The Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) is a free program developed by the US Corps of Engineers that implements a series of hydrological methods to represent different physical processes of the water cycle.

HEC-HMS also includes procedures necessary for continuous simulation including evapotranspiration, infiltration, hydrological routing and soil moisture accounting. The tools and options of HEC HMS make it a very versatile and powerful software for the hydrological simulation of different scenarios such as extreme events in arid regions, or water balances in wet climates.

Hatarilabs offers the online course of Hydrological Modeling with HEC-HMS for students and professionals of any country. The course is focused on theory and practical to know the different HEC-HMS tools and its application to the hydrological modeling.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the student will have the abilities to:

Know the HEC HMS environment.
Learn concepts about the water cycle, precipitation-runoff processes and water balance.
Understand the mechanism of the HEC-HMS tools.
Simulate hydrological models in watersheds.

Course content

The sessions consist of a theoretical and practical part. The development of the theory and applications of this course is shown below grouped by session:

Session 1

Theoretical Part

Water cycle

Practical part

Installation HEC HMS 4.8.
Introduction to HEC HMS 4.8
An overview of the HEC HMS model.
Construction of a basic hydrological model.
Analysis of the hydrological components of the watershed and simulation of the model.

Session 2

Theoretical Part

Watershed modeling.

Practical part

Creation of a model of the basin divided on two sub-basins (high and low part).
Input of observed data from a gauging point.
Setting up and simulation the hydrologic response of 8 hour storms over a 20 hour period.
Optimization of hydrological parameters.
Analysis of maximum flow rates and flow development over time.

Session 3

Theoretical Part

Runoff generation from precipitation

Practical part

Construction the hydrological model divided on 3 sub-basins.
Setting up data for the Loss, Transform and Baseflow methods.
Specifying hyetograph of each sub-basins.
Daily simulation of the hydrological model.
Flow analysis in the upper part of the watershed.

Session 4

Theoretical Part

Hydrological routing in HEC-HMS

Practical part

Creation of a basin model with 3 sub-basins.
Setting up the Muskingum routing method.
Insertion of meteorologic model according to the temporal distribution precipitation with gage weight tools.
Calculation of hydrographs associated with a return period in a basin. The flow of avenues is defined for a return period of 100 and 500 years.
Analysis of flow for return periods of 100 and 500 years.

Session 05

Practical part

Creation of a base flow hydrological model in a micro-basin with the HEC-HMS software

Setting up Loss method as Soil Moisture Accounting according to physical properties: Field capacity, wilting point and the infiltration speed.
Implementation the parameters Clark Unit Hydrograph: Time of Concentration and Storage Coefficient.
Analysis graphical results

Creation a hydrological model with a reservoir.

Insertion data type like Storage-Discharge Functions.
Insertion temporal rainfall information
Analysis flow and storage results of reservoir

Session 06

Practical part

Creation of the hydrological model in a sub-basin differentiating the main tributaries.
Setting up data for Loss, Transform and Baseflow methods.
Insertion data observed flow of each hydrological element.
Implementation of an optimization trial to estimate parameters: SCS Unit Hydrograph - Lag Time and SCS Curve Number - Initial Abstraction.
Visualization observed vs. simulated flow.

Final exam

Trainer

Saul Montoya M.Sc.

Saul Montoya M.Sc. is a Hydrogeologist and Numerical Modeler. Mr. Montoya is a Civil Engineer graduated from the Catholic University in Lima with postgraduate studies in Management and Engineering of Water Resources (WAREM Program) from Stuttgart University – Germany with mention in Groundwater Engineering and Hydroinformatics. Mr Montoya has a strong analytical capacity for the interpretation, conceptualization and modeling of the surface and underground water cycle and their interaction.

He is in charge of numerical modeling for contaminant transport and remediation systems of contaminated sites. Inside his hydrological and hydrogeological investigations Mr. Montoya has developed a holistic comprehension of the water cycle, understanding and quantifying the main hydrological dynamic process of precipitation, runoff, evaporation and recharge to the groundwater system.

Over the last 9 years Saul has developed 2 websites for knowledge sharing in water resources: www.gidahatari.com (Spanish) and www.hatarilabs.com (English) that have become relevant due to its applied tutorials on groundwater modeling, spatial analysis and computational fluid mechanics..

Methodology

Here are some details of each methodology:

Manuals and files for the exercises will be delivered.
The course will be developed by videos on private web platform.
There is online support for questions regarding the exercises developed in the course.
Digital certificate available at the end of the course.
Video of the classes will be available for 6 months. (It applies for all the user that enrrolled since November 2023)
To receive the digital certificate you must submit the exams after 1 month.

Cost and payment

The cost of the course is $ 250 dollars.

This online course will be given on out elearning platform: elearning.hatarilabs.com . You will need to create an account to payment by Paypal and automatically you will register for the course.

This online course is also available in our new platform https://shop.hatarilabs.com. You will need to create an account to payment using credit card and automatically you will register for the course.

For any other information please write to: saulmontoya@hatarilabs.com