Hydrology

Hydrology (from Greek: Yδρoλoγια, Yδωρ+Λoγos, Hydrologia, the "study of water") is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth, and thus addresses both the hydrologic cycle and water resources. A practitioner of hydrology is a hydrologist, working within the fields of either earth or environmental science, or civil and environmental engineering.

Applications of Hydrology

• Mitigating and predicting flood, landslide and drought risk;
• Designing irrigation schemes and managing agricultural productivity;
• Providing drinking water;
• Designing dams for water supply or hydroelectric power generation;
• Designing bridges;
• Predicting geomorphological changes, such as erosion or sedimentation.
• Assessing the impacts of natural and anthropogenic environmental change on water resources.
• Assessing contaminant transport risk and establishing environmental policy guidelines.