Basic principles of open channel hydraulics, energy and momentum concepts, uniform, gradually varied, and rapidly varied flows, surface hydrology, analysis of precipitation, infiltration, evapotranspiration, rainfall-runoff relations, hydrographs, hydrologic flood routing, basic principles of flow in porous media, groundwater occurrence and distribution, hydraulics of wells, estimates of recharge and surcharge, various laboratory experiments are performed to illustrate the basic principles of hydraulics and water resources.