Hydrosystems

General description and objectives (September to January - level Master 2 )

Context : The management of water and aquatic environments imply both societal issues - with the preservation of resources in quantity and quality, or the fight against flooding-, and environmental issues -with the protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems, especially in the current context of climate change.

In France, the management of water, aquatic environments and protection against floods (GEMAPI) is a competence of the intercommunities since 2014 (Decentralization Law). Several other countries have ambitious regulations, just as in Europe, where the Water Framework Directive of 2000 aims to achieve good ecological status for all surface, underground and coastal aquatic environments.

Objectives : This course targets surface and groundwater management in a natural environment including human activities, in all its dimensions: excess, lack and transport in order to stay generalist.Regulatory aspects applied in France and in Europe are addressed (e.g. the European Framework Directive).

The objective of this semester of specialization is to train future actors in the management of water and aquatic environments by reinforcing their skills in hydrology, in forecasting extreme events, in the management of diffuse pollution, in the restoration of environments, and their knowledge of the regulations, the French and European actors, the stakes and the constraints related to this management.

This course can be taught in English

NB : A course more focused on the quantitative and qualitative management of groundwater resources is also possible and taught between ENGEES and EOST

Coordinators : Sylvain Weill and Corinne Grac

Teaching Units

Teaching Units	Details	ECTS	Number of teaching hours	Number of teaching hours (apprentices)
Teaching units specific to the Hydrosystem management semester
S9 GESTER - Territorial management of the environment and risks	- Know the institutional and economic instruments of public action to manage water - Understand the social, political and economic dimensions of extreme situations : floods, water shortages and conflicts of use - Understand, through foresight, what technical choices about water say about societal choices, and conversely, understand the links between scientific rigor and political pragmatism	5	52	52
S9 HYDROMOD3 - Management of Flooding Risks and 2D Urban Stream Flood Modelling	This UE deals with regulatory approaches to risk management and advanced flood modelling tools (2D approach)	3	37	30
S9 GESER - Erosion and Solid Matter Transport	The objective of this course is to provide the knowledge necessary to understand and manage solid transport phenomena in plain and mountainous areas. Management of contaminant transfer - Understanding: interaction between microbiological, chemical and hydrological processes during contaminant transfer - Acquire basic knowledge: observe and characterize contaminant transfer - Understand and use modern analytical approaches: evaluate and predict contaminant transfer and degradation	2	36	36
S9 GESQUAL1- Contaminant Transport in Hydrosystems	- Understand: interaction between microbiological, chemical and hydrological processes in the transfer of contaminants - Acquire a basic understanding: observe and characterize contaminant transfer - Understand and use modern analytical approaches: evaluate and predict contaminant transfer and degradation	4
S9 GESQUAL2 - Management of aquatic natural environments	The objective of this course is to propose, carry out and evaluate actions for the protection, restoration and management of natural aquatic environments in order to achieve the European objectives of good ecological status; this course is based on the knowledge acquired in ecological engineering including the tools of ecological diagnosis. Teaching and practical application within the framework of a visit and a restoration project, plus a visit and a seminar on dams (EDF intervention)	3	45	45
Teaching unit shared with other courses
S9 INGECOL - Ecological engineering	The objective of this course is to present the concepts, methods and mathematical models for optimizing the ecosystem services of aquatic environments for the restoration of watercourses, the treatment of diffuse pollution in artificial wetlands and the extensive treatment of domestic and industrial effluents. Specific objectives: - To approach the notion of ecosystem services - To raise awareness of the concept of ecological engineering - To approach the technical aspects of ecological engineering (natural environment, diffuse pollution, tertiary treatment) and the solutions provided by nature for stormwater management. - Understand extensive wastewater treatment, diffuse pollution treatment, ecosystem services and ecological engineering - Ability to identify the ecosystem services associated with aquatic environments - Identify techniques to be implemented in a case study - Evaluate the scope of the techniques to be applied	3	30	30
Groundwater course
S9 GESTER - Territorial management of the environment and risks	- Know the institutional and economic instruments of public action to manage water - Understand the social, political and economic dimensions of extreme situations: floods, water shortages and conflicts of use - Understand, through foresight, what technical choices about water say about societal choices, and conversely, understand the links between scientific rigor and political pragmatism	5	52	52
S9 GESER - Erosion and Solid Matter Transport	The objective of this course is to provide the knowledge necessary for the understanding and management of solid transport phenomena in plain and mountainous areas.	2	22	22
S9 GESQUAL1 - Contaminant Transport in Hydrosystems	- Understand: interaction between microbiological, chemical and hydrological processes in the transfer of contaminants - Acquire a basic understanding: observe and characterize contaminant transfer - Understand and use modern analytical approaches: evaluate and predict contaminant transfer and degradation	4	36	36
Soil multiphase transfer	/	2	/	/
Geochemical tools and methods	/	2	/	/
Numerical methods and tools	/	2	/	/
Mineral reactions in porous media	/	2	/	/

Common core

Teaching Units	Details	ECTS	Number of teaching hours	Number of teaching hours (apprentices)
S9 ACV - Life cycle analysis	Advanced project management, Life cycle analysis	3	28	28
S9 PROJPRO3 - Career Exploration and Professional Development 3	Job preparation, Professional forums, Professional project support	0	30	30
S9 RHM3 - Personal and Professional Development 3	Management and Leadership level 3	3	18	X
S9 PROTUT - Tutored Projects	The tutored project is a group work (3 students per team) carried out by 3rd year student-engineers that responds to a professional problem of a company or community on a wide variety of subjects. A teacher-researcher supervises the students' work to guarantee the scientific validity of the project. The project is monitored jointly by the company and the school. An agreement signed between the company/community and the school frames the scheme. Skills : - Implement and deepen your skills in a professional context in group work - Work on a project to understand and respond to a business need - Project management: identification of deliverables, tasks, blocking points, management of project progress - Become aware of innovation	4	34	34

General description and objectives (September to January - level Master 2 )

Teaching Units

Teaching units specific to the Hydrosystem management semester

Teaching unit shared with other courses

Groundwater course

Common core