Since antiquity, humanity has used engineering techniques to manage the transport and distribution of its most important resource - fresh water. Population growth and climate change are making the good management of water resources ever more essential and this book focuses on advanced methods for the control of water flow in open-channel systems.

"Open-channel hydraulics are described by hyperbolic equations, derived from laws of conservation of mass and momentum, called Saint-Venant equations. In conjunction with hydraulic structure equations these are used to represent the dynamic behavior of water flowing in rivers, irrigation canals, and sewers.Building on a detailed analysis of open-channel flow modeling, this monograph constructs control design methodologies based on a frequency domain approach. In practice, many open-channel systems are controlled with classical input-output controllers that are usually poorly tuned. The approach of this book, fashioning pragmatic engineering solutions for the control of open channels is given rigorous mathematical justification. Once the control objectives are clarified, a generic control design method is proposed, first for a canal pool, and then for a whole canal. The methods developed in the book have been validated on several canals of various dimensions up to a large scale irrigation canal."

Modeling of Open Channel Flow.- Modeling of Open Channel Flow.- Frequency Domain Analysis of Open Channel Flow.- Finite Dimensional Models of Open Channel Flow.- A Simplified Model of Open Channel Flow.- Control of a Canal Pool.- Control of a Canal Pool with Hydraulic Structures.- Classical Control Policies for a Canal Pool.- Mixed Control of a Canal Pool.- Open-loop Control of a Canal Pool.- Control of a Multiple-pool Canal.- Decentralized Control of a Multiple-pool Canal.- Experimental Results on a Small-scale Canal.- Modeling and Control of Regulated Rivers.