Every topic on the exam, explained in depth: intuition, key equations, worked examples, and the traps to avoid. Organized by the NCEES PE Civil: Water Resources and Environmental exam specification and cross-referenced to the PE Civil Reference Handbook.
… exam areas
Quantity take-off, cost estimating, CPM schedules and activity sequencing, and economic/lifecycle comparison of alternatives (present worth).
Lateral earth pressure, consolidation and compaction, bearing capacity, settlement, and slope stability for water-resources structures.
Soil classification and boring-log interpretation, soil properties and phase relationships, concrete, piping materials, and test-method conformance.
Mass balance, hydraulic and solids (sediment/sludge) loading, and hydraulic flow measurement with weirs, flumes, and meters.
Energy/continuity (Bernoulli, EGL/HGL), Hazen-Williams and Darcy-Weisbach losses, pump application, NPSH and cavitation, and pipe-network analysis.
Manning uniform flow, specific energy and critical depth, sub-/supercritical flow and hydraulic jumps, stormwater collection, gutter/inlet flow, and culverts.
Storm frequency and IDF, time of concentration, Rational and SCS/NRCS runoff, unit and synthetic hydrographs, routing, depletions, and stormwater BMPs.
Aquifer properties, Darcy groundwater flow, and steady/transient well drawdown analysis (Thiem, Theis, Dupuit) for confined and unconfined aquifers.
Stream oxygen dynamics and the Streeter-Phelps DO sag, TMDL and load allocation, and biological and chemical contaminant fate.
Demand and storage, distribution systems, sedimentation, coagulation/flocculation, filtration and membranes, disinfection (CT), softening, and adsorption.
Collection systems and lift stations, preliminary/primary/secondary treatment, activated-sludge F/M and SRT, nutrient removal, solids handling, and disinfection.
Excavation and embankment (cut/fill), horizontal and vertical curve geometry, retaining walls, erosion and sediment control, construction safety, and methods.