Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.

Scope of Hydraulic Engineering -- Historical Perspective -- Trends for the Future -- Hydrology -- General Considerations -- Project Needs -- Hydrologic Cycle -- Statistics and Probability -- Precipitation -- Surface Runoff -- Streamflow -- Obtaining Hydrologic Data -- Computer Programs for Hydrology -- Groundwater -- General Considerations -- Occurrence of Groundwater -- Principles of Groundwater Flow -- One-Dimensional Steady Groundwater Flow -- Well Hydraulics -- Pumping Tests -- Recharging or Injection Wells -- Boundaries of Aquifers -- Well Fields -- Groundwater Recharge and Safe Yield -- Other Analytical Tools -- Open Channel Flow -- General Considerations -- Steady-Uniform Flow in Open Channels -- Steady-Nonuniform Flow in Open Channels -- Measurement of Discharge in Open Channels -- Closed Conduit Flow -- General Considerations -- Energy Equation -- Head Loss -- Head-Discharge Relations for Pump or Turbine -- Conduit Systems -- Instruments and Procedures for Discharge Measurement -- Forces and Stresses in Pipes and Bends -- Pipe Materials -- Large Conduit Design -- Dams and Reservoirs -- The Planning Process -- Types of Dams -- River Diversion -- Dam Safety -- Reservoirs -- Hydraulic Structures -- Functions of Hydraulic Structures -- Culverts and Bridge Openings -- Dam Appurtenances -- Hydroelectric Facilities -- Pump Intakes -- Cavitation in Hydraulic Structures -- Experimental Design -- Diffusers for Wastewater -- Thermal Effluent Diffusers for Power Plants -- Hydraulic Machinery.

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