MICRO CERTIFICATIONS | HYDROLOGY - Adapting Regions to Climate Change

A training session is scheduled for this year: 

Dates:Spring 2027

The course includes two micro-certifications based on your level: general hydrology and advanced hydrology. 

1. General Hydrology Micro-Certification - Level 1: Spring 2027
2. Advanced Hydrology Micro-Certification - Level 2: Spring 2027

To provide water stakeholders and managers (government agencies, local authorities, interested elected officials, associations, employees of engineering firms, and any employee interested in water management issues in the context of climate change) with the necessary foundational knowledge in hydrology, hydraulics, and hydrometry, enabling them to engage in discussions with all their counterparts, including experts in the field.

General Skills:

• Understanding the Components and Processes of the Water Cycle
• Understand the methods used to collect measurements in hydrometry and in-situ infiltrometry (fieldwork and data processing using appropriate digital tools)
• Understand the basics of hydrological and/or hydraulic modeling (for non-experts, depending on the group and the requirements established prior to the training)

More targeted skills:

• Knowing how to delineate the boundaries of a watershed and calculate its geometric characteristics
• Knowing how to spatially interpolate precipitation data
• Be able to determine peak flow rates with defined return periods in order to size hydraulic structures
• Be able to determine a runoff coefficient based on a soil’s infiltration capacity and on the analysis of a flood hydrograph
• Be able to determine a water balance for different systems at various spatial and temporal scales
• How to Measure the Hydraulic Conductivity of Saturated Soil In Situ (Theory and Practice)
• Master river gauging techniques (theory, practice, data processing)
• Know how to interpret data from the DRIAS Climat and DRIAS Eau websites (climate projections).