Integrated management of water resources

1. Introduction: Hydrological cycle, Water Resources and Environment, Water balance, Water use, Sustainability of water resources, Groundwater

2. Water Resources Management: General Principles, Management Rules, Management Levels, Management Systems Design Methodology

3. Integrated water resource management systems

4. Institutional framework for water resources management - Greek and European legislation on Water Bodies and Water

5. Water use in agriculture. Effects of agriculture on water resources: Over-irrigation - Water pollution. Integrated planning and rational use of water in agriculture, Good Agricultural Policy

6. Applications of technologies to reduce nitrate pollution of agricultural origin

7. Groundwater and surface water quality, quality control, self-purification of water

8. Protection and decontamination of underground aquifers

9. Artificial enrichment of underground aquifers - Reuse of treated waste

10. Climate change and impacts on water resources. Measures to manage extreme climate events

11. Water scarcity: overview and analysis, Desalination - Desalination technologies

12. Case study analysis: e.g. Artificial Groundwater Replenishment, Drought / Water Scarcity / Pollution Risk Management Plans

13. Methods of chemical water analysis