiallythetimeaffordedmetopursue
thisbook.
IwouldliketothankWayneAndersonfororiginallyhavingfaithinmethroughhiswillingnessto
firstpublishthebookandnowJennyWelterwhohasworkedtogetthiseditionpublished.
DuringmyacademiccareerasaprofessorIhavereceivedhelpandencouragementfromsomany
peoplethatitisnotpossibletonamethemall.Thesepeoplerepresentawiderangeofuniversities,
research institutions, government agencies, and professions. To all of you I express my deepest
thanks.
WaterResourcesEngineeringhasbeenapartofapersonaljourneythatbeganyearsagowhenI
wasayoungboywithaloveofwater.Thisloveofwaterresourceshascontinuedthroughoutmylife,
eveninmysparetime,beinganavidsnowskier,fly-fishermanandhiker.Booksarecompanions
alongthejourneyoflearningandIhopethatyouwillbeabletousethisbookinyourownexploration
ofthefieldofwaterresources.Haveawonderfuljourney.
LarryW.Mays
Mesa,Arizona
PagosaSprings,Colorado
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I would like to dedicate this book to humanity and human welfare.