Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
The research activities to be developed by the Research Area of Competence of “Water Resources and Environment” (WRE) under the 2015-2020 Strategic Programme will be focused on increasing knowledge in two broad fields: urban systems in a changing environment with the scope of redesigning systems enhancing quality of life, both within and beyond the urban environment and the social and economic shape of the city; and risk management and public health, considering key issues related to the assessment of infrastructures and the evaluation of disaster risks in order to better protect public health and contribute to increase resilience to natural calamities.
Research on “urban systems in a changing environment” will be organised in two main project areas: development of innovative solutions for water and wastewater systems, namely in rainwater applications and treated wastewater reuse, in low cost solutions for sanitation in high populated peri-urban zones, and in sustainable urban planning and water management; and searching for innovative approaches in water resources management under climate change challenges, including adaptive approaches to water resources management facing to climate change, the water–energy nexus in the context of sustainability, and solutions for the future water and energy threats.
Research on “risk management and public health” will be organised in two main project areas: risk assessment and risk management in urban water systems; and flooding risk assessment and risk management. The first area will cover topics of public health impacts of urban sanitary infra-structures, safety planning methodologies applied in drinking water and wastewater systems, and new concepts in risk analysis in urban water systems. The second area will focus on innovative approaches in forecast and manage floods in urban contexts, namely in developing and applying innovative hydrologic and hydrodynamics modelling, using ICT in developing decision support systems for floods forecasting, and implementing a centre of excellence in urban flood forecasting.
Ramísio, Paulo J.; Arezes, Diogo; Pinto, Lígia M. Costa (2021). A co-financing model for the mitigation of highway runoff pollution. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 289, 2021, 112432. ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112432.
Silva, J. P., Mendonça, P., & Ramísio, P. J. (2020). Heritage buildings as a contribution to the contemporary city: the relocation of Braga’s District Archive. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 44(1), 20-31.
Haie, N., Pereira, R.M.S., Machado, G.J., Shahidian, S. (2019) An introduction to the hyperspace of Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration. Int. J. Hydrology Science and Technology (IJHST), 9:1, pp.48–64. DOI: 10.1504/IJHST.2019.096797
Ahmad, M.T., Haie, N. (2018) Assessing the impacts of population growth and climate change on performance of water use systems and water allocation in Kano River basin, Nigeria. Water, MDPI, 10(12), 1766, pp1-21 (& Supplementary material). free access
Haie, N., Pereira, R.M., Yen, H. (2018) An Introduction to the Hyperspace of Hargreaves-Samani Reference Evapotranspiration. Sustainability, MDPI, 10(11), 4277, pp1-18.
Haie, N., Freitas, M.R., Pereira, J.C. (2018) Integrating Water Footprint and Sefficiency: Overcoming Water Footprint Criticisms and Improving Decision Making. Water Alternatives 11(3), 933-956.
Ahmad, M.T., Haie, N., Yen, H., Tuqan, N. (2018) Sefficiency of a Water Use System: The Case of Kano River Irrigation Project, Nigeria. International Journal of Civil Engineering, 16(8), 929-939.
doi: 10.1007/s40999-017-0235-2
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40999-017-0235-2
Vieira, J.M.P., Haugerud, E. Engineers’ Continuing Professional Development. In Engineering for Sustainable Development, Edited by UNESCO, pp. 136-140, ISBN 978-92-3-100437-7, 2021.
Vieira, J.M.P; Pinho, J.L.S.; Vieira, B.F.V.; Vieira, L.M.V. Flood forecast technological platforms: An adaptive response to extreme events. In WEC2019: World Engineers Convention 2019, Edited by Engineers Australia, pp. 1966-1974, ISBN (print):9781925627251, doi/abs/10.3316/informit.978870216429204, 2019.
Title | The Optimal Challenges in Irrigation |
Research Area | Hydraulics and Environment |
Contract Number: | POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028247 |
Reference: | PTDC/MAT-APL/28247/2017 |
Funding Agency | Fundação para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia | FCT |
Funding Programme | Portugal 2020 |
Operational Programme: | Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade | COMPETE |
Budget | Total = €236923 |
CTAC = €12000 | |
Coordination | Institution: CTAC |
CTAC PI Coordinator: Naim Haie | |
Number of Partners: | 1 |
Duration | Start Date:2018-06-01 |
End Date:2024-05-31 | |
The Bubbler Flow Module uses an internal air compressor to force a metered amount of air through a bubble line submerged in the flow channel to accurately determine the water level, converting this value to flow rate. This method is suitable for small channels, and it is not affected by wind, steam, foam or turbulence. Since only the bubble tube contacts the flow, corrosive chemicals are not a problem, making it ideal for stormwater applications.
All level data stored in the sampler is available for later retrieval, reporting, and graphing using Isco Flowlink® software.
The Isco 674 Rain Gauge is a precision instrument that uses a tipping bucket design for rainfall measurement. It has an 8-inch diameter orifice and is factory-calibrated, allowing to: - store rainfall data in internal memory for retrieval and analysis with Isco Flowlink® Software
- activate sampling based on rainfall - plot graphs and print reports of rainfall - data on the flow meter’s built-in printer
In Stormwater runoff monitoring programs, the rain gauge supports: - TMDL and Watershed surveys
- inflow and infiltration studies - sewer overflow monitoring and prevention analysis - general rainfall measurement Standard Features
This monitoring system was acquired in the framework of the FCT project PTDC/AMB/64953/2006.
Hydroinformatics Laboratory is a facility of the Department of Civil Engineering of University of Minho that makes available numerical modeling applications for solving hydraulics and water resources problems and where different hydroinformatic tools were developed in the context of R&D projects.
The Laboratory includes modeling tools to support the development of dissertations of students of the Master Courses of Civil Engineering and Urban Engineering and Doctoral Course in Civil Engineering of University of Minho.
In recent years, several computer applications were build whose main purpose is either to facilitate the use of hydroinformatics tools during educational activities and their use by water managers. The web page www.hydroinformatics.pt presents a detailed description of the developed applications as well as prototypes that can be experimented.
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt