MASTER WATER SCIENCES

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The growing prominence of water issues in the world is accompanied by an exponential production of documentary films. These water documentaries, produced by television channels or independent producers, are for the most part freely available on the Internet. The power of the image makes it possible to combine both the materiality of water and its manifestations, and its societal or environmental consequences. This module will take place in several stages through which students will successively search the Internet for documentaries on subjects that interest them, work in pairs to produce a critical analysis of the selected film, give a three-minute presentation of the film in front of the students of the same course (followed by a short collective scientific discussion), and share the results with the other courses in the class.

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This course is focused on mastering the tools of communication with the world of work, i.e. learning: -(i) how to write a CV, a cover letter, an email for a spontaneous application; -(ii) how to present oneself in a very short time, either orally or in writing; -(iii) how to answer the questions of an interview, and how to avoid the traps.

Learning these tools involves a theoretical presentation of the tools, but also very quickly putting them into practice. To do this, students will be asked to work in small groups, simulating realistic situations such as job interviews and presentations .... This is to learn how to best master these different tools.

All the teaching is done in the form of practical work, with particular emphasis on :

• on "reality show" sessions, where everyone will have to introduce themselves to each other in less than 3 minutes, will be put in job interview conditions or will have to make spontaneous applications / presentations.
• On email, cover letter and resume writing workshops.

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Project management brings together all the methods, tools and techniques used to organize the progress of a project and achieve its objectives, from the project idea to its completion.

A practical situation is planned with the help of exercises or case studies so that the students acquire the right reflexes and manipulate the tools of project management.

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This course should enable students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and to identify threats and vulnerability to local pressures and climate change.

It will also allow 1) to know the specificities of the functioning of benthic ecosystems and the ecological roles of its components, 2) to acquire in-depth knowledge in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, 3) to acquire knowledge on the impact of chemical and biological contaminants (toxic and pathogenic microalgae), of climate change and anthropization on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and on these components with socio-economic repercussions This EU will develop networks for monitoring the marine environment and the health of exploited marine animals by addressing mortality issues.

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This teaching is divided into two parts, one part concerning surface and atmospheric waters, the other part concerning groundwater. This UE is in continuity with the UE Water cycle of S1, and allows to lay the essential bases for the specific teachings of hydrodynamics and physical hydrology which will take place in S2. It is thus a transitional course between fundamental knowledge on the water cycle and specific knowledge on the study and characterization of surface and groundwater resources.

Theoretical courses associated with integrated tutorials are complemented by practical work on computers and hydrogeological maps.

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The lessons consist essentially of a presentation of the foundations of regional planning: the main legal frameworks are presented and analyzed (in a participative manner) legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the " doctrines We present and analyze (in a participatory manner) the main legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the "doctrines" that condition their application, but also the different technical "tools", whether they are procedures or file set-ups (Urban Planning Documents, or public or private construction or development projects). The tools and conditions for dialogue and consultation (examination of the different operating modes), the land approaches (land control and tools for this control), the evaluation of the multiple issues (financial, socio-economic and political), and finally the processes of decision making. The different aspects mentioned above are put forward as factors that condition the success - and therefore the successful spatial translation - of all development projects, whatever their nature and the dimension.

Focused on all the territories, the module is also focused on the specific problems of coastal areass and similar areas. Because coastal areas have their own specificities, a specific approach to these areas is essential to complete the general approaches (Coastal Law, Water Law, easements, evolution of frameworks and texts).

Finally, the backdrop of this module is the systematic highlighting of the multiple debates and issues involved in the confrontation between theemergency (or priority) socio-economic and the emergency (or priority) environmental emergencywith an understanding of the trade-offs and adjustments that this confrontation gives rise to. The topicality of the ecological and transitional emergency as well as the acceleration of confrontations / conflicts of interest are examined and put into perspective.

With respect to the management As regards the "management" of territories, presented in the title of the EU (" From planning to management of the territory") as a consequence of the planning stage, this theme is also described and analysed for each of the points declined that fall under planning, both as a consequence of the actions carried out and as a condition for success -in the medium and long term- of the projects implemented on a territory, whatever the scale.

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Water is at the heart of multiple and contradictory issues, visions and interests. The articulation of these different elements raises the question of integrated management (IWRM) and regulation (in particular by public policies), of the balance between collective and private values, and of decision-making processes concerning collective issues, in short, of governance. Decentralization, water and sanitation services, basin management, the European Framework Directive, financial circuits illustrate, in particular, different facets of governance.

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This course introduces students to the contaminants in the aquatic environment, which are essential for the evaluation of risks to the health of ecosystems and humans and for the management of water resources. This is why the program integrates the presentation of the various contaminants of the environment and the regulations.

This course is taught by research professors and researchers (multidisciplinary course) who develop their research activities around the problems of contaminants in aquatic environments.

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The course is organized in 3 main chapters with alternating tutorials applied to engineering problems. In the first part, after describing the large water reservoirs on a global scale and the basic principles of the water cycle, the effects of human activities on this cycle are discussed. The second part is dedicated to the aerial part of this cycle from precipitation to infiltration. The third part focuses on aquifers and groundwater from the pore scale to the catchment scale.

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The "Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate" module focuses on presenting the fundamental principles of atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics and provides a critical and documented look at climate change. The teaching is based on the analysis of official documents describing global change, documented lessons on key issues and applications on case studies in different global contexts.

The module is shared by the "Coastal engineering and rational development of the coastline" and "Water and coastline" courses of the STPE and Water masters. It can be taken by work-study students wishing to update their knowledge of global change and its relationship to weather and atmospheric processes.

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The Bibliographic Project course consists of training in documentary research, including the use of search engines, databases and bibliographic reference management tools. Students work in pairs on a subject they have defined themselves, in connection with their training. This documentary research is valued by the writing of a synthesis and a poster.

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Program :

• Reminder of soil physics
• General principles of hydrostatics (notions of adsorption, capillarity, energy potential of water, principles of conservation of matter, retention curves of soils)
• Flow in saturated and unsaturated soils (Darcy's law, Richards' equation...)
• Notions of numerical solution of Richards' equation
• Water flow dynamics in the field
• Methodology for measuring the hydrodynamic properties of soils

The EU gives an important part to the directed lessons and practical work. Experiments will be conducted during sessions on agricultural plots. Calculation or simple modeling exercises will be carried out to illustrate the numerical application of all the physical concepts presented in lectures. The examples treated during these exercises will be based on these experimental results on the one hand, and on specific problems of the agricultural environment on the other. 

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The course is based on the fundamentals of physics (conservation of mass, energy, momentum) to address the problems of hydraulics in rivers (flooding, habitats, ecological continuity) and water transport networks (irrigation, drainage, sanitation).
The teaching is largely based on experimentation at the Supagro hydraulic hall where uniform flows, flows at control structures, and transition regimes are addressed. The analysis of the processes leads to the mobilization of the theoretical knowledge acquired during the module and of the resolution tools allowing the diagnosis of real situations.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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The content of the course is organized in 6 sequences:
- Climate: meteorological variables, major climates of the Earth
- Surface energy balance: radiative, conductive and convective fluxes, surface energy balance,
reference evapotranspiration (Penman and Penman-Monteith approaches)
- Plant: growth and development cycle, phenology, geometric structure, photosynthesis, root system,
water in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
- Crop models: Monteith's
approach, water constraints
- Impact of climate change in agriculture

Objectives*:

The objective of the module is to provide the theoretical basis of the influence of climate on
plant production. The competences aimed at are the knowledge of the fundamentals
of ecophysiology and the relationships between climate, water and plant production

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The GIS Practice course consists of a training in the practice of Geographic Information Systems, integrating the basic concepts concerning geographic information and the mastery of the free software QGIS. The majority of the course is devoted to an initiation through alternating lectures and practical exercises. At the end of the course, a personalized cartographic project allows students to remobilize the concepts seen previously. An introductory lecture with professionals allows to put into perspective the interest of GIS approaches in general hydrology.

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The module is structured around 4 sequences. Sequence 1 presents the basic concepts and frameworks for analyzing a farm and its functioning, with its bio-physical, technical and economic determinants. In sequence 2, the decision-making processes of the farmer that underlie the constitution and management of cropping systems within the farm are examined in depth. The last two sequences deal with the territory scale. Sequence 3 deals with the representation of the diversity of cropping systems and farms, and its application to the analysis of the joint dynamics of agricultural uses and water resources in a territory. Sequence 4 addresses the issue of the coordination of technical choices of farms within a territory, with an application to the management of a watershed.

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Optimized management and protection of water resources (surface or groundwater) requires taking into account water quality. The assessment of the quality status of water bodies, particularly with regard to the legislative frameworks in force, is based on precise chemical and microbiological quality criteria, as well as standards adapted to the types of use envisaged for these resources.

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In the framework of this course, the students will be led : - (1) to couple the analysis of hydrodynamic measurements with hydrochemical or geophysical information acquired in situ; - (2) to process and analyze them jointly with the appropriate software; - (3) to interpret them by integrating the knowledge acquired in the UE "Field internship", "Hydrogeophysics", "Water Quality and Microbiology" and "Underground Hydrodynamics".

This course will include a short theoretical introduction, followed by practical lessons given in a dedicated room (Hydraulic Hall) and a field trip to link the various concepts of hydrodynamics and hydraulics in the context of the implementation of a water collection and treatment system for drinking water supply (AEP).

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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At the end of this module, students should be able to understand an economic analysis of a water management project/policy. They should be familiar with the principles of cost-benefit analysis, know the valuation methods, parameters and indicators that can be used. They will learn to have a critical eye on the evaluations and on the parameters and indicators used.

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This UE is sequenced according to the following activities: First steps - R environment; R structures; Input-output in R; Manipulations of R structures; Basics of algorithmics; Programming structures in R; Mini-project by group on an R function to be created on an applied 'Water' problem

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The objectives of this course are 1) to present the basics of the interpreted language of an engineering tool (environment, structures, inputs-outputs, manipulations of structures, graphics, programming), 2) to bring the fundamental theoretical knowledge allowing to create one's own functions and programs on practical examples in water sciences for 3) that the students are autonomous to pursue their self-training and expertise on R.

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Historically, the question of managing access to water resources was first raised for river water, which is closely linked to the climatic conditions of the moment, and for water delivered by man-made distribution systems. It is only more recently that the management of groundwater has been considered, as it is less subject to problems of cyclical shortage (except for the water tables accompanying rivers). In the majority of cases, access to groundwater is made on an individual basis, with each user (particularly in agriculture) accessing it by drilling at the place of his needs. But these underground resources also require management, because they are increasingly exploited and sometimes even overexploited.

This module addresses the issue of groundwater resources management by first presenting what each discipline of physical sciences (geology-hydrogeology, geochemistry, isotopy) and their tools brings to the knowledge of aquifers (at the geological level: outcrop, drilling, logging, seismic profiles ...; at the hydrogeological level: piezometry, pumping test, sampling points / outlets, quantities withdrawn ...): geometry, structure and hydrological functioning.

It then outlines the value of groundwater to the various uses that mobilize it. The economic value of groundwater is thus studied in this section (Qureshi et al., 2012). The difficulties of knowing about these groundwater withdrawals and the methods that can be used to reveal them are also specified.

It then describes the various problems posed by aquifers: current or future overexploitation of groundwater, degradation of groundwater quality, threat of saltwater intrusion, salinization of soils, etc.

Finally, it identifies the various methods for rebalancing groundwater supply and demand. Firstly, it sets out the means of increasing water supply (active management of groundwater, substitutions between resources) or avoiding the contamination of good quality water by less good quality water. Examples: active management of karstic aquifers (Lez system), artificial recharge (e.g. Seine catchment fields in Paris), inter-seasonal / inter-annual recharge (Llobregat, Catalonia), recharge with wastewater (California), damming to avoid contamination of freshwater by saltwater.

Secondly, it traces the solutions acting on water demand. These solutions are based on two drivers of individual decisions, which can sometimes be combined: maximization of individual utility and inclusion in a society that induces "pro-social" behavior. Solutions that act directly on the demand for groundwater (pricing, quotas, trading of water rights) will be explored, as well as indirect solutions (purchase of land that can protect a resource, agricultural or energy policies that can positively or negatively influence the development of individual abstractions, etc.).

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This module presents the basics of optical and radar remote sensing with the basics of image processing (consultation of image catalogs on the Internet, image downloading, import/export, visualization, contrast enhancement, radiometric and geometric image corrections, segmentation, vectorization, classification ...). In addition, this module presents applications related to water management.

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This module aims to bring students to a concrete understanding of the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management through an active pedagogical approach.

It is based on the "Cooplage" system for supporting the implementation of participatory approaches to water management, developed by researchers from the GEAU research unit, and the associated Agreenium MOOC Terr'eau & co.

The students will work in small groups, associating students from the different courses of the Water Master, on case studies resulting from the ongoing research projects of the lecturers. The learning will be done through the implementation of some tools of the "Cooplage" device on their case study, including modeling and participatory simulation in the form of a role play. In order to anchor their work, students will be put in contact with the holders of these case studies. 

In view of the health constraints, this year the EU will take place entirely remotely. The modeling and the games will be done on a virtual table.

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In water sciences, the use of probability and statistics for the treatment of hydroclimatic or water quality data is essential. Lectures and practical sessions will help students to refresh their knowledge (problems for the Baccalaureate, Licence), and then some new notions will be introduced (test for membership of a law in particular).

The course is structured around these chapters:

1. Elementary probability theory, combinatorial analysis. (course session n°1, TD1)
2. Discrete and continuous random variables. Law of probability and probability density function. Expectation, variance, covariance. (class session n°2, TD2)
3. Simple linear regression (covered in TD3)
4. Multiple linear regression (covered in TD3)
5. Some usual probability laws (binomial law, Poisson's law, normal law, Gamma, Gumbel) and their application (class session 3, TD4)
6. Tests for membership in a law (covered in TD5)

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The growing prominence of water issues in the world is accompanied by an exponential production of documentary films. These water documentaries, produced by television channels or independent producers, are for the most part freely available on the Internet. The power of the image makes it possible to combine both the materiality of water and its manifestations, and its societal or environmental consequences. This module will take place in several stages through which students will successively search the Internet for documentaries on subjects that interest them, work in pairs to produce a critical analysis of the selected film, give a three-minute presentation of the film in front of the students of the same course (followed by a short collective scientific discussion), and share the results with the other courses in the class.

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This course is focused on mastering the tools of communication with the world of work, i.e. learning: -(i) how to write a CV, a cover letter, an email for a spontaneous application; -(ii) how to present oneself in a very short time, either orally or in writing; -(iii) how to answer the questions of an interview, and how to avoid the traps.

Learning these tools involves a theoretical presentation of the tools, but also very quickly putting them into practice. To do this, students will be asked to work in small groups, simulating realistic situations such as job interviews and presentations .... This is to learn how to best master these different tools.

All the teaching is done in the form of practical work, with particular emphasis on :

• on "reality show" sessions, where everyone will have to introduce themselves to each other in less than 3 minutes, will be put in job interview conditions or will have to make spontaneous applications / presentations.
• On email, cover letter and resume writing workshops.

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Project management brings together all the methods, tools and techniques used to organize the progress of a project and achieve its objectives, from the project idea to its completion.

A practical situation is planned with the help of exercises or case studies so that the students acquire the right reflexes and manipulate the tools of project management.

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This course should enable students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and to identify threats and vulnerability to local pressures and climate change.

It will also allow 1) to know the specificities of the functioning of benthic ecosystems and the ecological roles of its components, 2) to acquire in-depth knowledge in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, 3) to acquire knowledge on the impact of chemical and biological contaminants (toxic and pathogenic microalgae), of climate change and anthropization on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and on these components with socio-economic repercussions This EU will develop networks for monitoring the marine environment and the health of exploited marine animals by addressing mortality issues.

See full page

This teaching is divided into two parts, one part concerning surface and atmospheric waters, the other part concerning groundwater. This UE is in continuity with the UE Water cycle of S1, and allows to lay the essential bases for the specific teachings of hydrodynamics and physical hydrology which will take place in S2. It is thus a transitional course between fundamental knowledge on the water cycle and specific knowledge on the study and characterization of surface and groundwater resources.

Theoretical courses associated with integrated tutorials are complemented by practical work on computers and hydrogeological maps.

See full page

The lessons consist essentially of a presentation of the foundations of regional planning: the main legal frameworks are presented and analyzed (in a participative manner) legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the " doctrines We present and analyze (in a participatory manner) the main legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the "doctrines" that condition their application, but also the different technical "tools", whether they are procedures or file set-ups (Urban Planning Documents, or public or private construction or development projects). The tools and conditions for dialogue and consultation (examination of the different operating modes), the land approaches (land control and tools for this control), the evaluation of the multiple issues (financial, socio-economic and political), and finally the processes of decision making. The different aspects mentioned above are put forward as factors that condition the success - and therefore the successful spatial translation - of all development projects, whatever their nature and the dimension.

Focused on all the territories, the module is also focused on the specific problems of coastal areass and similar areas. Because coastal areas have their own specificities, a specific approach to these areas is essential to complete the general approaches (Coastal Law, Water Law, easements, evolution of frameworks and texts).

Finally, the backdrop of this module is the systematic highlighting of the multiple debates and issues involved in the confrontation between theemergency (or priority) socio-economic and the emergency (or priority) environmental emergencywith an understanding of the trade-offs and adjustments that this confrontation gives rise to. The topicality of the ecological and transitional emergency as well as the acceleration of confrontations / conflicts of interest are examined and put into perspective.

With respect to the management As regards the "management" of territories, presented in the title of the EU (" From planning to management of the territory") as a consequence of the planning stage, this theme is also described and analysed for each of the points declined that fall under planning, both as a consequence of the actions carried out and as a condition for success -in the medium and long term- of the projects implemented on a territory, whatever the scale.

See full page

Water is at the heart of multiple and contradictory issues, visions and interests. The articulation of these different elements raises the question of integrated management (IWRM) and regulation (in particular by public policies), of the balance between collective and private values, and of decision-making processes concerning collective issues, in short, of governance. Decentralization, water and sanitation services, basin management, the European Framework Directive, financial circuits illustrate, in particular, different facets of governance.

See full page

This course introduces students to the contaminants in the aquatic environment, which are essential for the evaluation of risks to the health of ecosystems and humans and for the management of water resources. This is why the program integrates the presentation of the various contaminants of the environment and the regulations.

This course is taught by research professors and researchers (multidisciplinary course) who develop their research activities around the problems of contaminants in aquatic environments.

See full page

The course is organized in 3 main chapters with alternating tutorials applied to engineering problems. In the first part, after describing the large water reservoirs on a global scale and the basic principles of the water cycle, the effects of human activities on this cycle are discussed. The second part is dedicated to the aerial part of this cycle from precipitation to infiltration. The third part focuses on aquifers and groundwater from the pore scale to the catchment scale.

See full page

The "Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate" module focuses on presenting the fundamental principles of atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics and provides a critical and documented look at climate change. The teaching is based on the analysis of official documents describing global change, documented lessons on key issues and applications on case studies in different global contexts.

The module is shared by the "Coastal engineering and rational development of the coastline" and "Water and coastline" courses of the STPE and Water masters. It can be taken by work-study students wishing to update their knowledge of global change and its relationship to weather and atmospheric processes.

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The Bibliographic Project course consists of training in documentary research, including the use of search engines, databases and bibliographic reference management tools. Students work in pairs on a subject they have defined themselves, in connection with their training. This documentary research is valued by the writing of a synthesis and a poster.

See full page

Program :

• Reminder of soil physics
• General principles of hydrostatics (notions of adsorption, capillarity, energy potential of water, principles of conservation of matter, retention curves of soils)
• Flow in saturated and unsaturated soils (Darcy's law, Richards' equation...)
• Notions of numerical solution of Richards' equation
• Water flow dynamics in the field
• Methodology for measuring the hydrodynamic properties of soils

The EU gives an important part to the directed lessons and practical work. Experiments will be conducted during sessions on agricultural plots. Calculation or simple modeling exercises will be carried out to illustrate the numerical application of all the physical concepts presented in lectures. The examples treated during these exercises will be based on these experimental results on the one hand, and on specific problems of the agricultural environment on the other. 

See full page

The course is based on the fundamentals of physics (conservation of mass, energy, momentum) to address the problems of hydraulics in rivers (flooding, habitats, ecological continuity) and water transport networks (irrigation, drainage, sanitation).
The teaching is largely based on experimentation at the Supagro hydraulic hall where uniform flows, flows at control structures, and transition regimes are addressed. The analysis of the processes leads to the mobilization of the theoretical knowledge acquired during the module and of the resolution tools allowing the diagnosis of real situations.

See full page

TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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The content of the course is organized in 6 sequences:
- Climate: meteorological variables, major climates of the Earth
- Surface energy balance: radiative, conductive and convective fluxes, surface energy balance,
reference evapotranspiration (Penman and Penman-Monteith approaches)
- Plant: growth and development cycle, phenology, geometric structure, photosynthesis, root system,
water in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
- Crop models: Monteith's
approach, water constraints
- Impact of climate change in agriculture

Objectives*:

The objective of the module is to provide the theoretical basis of the influence of climate on
plant production. The competences aimed at are the knowledge of the fundamentals
of ecophysiology and the relationships between climate, water and plant production

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The GIS Practice course consists of a training in the practice of Geographic Information Systems, integrating the basic concepts concerning geographic information and the mastery of the free software QGIS. The majority of the course is devoted to an initiation through alternating lectures and practical exercises. At the end of the course, a personalized cartographic project allows students to remobilize the concepts seen previously. An introductory lecture with professionals allows to put into perspective the interest of GIS approaches in general hydrology.

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The module is structured around 4 sequences. Sequence 1 presents the basic concepts and frameworks for analyzing a farm and its functioning, with its bio-physical, technical and economic determinants. In sequence 2, the decision-making processes of the farmer that underlie the constitution and management of cropping systems within the farm are examined in depth. The last two sequences deal with the territory scale. Sequence 3 deals with the representation of the diversity of cropping systems and farms, and its application to the analysis of the joint dynamics of agricultural uses and water resources in a territory. Sequence 4 addresses the issue of the coordination of technical choices of farms within a territory, with an application to the management of a watershed.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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Optimized management and protection of water resources (surface or groundwater) requires taking into account water quality. The assessment of the quality status of water bodies, particularly with regard to the legislative frameworks in force, is based on precise chemical and microbiological quality criteria, as well as standards adapted to the types of use envisaged for these resources.

See full page

In the framework of this course, the students will be led : - (1) to couple the analysis of hydrodynamic measurements with hydrochemical or geophysical information acquired in situ; - (2) to process and analyze them jointly with the appropriate software; - (3) to interpret them by integrating the knowledge acquired in the UE "Field internship", "Hydrogeophysics", "Water Quality and Microbiology" and "Underground Hydrodynamics".

This course will include a short theoretical introduction, followed by practical lessons given in a dedicated room (Hydraulic Hall) and a field trip to link the various concepts of hydrodynamics and hydraulics in the context of the implementation of a water collection and treatment system for drinking water supply (AEP).

See full page

See full page

This module aims to bring students to a concrete understanding of the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management through an active pedagogical approach.

It is based on the "Cooplage" system for supporting the implementation of participatory approaches to water management, developed by researchers from the GEAU research unit, and the associated Agreenium MOOC Terr'eau & co.

The students will work in small groups, associating students from the different courses of the Water Master, on case studies resulting from the ongoing research projects of the lecturers. The learning will be done through the implementation of some tools of the "Cooplage" device on their case study, including modeling and participatory simulation in the form of a role play. In order to anchor their work, students will be put in contact with the holders of these case studies. 

In view of the health constraints, this year the EU will take place entirely remotely. The modeling and the games will be done on a virtual table.

See full page

In water sciences, the use of probability and statistics for the treatment of hydroclimatic or water quality data is essential. Lectures and practical sessions will help students to refresh their knowledge (problems for the Baccalaureate, Licence), and then some new notions will be introduced (test for membership of a law in particular).

The course is structured around these chapters:

1. Elementary probability theory, combinatorial analysis. (course session n°1, TD1)
2. Discrete and continuous random variables. Law of probability and probability density function. Expectation, variance, covariance. (class session n°2, TD2)
3. Simple linear regression (covered in TD3)
4. Multiple linear regression (covered in TD3)
5. Some usual probability laws (binomial law, Poisson's law, normal law, Gamma, Gumbel) and their application (class session 3, TD4)
6. Tests for membership in a law (covered in TD5)

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The content of the module is structured in 3 sequences:

1) a sequence of definition of concepts, handling of a tool (R) and reminders on the vocabulary in statistical estimation and its application to the calibration of hydrological parameters;

2) a sequence on uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methods and

3) a sequence on data assimilation applied to hydraulic modeling. The course will also be introduced by a presentation of a design office executive who will present the usefulness of this type of approach in engineering.

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This course covers the concepts of mass and heat transfer in aquifers as well as the characteristics of low to high energy geothermal energy.                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The vulnerability of the groundwater resource will be assessed and, if necessary, methods to protect the aquifer from pollution will be evaluated. Different techniques to clean up aquifers will also be discussed, in particular through the answers provided by numerical simulation tools.

The principles of geothermal energy will also be discussed through examples of specific devices based on the three types of geothermal energy (from shallow to very deep, from low temperature to very high temperature).

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This course will cover project planning and estimation of work time per task, the SWOT matrix/sabotage exercise, risk management, organization and facilitation of meetings and oral presentation of the project. Other elements of project management can be addressed on a case-by-case basis such as financial management, the role of the project manager, relationships with partners, the use of tools such as the to-do list, Kanban, the shared calendar, etc.

In the continuity of the Project Management UE of the Master 1, the Project Management UE of the Master 2 aims at verifying the assimilation of the skills acquired the previous year and at going further by relying on a longer project (a few weeks to a few months), individual or in group, study project or personal project.

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The three major irrigation models worldwide - large-scale irrigation, community irrigation and private irrigation - are presented in their historical context, based on an in-depth literature review and case illustrations, with a focus on the Mediterranean region.

These three different irrigation models are presented (ideology, construction, water management, agricultural development, actors, etc.) using a theoretical framework based on oxymorons. These models are then illustrated through different concrete cases, presented in PowerPoint presentations, videos and articles.

The different main references of each type of irrigation system will be presented and discussed. Each irrigation model is discussed with the students, who present their analysis through a guided exercise. Once the three irrigation models are understood, the course focuses on the analysis of rural development models related to irrigation. The analysis is based on a critical analysis of the dualist theory of development as applied to irrigation systems.

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Every future Master's graduate, whether in a "Professional" or "Research" profile, must master the tools and codes of effective scientific written communication. Improving one's scientific writing skills is essential to enhance one's work and communicate it to one's peers, colleagues, clients...

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This course focuses on surface-atmosphere water and energy fluxes observations and modeling, integrated in catchments or irrigated perimeters, to estimate and predict crops water needs and water stress in drought contexts. Attention is given to the effect of spatial heterogeneities on fluxes, from the plot scale to the catchment scale. Effects of topography on surface fluxes are also covered. The course contains two main steps:

1. Water and energy fluxes within the SPAC at the plot scale: review of basic concepts of micro-meteorology, modeling surface-atmosphere fluxes for homogeneous crops ("big-leaf" approach), coupling with soil water transfers in the rooting zone, water stress indicators at the plot scale
2. Water and energy fluxes within the SPAC at the catchment scale: spatial heterogeneity, effect of advection on the fluxes, topographical effects on radiative and convective fluxes, water stress indicators at the catchment scale.

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This course is based on the analysis of the processes carried out during the "Field camp" course, as well as on the data acquired there. It aims at developing a simulation approach in response to a finalized question. It consists of several phases:
- Experimental study in the laboratory and in the field: measurement of a water line, of a hydraulic propagation dynamic
- Realization of a simple numerical model (resolution of differential equation of order 1)
- Implementation of a model (description of topology-geometry, hydraulic scenarios in steady state and transient,
calibration, simulation of scenarios
- Design of a hydraulic management scenario, implementation on a miniature network in the form of a role-play: calculation of delay time, calibration of rating curves, identification of attenuation and delay dynamics, management of control structures, evaluation of hydraulic performance.

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Geoprospecting is a discipline linked to geography whose aim is to anticipate the future in order to imagine and design more resilient landscapes. The tools resulting from geoprospecting, combined with cartographic tools and tools for simulating the behaviors of the actors in the territory, make it possible to test the impact of more or less virtuous behaviors with respect to the water resource. A large part of the time spent in this course will be devoted to the use of modeling platforms so that students can manipulate these tools.

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The EU aims to accompany students to the practice and the high level of hindsight on the hydrological modeling of watersheds dominated by agricultural activities and subject to climate change. The UE is articulated around 4 points of view:

1. Watershed hydrology and its place in the history of science,

2. Specificities of agricultural landscapes and implications for modeling ,

3. The problem of changing scales,

4. Practice and critique of hydrological modeling.

The course will provide advanced knowledge on production functions, transfer functions, global and distributed modeling. It will lead the students to the autonomous practice of different hydrological models (Green and Ampt, reservoir, Curve Number, unit hydrograph, cascade of reservoirs, etc.) and to step back on the parameterization, calibration and validation of hydrological models.

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This UE is conducted in groups or individually. It takes place in two stages:
- Preparation: identify a subject from one's professional project
- Formalize a question from the bibliographic research and present it in the form of a bibliographic synthesis highlighting the question that will be treated
- Build the experimental plan by identifying the data and means necessary to carry out the project

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The content of the module is organized into six sequences:

1) EU Introduction: scientific and operational issues of biogeochemical and water quality issues in agricultural watersheds;

2) Physicochemical and hydrological processes determining the availability and mobility of plant protection products in a watershed;

3) TD: modelling tutorials on the transfer of phytosanitary products;

4) Biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in agro-systems ;

5) Nitrogen cycling and balance in agricultural watersheds;

6) TD : Evaluation of the nitrogen balance in a catchment area, diagnosis of the contamination of surface water

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The content of the module is structured in 5 sequences:

1) Irrigation equipment and infrastructure ;

2) Irrigation control;

3) Socio-economic analysis, consultation methods;

4) Professional conferences;

5) Case study: conversion of an irrigated system

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The content of the module depends on the structure chosen by the student, which may be a company, an association, an NGO, a public or international organization.

It is expected to include a phase of formalization of a problematic based on a rigorous state of the art, a phase of implementation of an approach, a phase of realization and analysis of results.
The whole is to be returned according to the modalities defined between the host structure and the pedagogical referent. A thesis, built around a problematic, is required for the academic evaluation. This dissertation, which is in no way an activity report, may be completed by deliverables requested by the host organization, which may or may not be integrated into the dissertation.
The confidentiality of the evaluations (written or oral) is possible.

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The content of the module depends on the structure chosen by the student, which is generally a research laboratory, in France or abroad, or a company for its research and development activities.

It is expected to include a phase of formalization of a problem based on a rigorous state of the art, a phase of implementation of an approach, a phase of realization and analysis of results.
The whole is to be returned according to the terms defined between the host structure and the educational referent. A scientific dissertation, built around a problematic, is required for the academic evaluation. This dissertation, which is in no way an activity report, may be completed by deliverables requested by the host organization, which may or may not be integrated into the dissertation.
The confidentiality of the evaluations (written or oral) is possible.

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This course is the preparatory phase for a research internship in a laboratory. It aims at defining the problematic on the basis of the state of the art. It leads to the writing of a bibliographic synthesis and a research methodology that will be pursued during the research internship.

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The objective of this course is to present the current and future impacts on all sectors associated with water.

What is the evolution of all the climatic extremes such as droughts or floods, and of the regions impacted by these extremes? How does this impact on groundwater and surface water resources, on agricultural surfaces and irrigation methods?

What evolution on the rise of sea water and on the coastline? How does this impact the movement of current and future populations, what solution to propose on the management of the coastline ...?

Through various conferences given by specialists in different fields, and affecting all the courses of the Master Water, this EU will present the latest advances on this subject.

Through the sessions of TD and TP, the students will be brought to work in group on a topic in particular (this through an example) associating Climate Change with a domain of Water, to present in a synthetic way this subject. This work will be presented in the form of a mini-seminar, and will be the subject of the evaluation of this UE.

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The objective of this cross-disciplinary course is to offer students from several courses the possibility of organizing an event project on a current theme related to water, in connection with their commitments, their professional project, society's issues, and the challenges of transitions and global changes. ....

The project is led by the students, from its definition to its implementation during the event, with the punctual support of the pedagogical teams at key stages of the project.

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The objective of this course, which is shared with the post-master's specialized master's degree in "Water Management" at AgroParisTech, is to provide students with a development profile with reference points on the challenges and organization of development projects on the theme of water (drinking water, sanitation, agricultural water).

This course alternates between testimonies, feedback from experts and professional development actors on water issues and testimonies from students (Specialized Masters in Water Management) or students who already have international experience in the field of water or agriculture.

This UE is opened in option for the students of the master sciences of water according to a numerus clausus of students.

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We often approach water resources and their management through knowledge and principles established in developed countries of the temperate zone. However, the countries of the South, starting with the Mediterranean and Africa, offer us an extreme diversity of social and environmental situations that force us to significantly modify our points of view and to question the validity of certain approaches that are too far removed from the reality of the field.

Researchers working mainly in southern countries use their concrete experiences to reflect on the specificity of hydrological and geochemical processes in very dry or very wet tropical regions, the consequences of anthropization and the challenges of sustainable management of water resources.

A significant amount of time is devoted to the critical analysis of scientific articles dealing with water resources and their management in the South.

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This course is conducted in groups or individually. It follows the UE "Scientific project 1". It takes place in 3 stages:
- Realization: the students carry out the experiments and analyze the results (rooms and means necessary for the experiments provided).
- Restitution : they prepare the restitution (oral + article in English of 5 pages) of their experimentation, bring
a critical look and expose it in front of the sponsors, the pedagogical team and the other students.
- Critical analysis : the students evaluate the other articles (peer-reviewing process) and finalize their article from the comments received.

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The content of the module is structured in 3 sequences:

1) a sequence of definition of concepts, handling of a tool (R) and reminders on the vocabulary in statistical estimation and its application to the calibration of hydrological parameters;

2) a sequence on uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methods and

3) a sequence on data assimilation applied to hydraulic modeling. The course will also be introduced by a presentation of a design office executive who will present the usefulness of this type of approach in engineering.

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This course covers the concepts of mass and heat transfer in aquifers as well as the characteristics of low to high energy geothermal energy.                                                                                                                                                                                                             

The vulnerability of the groundwater resource will be assessed and, if necessary, methods to protect the aquifer from pollution will be evaluated. Different techniques to clean up aquifers will also be discussed, in particular through the answers provided by numerical simulation tools.

The principles of geothermal energy will also be discussed through examples of specific devices based on the three types of geothermal energy (from shallow to very deep, from low temperature to very high temperature).

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This course will cover project planning and estimation of work time per task, the SWOT matrix/sabotage exercise, risk management, organization and facilitation of meetings and oral presentation of the project. Other elements of project management can be addressed on a case-by-case basis such as financial management, the role of the project manager, relationships with partners, the use of tools such as the to-do list, Kanban, the shared calendar, etc.

In the continuity of the Project Management UE of the Master 1, the Project Management UE of the Master 2 aims at verifying the assimilation of the skills acquired the previous year and at going further by relying on a longer project (a few weeks to a few months), individual or in group, study project or personal project.

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The three major irrigation models worldwide - large-scale irrigation, community irrigation and private irrigation - are presented in their historical context, based on an in-depth literature review and case illustrations, with a focus on the Mediterranean region.

These three different irrigation models are presented (ideology, construction, water management, agricultural development, actors, etc.) using a theoretical framework based on oxymorons. These models are then illustrated through different concrete cases, presented in PowerPoint presentations, videos and articles.

The different main references of each type of irrigation system will be presented and discussed. Each irrigation model is discussed with the students, who present their analysis through a guided exercise. Once the three irrigation models are understood, the course focuses on the analysis of rural development models related to irrigation. The analysis is based on a critical analysis of the dualist theory of development as applied to irrigation systems.

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Every future Master's graduate, whether in a "Professional" or "Research" profile, must master the tools and codes of effective scientific written communication. Improving one's scientific writing skills is essential to enhance one's work and communicate it to one's peers, colleagues, clients...

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This course focuses on surface-atmosphere water and energy fluxes observations and modeling, integrated in catchments or irrigated perimeters, to estimate and predict crops water needs and water stress in drought contexts. Attention is given to the effect of spatial heterogeneities on fluxes, from the plot scale to the catchment scale. Effects of topography on surface fluxes are also covered. The course contains two main steps:

1. Water and energy fluxes within the SPAC at the plot scale: review of basic concepts of micro-meteorology, modeling surface-atmosphere fluxes for homogeneous crops ("big-leaf" approach), coupling with soil water transfers in the rooting zone, water stress indicators at the plot scale
2. Water and energy fluxes within the SPAC at the catchment scale: spatial heterogeneity, effect of advection on the fluxes, topographical effects on radiative and convective fluxes, water stress indicators at the catchment scale.

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This course is based on the analysis of the processes carried out during the "Field camp" course, as well as on the data acquired there. It aims at developing a simulation approach in response to a finalized question. It consists of several phases:
- Experimental study in the laboratory and in the field: measurement of a water line, of a hydraulic propagation dynamic
- Realization of a simple numerical model (resolution of differential equation of order 1)
- Implementation of a model (description of topology-geometry, hydraulic scenarios in steady state and transient,
calibration, simulation of scenarios
- Design of a hydraulic management scenario, implementation on a miniature network in the form of a role-play: calculation of delay time, calibration of rating curves, identification of attenuation and delay dynamics, management of control structures, evaluation of hydraulic performance.

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Geoprospecting is a discipline linked to geography whose aim is to anticipate the future in order to imagine and design more resilient landscapes. The tools resulting from geoprospecting, combined with cartographic tools and tools for simulating the behaviors of the actors in the territory, make it possible to test the impact of more or less virtuous behaviors with respect to the water resource. A large part of the time spent in this course will be devoted to the use of modeling platforms so that students can manipulate these tools.

See full page

The EU aims to accompany students to the practice and the high level of hindsight on the hydrological modeling of watersheds dominated by agricultural activities and subject to climate change. The UE is articulated around 4 points of view:

1. Watershed hydrology and its place in the history of science,

2. Specificities of agricultural landscapes and implications for modeling ,

3. The problem of changing scales,

4. Practice and critique of hydrological modeling.

The course will provide advanced knowledge on production functions, transfer functions, global and distributed modeling. It will lead the students to the autonomous practice of different hydrological models (Green and Ampt, reservoir, Curve Number, unit hydrograph, cascade of reservoirs, etc.) and to step back on the parameterization, calibration and validation of hydrological models.

See full page

This UE is conducted in groups or individually. It takes place in two stages:
- Preparation: identify a subject from one's professional project
- Formalize a question from the bibliographic research and present it in the form of a bibliographic synthesis highlighting the question that will be treated
- Build the experimental plan by identifying the data and means necessary to carry out the project

See full page

The content of the module is organized into six sequences:

1) EU Introduction: scientific and operational issues of biogeochemical and water quality issues in agricultural watersheds;

2) Physicochemical and hydrological processes determining the availability and mobility of plant protection products in a watershed;

3) TD: modelling tutorials on the transfer of phytosanitary products;

4) Biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in agro-systems ;

5) Nitrogen cycling and balance in agricultural watersheds;

6) TD : Evaluation of the nitrogen balance in a catchment area, diagnosis of the contamination of surface water

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The content of the module is structured in 5 sequences:

1) Irrigation equipment and infrastructure ;

2) Irrigation control;

3) Socio-economic analysis, consultation methods;

4) Professional conferences;

5) Case study: conversion of an irrigated system

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This course is the preparatory phase for a research internship in a laboratory. It aims at defining the problematic on the basis of the state of the art. It leads to the writing of a bibliographic synthesis and a research methodology that will be pursued during the research internship.

See full page

The objective of this course is to present the current and future impacts on all sectors associated with water.

What is the evolution of all the climatic extremes such as droughts or floods, and of the regions impacted by these extremes? How does this impact on groundwater and surface water resources, on agricultural surfaces and irrigation methods?

What evolution on the rise of sea water and on the coastline? How does this impact the movement of current and future populations, what solution to propose on the management of the coastline ...?

Through various conferences given by specialists in different fields, and affecting all the courses of the Master Water, this EU will present the latest advances on this subject.

Through the sessions of TD and TP, the students will be brought to work in group on a topic in particular (this through an example) associating Climate Change with a domain of Water, to present in a synthetic way this subject. This work will be presented in the form of a mini-seminar, and will be the subject of the evaluation of this UE.

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The objective of this cross-disciplinary course is to offer students from several courses the possibility of organizing an event project on a current theme related to water, in connection with their commitments, their professional project, society's issues, and the challenges of transitions and global changes. ....

The project is led by the students, from its definition to its implementation during the event, with the punctual support of the pedagogical teams at key stages of the project.

See full page

The objective of this course, which is shared with the post-master's specialized master's degree in "Water Management" at AgroParisTech, is to provide students with a development profile with reference points on the challenges and organization of development projects on the theme of water (drinking water, sanitation, agricultural water).

This course alternates between testimonies, feedback from experts and professional development actors on water issues and testimonies from students (Specialized Masters in Water Management) or students who already have international experience in the field of water or agriculture.

This UE is opened in option for the students of the master sciences of water according to a numerus clausus of students.

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We often approach water resources and their management through knowledge and principles established in developed countries of the temperate zone. However, the countries of the South, starting with the Mediterranean and Africa, offer us an extreme diversity of social and environmental situations that force us to significantly modify our points of view and to question the validity of certain approaches that are too far removed from the reality of the field.

Researchers working mainly in southern countries use their concrete experiences to reflect on the specificity of hydrological and geochemical processes in very dry or very wet tropical regions, the consequences of anthropization and the challenges of sustainable management of water resources.

A significant amount of time is devoted to the critical analysis of scientific articles dealing with water resources and their management in the South.

See full page

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This course is conducted in groups or individually. It follows the UE "Scientific project 1". It takes place in 3 stages:
- Realization: the students carry out the experiments and analyze the results (rooms and means necessary for the experiments provided).
- Restitution : they prepare the restitution (oral + article in English of 5 pages) of their experimentation, bring
a critical look and expose it in front of the sponsors, the pedagogical team and the other students.
- Critical analysis : the students evaluate the other articles (peer-reviewing process) and finalize their article from the comments received.

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Project management brings together all the methods, tools and techniques used to organize the progress of a project and achieve its objectives, from the project idea to its completion.

A practical situation is planned with the help of exercises or case studies so that the students acquire the right reflexes and manipulate the tools of project management.

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This course introduces students to the contaminants in the aquatic environment, which are essential for the evaluation of risks to the health of ecosystems and humans and for the management of water resources. This is why the program integrates the presentation of the various contaminants of the environment and the regulations.

This course is taught by research professors and researchers (multidisciplinary course) who develop their research activities around the problems of contaminants in aquatic environments.

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To present the main processes associated with the treatment of liquid effluents, as well as the treatment and management of the by-products generated. This course is based on the learning of a global ecological balance around the problem of water resource management, wastewater, and by-products of treatment. The design and implementation of treatment processes are approached through the urban and industrial water cycle.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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Water is at the heart of multiple and contradictory issues, visions and interests. The articulation of these different elements raises the question of integrated management (IWRM) and regulation (in particular by public policies), of the balance between collective and private values, and of decision-making processes concerning collective issues, in short, of governance. Decentralization, water and sanitation services, basin management, the European Framework Directive, financial circuits illustrate, in particular, different facets of governance.

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This course should enable students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and to identify threats and vulnerability to local pressures and climate change.

It will also allow 1) to know the specificities of the functioning of benthic ecosystems and the ecological roles of its components, 2) to acquire in-depth knowledge in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, 3) to acquire knowledge on the impact of chemical and biological contaminants (toxic and pathogenic microalgae), of climate change and anthropization on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and on these components with socio-economic repercussions This EU will develop networks for monitoring the marine environment and the health of exploited marine animals by addressing mortality issues.

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The course is organized in 3 main chapters with alternating tutorials applied to engineering problems. In the first part, after describing the large water reservoirs on a global scale and the basic principles of the water cycle, the effects of human activities on this cycle are discussed. The second part is dedicated to the aerial part of this cycle from precipitation to infiltration. The third part focuses on aquifers and groundwater from the pore scale to the catchment scale.

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The "Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate" module focuses on presenting the fundamental principles of atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics and provides a critical and documented look at climate change. The teaching is based on the analysis of official documents describing global change, documented lessons on key issues and applications on case studies in different global contexts.

The module is shared by the "Coastal engineering and rational development of the coastline" and "Water and coastline" courses of the STPE and Water masters. It can be taken by work-study students wishing to update their knowledge of global change and its relationship to weather and atmospheric processes.

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This teaching is divided into two parts, one part concerning surface and atmospheric waters, the other part concerning groundwater. This UE is in continuity with the UE Water cycle of S1, and allows to lay the essential bases for the specific teachings of hydrodynamics and physical hydrology which will take place in S2. It is thus a transitional course between fundamental knowledge on the water cycle and specific knowledge on the study and characterization of surface and groundwater resources.

Theoretical courses associated with integrated tutorials are complemented by practical work on computers and hydrogeological maps.

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This course is focused on mastering the tools of communication with the world of work, i.e. learning: -(i) how to write a CV, a cover letter, an email for a spontaneous application; -(ii) how to present oneself in a very short time, either orally or in writing; -(iii) how to answer the questions of an interview, and how to avoid the traps.

Learning these tools involves a theoretical presentation of the tools, but also very quickly putting them into practice. To do this, students will be asked to work in small groups, simulating realistic situations such as job interviews and presentations .... This is to learn how to best master these different tools.

All the teaching is done in the form of practical work, with particular emphasis on :

• on "reality show" sessions, where everyone will have to introduce themselves to each other in less than 3 minutes, will be put in job interview conditions or will have to make spontaneous applications / presentations.
• On email, cover letter and resume writing workshops.

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The GIS Practice course consists of a training in the practice of Geographic Information Systems, integrating the basic concepts concerning geographic information and the mastery of the free software QGIS. The majority of the course is devoted to an initiation through alternating lectures and practical exercises. At the end of the course, a personalized cartographic project allows students to remobilize the concepts seen previously. An introductory lecture with professionals allows to put into perspective the interest of GIS approaches in general hydrology.

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Optimized management and protection of water resources (surface or groundwater) requires taking into account water quality. The assessment of the quality status of water bodies, particularly with regard to the legislative frameworks in force, is based on precise chemical and microbiological quality criteria, as well as standards adapted to the types of use envisaged for these resources.

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This module presents the basics of optical and radar remote sensing with the basics of image processing (consultation of image catalogs on the Internet, image downloading, import/export, visualization, contrast enhancement, radiometric and geometric image corrections, segmentation, vectorization, classification ...). In addition, this module presents applications related to water management.

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This UE is sequenced according to the following activities: First steps - R environment; R structures; Input-output in R; Manipulations of R structures; Basics of algorithmics; Programming structures in R; Mini-project by group on an R function to be created on an applied 'Water' problem

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The objectives of this course are 1) to present the basics of the interpreted language of an engineering tool (environment, structures, inputs-outputs, manipulations of structures, graphics, programming), 2) to bring the fundamental theoretical knowledge allowing to create one's own functions and programs on practical examples in water sciences for 3) that the students are autonomous to pursue their self-training and expertise on R.

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This methodological module offers instruction in qualitative survey techniques and inductive reasoning. Students will be trained to conduct open-ended interviews, conduct field observations and learn to analyze empirical data. Students will put these lessons into practice by conducting a collective survey on a controversy related to water or the environment (in connection with the lessons received in UE 118).

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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This module aims to bring students to a concrete understanding of the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management through an active pedagogical approach.

It is based on the "Cooplage" system for supporting the implementation of participatory approaches to water management, developed by researchers from the GEAU research unit, and the associated Agreenium MOOC Terr'eau & co.

The students will work in small groups, associating students from the different courses of the Water Master, on case studies resulting from the ongoing research projects of the lecturers. The learning will be done through the implementation of some tools of the "Cooplage" device on their case study, including modeling and participatory simulation in the form of a role play. In order to anchor their work, students will be put in contact with the holders of these case studies. 

In view of the health constraints, this year the EU will take place entirely remotely. The modeling and the games will be done on a virtual table.

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In water sciences, the use of probability and statistics for the treatment of hydroclimatic or water quality data is essential. Lectures and practical sessions will help students to refresh their knowledge (problems for the Baccalaureate, Licence), and then some new notions will be introduced (test for membership of a law in particular).

The course is structured around these chapters:

1. Elementary probability theory, combinatorial analysis. (course session n°1, TD1)
2. Discrete and continuous random variables. Law of probability and probability density function. Expectation, variance, covariance. (class session n°2, TD2)
3. Simple linear regression (covered in TD3)
4. Multiple linear regression (covered in TD3)
5. Some usual probability laws (binomial law, Poisson's law, normal law, Gamma, Gumbel) and their application (class session 3, TD4)
6. Tests for membership in a law (covered in TD5)

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This course is based on numerous concrete examples presented by specialists and environmental experts working in engineering offices and companies, EPIC, or research institutes in the water and environment sector. The courses include a field day dedicated to the characterization of the physical properties of rivers and aquifers, as well as to various hydrometric measurement techniques. Specific sessions giving the necessary basis for the exploitation of hydrological and hydrogeological data acquired in situ will also be offered.

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The content of the module is organized into six sequences:

1) EU Introduction: scientific and operational issues of biogeochemical and water quality issues in agricultural watersheds;

2) Physicochemical and hydrological processes determining the availability and mobility of plant protection products in a watershed;

3) TD: modelling tutorials on the transfer of phytosanitary products;

4) Biogeochemical cycling of phosphorus in agro-systems ;

5) Nitrogen cycling and balance in agricultural watersheds;

6) TD : Evaluation of the nitrogen balance in a catchment area, diagnosis of the contamination of surface water

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Every future Master's graduate, whether in a "Professional" or "Research" profile, must master the tools and codes of effective scientific written communication. Improving one's scientific writing skills is essential to enhance one's work and communicate it to one's peers, colleagues, clients...

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This course will cover project planning and estimation of work time per task, the SWOT matrix/sabotage exercise, risk management, organization and facilitation of meetings and oral presentation of the project. Other elements of project management can be addressed on a case-by-case basis such as financial management, the role of the project manager, relationships with partners, the use of tools such as the to-do list, Kanban, the shared calendar, etc.

In the continuity of the Project Management UE of the Master 1, the Project Management UE of the Master 2 aims at verifying the assimilation of the skills acquired the previous year and at going further by relying on a longer project (a few weeks to a few months), individual or in group, study project or personal project.

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We often approach water resources and their management through knowledge and principles established in developed countries of the temperate zone. However, the countries of the South, starting with the Mediterranean and Africa, offer us an extreme diversity of social and environmental situations that force us to significantly modify our points of view and to question the validity of certain approaches that are too far removed from the reality of the field.

Researchers working mainly in southern countries use their concrete experiences to reflect on the specificity of hydrological and geochemical processes in very dry or very wet tropical regions, the consequences of anthropization and the challenges of sustainable management of water resources.

A significant amount of time is devoted to the critical analysis of scientific articles dealing with water resources and their management in the South.

See full page

The objective of this cross-disciplinary course is to offer students from several courses the possibility of organizing an event project on a current theme related to water, in connection with their commitments, their professional project, society's issues, and the challenges of transitions and global changes. ....

The project is led by the students, from its definition to its implementation during the event, with the punctual support of the pedagogical teams at key stages of the project.

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The objective of this course, which is shared with the post-master's specialized master's degree in "Water Management" at AgroParisTech, is to provide students with a development profile with reference points on the challenges and organization of development projects on the theme of water (drinking water, sanitation, agricultural water).

This course alternates between testimonies, feedback from experts and professional development actors on water issues and testimonies from students (Specialized Masters in Water Management) or students who already have international experience in the field of water or agriculture.

This UE is opened in option for the students of the master sciences of water according to a numerus clausus of students.

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The objective of this course is to present the current and future impacts on all sectors associated with water.

What is the evolution of all the climatic extremes such as droughts or floods, and of the regions impacted by these extremes? How does this impact on groundwater and surface water resources, on agricultural surfaces and irrigation methods?

What evolution on the rise of sea water and on the coastline? How does this impact the movement of current and future populations, what solution to propose on the management of the coastline ...?

Through various conferences given by specialists in different fields, and affecting all the courses of the Master Water, this EU will present the latest advances on this subject.

Through the sessions of TD and TP, the students will be brought to work in group on a topic in particular (this through an example) associating Climate Change with a domain of Water, to present in a synthetic way this subject. This work will be presented in the form of a mini-seminar, and will be the subject of the evaluation of this UE.

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Project management brings together all the methods, tools and techniques used to organize the progress of a project and achieve its objectives, from the project idea to its completion.

A practical situation is planned with the help of exercises or case studies so that the students acquire the right reflexes and manipulate the tools of project management.

See full page

Water is at the heart of multiple and contradictory issues, visions and interests. The articulation of these different elements raises the question of integrated management (IWRM) and regulation (in particular by public policies), of the balance between collective and private values, and of decision-making processes concerning collective issues, in short, of governance. Decentralization, water and sanitation services, basin management, the European Framework Directive, financial circuits illustrate, in particular, different facets of governance.

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This course should enable students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and to identify threats and vulnerability to local pressures and climate change.

It will also allow 1) to know the specificities of the functioning of benthic ecosystems and the ecological roles of its components, 2) to acquire in-depth knowledge in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, 3) to acquire knowledge on the impact of chemical and biological contaminants (toxic and pathogenic microalgae), of climate change and anthropization on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and on these components with socio-economic repercussions This EU will develop networks for monitoring the marine environment and the health of exploited marine animals by addressing mortality issues.

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This teaching is divided into two parts, one part concerning surface and atmospheric waters, the other part concerning groundwater. This UE is in continuity with the UE Water cycle of S1, and allows to lay the essential bases for the specific teachings of hydrodynamics and physical hydrology which will take place in S2. It is thus a transitional course between fundamental knowledge on the water cycle and specific knowledge on the study and characterization of surface and groundwater resources.

Theoretical courses associated with integrated tutorials are complemented by practical work on computers and hydrogeological maps.

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This course introduces students to the contaminants in the aquatic environment, which are essential for the evaluation of risks to the health of ecosystems and humans and for the management of water resources. This is why the program integrates the presentation of the various contaminants of the environment and the regulations.

This course is taught by research professors and researchers (multidisciplinary course) who develop their research activities around the problems of contaminants in aquatic environments.

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The course is organized in 3 main chapters with alternating tutorials applied to engineering problems. In the first part, after describing the large water reservoirs on a global scale and the basic principles of the water cycle, the effects of human activities on this cycle are discussed. The second part is dedicated to the aerial part of this cycle from precipitation to infiltration. The third part focuses on aquifers and groundwater from the pore scale to the catchment scale.

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The "Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate" module focuses on presenting the fundamental principles of atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics and provides a critical and documented look at climate change. The teaching is based on the analysis of official documents describing global change, documented lessons on key issues and applications on case studies in different global contexts.

The module is shared by the "Coastal engineering and rational development of the coastline" and "Water and coastline" courses of the STPE and Water masters. It can be taken by work-study students wishing to update their knowledge of global change and its relationship to weather and atmospheric processes.

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The content of the module is structured as follows: -A series of lectures: 1-Water resources and food security, 2-Environmental impact of agriculture on water resources and aquatic environments, 3-Current advances and challenges in agronomic research for the optimization of water consumption by plants, and 4-Management of water demand in agriculture. -Tutorials: Food security and prospective scenario. -A prospective work in small groups will be implemented to produce scenarios related to the state of water resources and food production on a case study of a southern country.

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The lessons consist essentially of a presentation of the foundations of regional planning: the main legal frameworks are presented and analyzed (in a participative manner) legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the " doctrines We present and analyze (in a participatory manner) the main legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the "doctrines" that condition their application, but also the different technical "tools", whether they are procedures or file set-ups (Urban Planning Documents, or public or private construction or development projects). The tools and conditions for dialogue and consultation (examination of the different operating modes), the land approaches (land control and tools for this control), the evaluation of the multiple issues (financial, socio-economic and political), and finally the processes of decision making. The different aspects mentioned above are put forward as factors that condition the success - and therefore the successful spatial translation - of all development projects, whatever their nature and the dimension.

Focused on all the territories, the module is also focused on the specific problems of coastal areass and similar areas. Because coastal areas have their own specificities, a specific approach to these areas is essential to complete the general approaches (Coastal Law, Water Law, easements, evolution of frameworks and texts).

Finally, the backdrop of this module is the systematic highlighting of the multiple debates and issues involved in the confrontation between theemergency (or priority) socio-economic and the emergency (or priority) environmental emergencywith an understanding of the trade-offs and adjustments that this confrontation gives rise to. The topicality of the ecological and transitional emergency as well as the acceleration of confrontations / conflicts of interest are examined and put into perspective.

With respect to the management As regards the "management" of territories, presented in the title of the EU (" From planning to management of the territory") as a consequence of the planning stage, this theme is also described and analysed for each of the points declined that fall under planning, both as a consequence of the actions carried out and as a condition for success -in the medium and long term- of the projects implemented on a territory, whatever the scale.

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The Bibliographic Project course consists of training in documentary research, including the use of search engines, databases and bibliographic reference management tools. Students work in pairs on a subject they have defined themselves, in connection with their training. This documentary research is valued by the writing of a synthesis and a poster.

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Sociologists of science consider that controversies are inherent to the process of knowledge production. They refer to (1) situations of discussion between scientists who oppose or agree on the data they produce, but also (2) mobilizations that develop in the context of institutionalized public debates or more informal exchanges. These controversies are an opportunity to observe science and decisions in the making, since they are nourished by knowledge that is not yet stabilized. They provide examples from which to rethink the relationship between science and society, and in so doing, the issues of technical democracy, at the interface of several disciplines.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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At the end of this module, students should be able to understand an economic analysis of a water management project/policy. They should be familiar with the principles of cost-benefit analysis, know the valuation methods, parameters and indicators that can be used. They will learn to have a critical eye on the evaluations and on the parameters and indicators used.

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The GIS Practice course consists of a training in the practice of Geographic Information Systems, integrating the basic concepts concerning geographic information and the mastery of the free software QGIS. The majority of the course is devoted to an initiation through alternating lectures and practical exercises. At the end of the course, a personalized cartographic project allows students to remobilize the concepts seen previously. An introductory lecture with professionals allows to put into perspective the interest of GIS approaches in general hydrology.

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This course is an introduction to quantitative survey methods in the social sciences.

He is interested in the use of statistics and the definition of categories to describe the social world as well as the objectification of representations.

It proposes to put the questionnaire tool into practice by creating a questionnaire, administering it and analyzing its results.

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TD courses in English for students in the Water Sciences program, aimed at professional autonomy in the English language.

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The module introduces managerial and multi-criteria approaches to the evaluation of water services.

The module focuses on the management of drinking water and sanitation services, as well as irrigation water services. It provides an understanding and a critical vision of the management tools of these services.

The module is organized in 3 main steps:

• Analysis and evaluation of the economic, financial and technical performance of water and sanitation utilities, with a focus on financial analysis and performance indicators of water utilities
• Environmental assessment with a presentation of global approaches (Life Cycle Assessment) versus local approaches.
• An analysis of the sustainability of services

The course is based on concrete case studies to illustrate the various concepts covered. Particular emphasis is placed on the relative character of performance, a multi-dimensional notion that evolves over time and varies according to the points of view considered.

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Historically, the question of managing access to water resources was first raised for river water, which is closely linked to the climatic conditions of the moment, and for water delivered by man-made distribution systems. It is only more recently that the management of groundwater has been considered, as it is less subject to problems of cyclical shortage (except for the water tables accompanying rivers). In the majority of cases, access to groundwater is made on an individual basis, with each user (particularly in agriculture) accessing it by drilling at the place of his needs. But these underground resources also require management, because they are increasingly exploited and sometimes even overexploited.

This module addresses the issue of groundwater resources management by first presenting what each discipline of physical sciences (geology-hydrogeology, geochemistry, isotopy) and their tools brings to the knowledge of aquifers (at the geological level: outcrop, drilling, logging, seismic profiles ...; at the hydrogeological level: piezometry, pumping test, sampling points / outlets, quantities withdrawn ...): geometry, structure and hydrological functioning.

It then outlines the value of groundwater to the various uses that mobilize it. The economic value of groundwater is thus studied in this section (Qureshi et al., 2012). The difficulties of knowing about these groundwater withdrawals and the methods that can be used to reveal them are also specified.

It then describes the various problems posed by aquifers: current or future overexploitation of groundwater, degradation of groundwater quality, threat of saltwater intrusion, salinization of soils, etc.

Finally, it identifies the various methods for rebalancing groundwater supply and demand. Firstly, it sets out the means of increasing water supply (active management of groundwater, substitutions between resources) or avoiding the contamination of good quality water by less good quality water. Examples: active management of karstic aquifers (Lez system), artificial recharge (e.g. Seine catchment fields in Paris), inter-seasonal / inter-annual recharge (Llobregat, Catalonia), recharge with wastewater (California), damming to avoid contamination of freshwater by saltwater.

Secondly, it traces the solutions acting on water demand. These solutions are based on two drivers of individual decisions, which can sometimes be combined: maximization of individual utility and inclusion in a society that induces "pro-social" behavior. Solutions that act directly on the demand for groundwater (pricing, quotas, trading of water rights) will be explored, as well as indirect solutions (purchase of land that can protect a resource, agricultural or energy policies that can positively or negatively influence the development of individual abstractions, etc.).

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This module aims to bring students to a concrete understanding of the implementation of IWRM and participation in water management through an active pedagogical approach.

It is based on the "Cooplage" system for supporting the implementation of participatory approaches to water management, developed by researchers from the GEAU research unit, and the associated Agreenium MOOC Terr'eau & co.

The students will work in small groups, associating students from the different courses of the Water Master, on case studies resulting from the ongoing research projects of the lecturers. The learning will be done through the implementation of some tools of the "Cooplage" device on their case study, including modeling and participatory simulation in the form of a role play. In order to anchor their work, students will be put in contact with the holders of these case studies. 

In view of the health constraints, this year the EU will take place entirely remotely. The modeling and the games will be done on a virtual table.

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This methodological module offers instruction in qualitative survey techniques and inductive reasoning. Students will be trained to conduct open-ended interviews, conduct field observations and learn to analyze empirical data. Students will put these lessons into practice by conducting a collective survey on a controversy related to water or the environment (in connection with the lessons received in UE 118).

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Project management brings together all the methods, tools and techniques used to organize the progress of a project and achieve its objectives, from the project idea to its completion.

A practical situation is planned with the help of exercises or case studies so that the students acquire the right reflexes and manipulate the tools of project management.

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Water is at the heart of multiple and contradictory issues, visions and interests. The articulation of these different elements raises the question of integrated management (IWRM) and regulation (in particular by public policies), of the balance between collective and private values, and of decision-making processes concerning collective issues, in short, of governance. Decentralization, water and sanitation services, basin management, the European Framework Directive, financial circuits illustrate, in particular, different facets of governance.

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This course should enable students to acquire in-depth knowledge of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and to identify threats and vulnerability to local pressures and climate change.

It will also allow 1) to know the specificities of the functioning of benthic ecosystems and the ecological roles of its components, 2) to acquire in-depth knowledge in the functioning of aquatic ecosystems, 3) to acquire knowledge on the impact of chemical and biological contaminants (toxic and pathogenic microalgae), of climate change and anthropization on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and on these components with socio-economic repercussions This EU will develop networks for monitoring the marine environment and the health of exploited marine animals by addressing mortality issues.

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This teaching is divided into two parts, one part concerning surface and atmospheric waters, the other part concerning groundwater. This UE is in continuity with the UE Water cycle of S1, and allows to lay the essential bases for the specific teachings of hydrodynamics and physical hydrology which will take place in S2. It is thus a transitional course between fundamental knowledge on the water cycle and specific knowledge on the study and characterization of surface and groundwater resources.

Theoretical courses associated with integrated tutorials are complemented by practical work on computers and hydrogeological maps.

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This course introduces students to the contaminants in the aquatic environment, which are essential for the evaluation of risks to the health of ecosystems and humans and for the management of water resources. This is why the program integrates the presentation of the various contaminants of the environment and the regulations.

This course is taught by research professors and researchers (multidisciplinary course) who develop their research activities around the problems of contaminants in aquatic environments.

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The course is organized in 3 main chapters with alternating tutorials applied to engineering problems. In the first part, after describing the large water reservoirs on a global scale and the basic principles of the water cycle, the effects of human activities on this cycle are discussed. The second part is dedicated to the aerial part of this cycle from precipitation to infiltration. The third part focuses on aquifers and groundwater from the pore scale to the catchment scale.

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The "Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate" module focuses on presenting the fundamental principles of atmospheric dynamics, ocean dynamics and provides a critical and documented look at climate change. The teaching is based on the analysis of official documents describing global change, documented lessons on key issues and applications on case studies in different global contexts.

The module is shared by the "Coastal engineering and rational development of the coastline" and "Water and coastline" courses of the STPE and Water masters. It can be taken by work-study students wishing to update their knowledge of global change and its relationship to weather and atmospheric processes.

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The content of the module is structured as follows: -A series of lectures: 1-Water resources and food security, 2-Environmental impact of agriculture on water resources and aquatic environments, 3-Current advances and challenges in agronomic research for the optimization of water consumption by plants, and 4-Management of water demand in agriculture. -Tutorials: Food security and prospective scenario. -A prospective work in small groups will be implemented to produce scenarios related to the state of water resources and food production on a case study of a southern country.

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The lessons consist essentially of a presentation of the foundations of regional planning: the main legal frameworks are presented and analyzed (in a participative manner) legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the " doctrines We present and analyze (in a participatory manner) the main legal frameworks and their constant evolution (Codes, Laws, Texts), the "doctrines" that condition their application, but also the different technical "tools", whether they are procedures or file set-ups (Urban Planning Documents, or public or private construction or development projects). The tools and conditions for dialogue and consultation (examination of the different operating modes), the land approaches (land control and tools for this control), the evaluation of the multiple issues (financial, socio-economic and political), and finally the processes of decision making. The different aspects mentioned above are put forward as factors that condition the success - and therefore the successful spatial translation - of all development projects, whatever their nature and the dimension.

Focused on all the territories, the module is also focused on the specific problems of coastal areass and similar areas. Because coastal areas have their own specificities, a specific approach to these areas is essential to complete the general approaches (Coastal Law, Water Law, easements, evolution of frameworks and texts).

Finally, the backdrop of this module is the systematic highlighting of the multiple debates and issues involved in the confrontation between theemergency (or priority) socio-economic and the emergency (or priority) environmental emergencywith an understanding of the trade-offs and adjustments that this confrontation gives rise to. The topicality of the ecological and transitional emergency as well as the acceleration of confrontations / conflicts of interest are examined and put into perspective.

With respect to the management As regards the "management" of territories, presented in the title of the EU (" From planning to management of the territory") as a consequence of the planning stage, this theme is also described and analysed for each of the points declined that fall under planning, both as a consequence of the actions carried out and as a condition for success -in the medium and long term- of the projects implemented on a territory, whatever the scale.

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