本书前半部分以水利专业各个学科及研究方向为主，后半部分侧重于农业水土工程领域的*新动态及相关研究成果。主要内容包括水文、水资源、水利工程施工与规划、水利工程经济、水工建筑物、水力发电、水土保持、水利机械、水环境、建筑材料与灌溉排水工程。本书可用作水利以及相关专业大学生的英语教材，也可作为相关科技工作者和管理人员学习参考。

Unit 1
Part A Water resources of the world
Part B What causes flooding
Unit 2
Part A Reservoirs and dams
Part B Dams and development—an insight to the report of world commission on dams
Unit 3
Part A Hydroelectric power
Part B Pumps and Pumping
Unit 4
Part A Underground water
Part B The runoff cycle
Unit 5
Part A Water pollution and pollutants
Part B U．S．Wastewater treatment--past and present
Unit 6
Part A Modem buildings and structural materials
Part B Bridges
Unit 7
Part A Soil erosion and soll conservation
Part B Soll Conservation Issues on the United States
Unit 8
Part A Engineering economy in water-reourees planning(I)
Part B Engineering economy in water．resources planning(II)
Unit 9
Part A Hydrology
Part B Current problems of stochastic hydrology
Unit 10
Part A Summary of EIA
Part B Inadequacies in current methods for environmental assessment
Unit 11
Part A Irrigation methods
Part t3 RDI--the new technique of water saving irrigation management in China
Unit 12
Part A Evaporation
Part B Evaporation model of lake Qaroun as influenced by lake salinity
Unit 13
Part A 21 Century's water saving in agriculture of Beijing
Part B The research and application of plastic pipe in infiltration irrigation
Unit 14
Part A Methods of applications of drip irrigation system
Part B Drip irrigation technology and state western area development strategy
Unit 15
Part A Water use efficiency of grain crops on irrigated fields in China
Part B Cumulative function of water sensitivity index for rice and its variation with hydrological years
Unit 16
Part A Some topics on developing water-saving
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Unit 7
Unit 8
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