Is hydrology hard?

Technically: no. Practically: yes. As a Hydrologist you work with the most basic laws of physics in the world. Water cannot appear out of nothing and cannot disappear into nothing. It moves under the influence of gravity and friction. Calculating the movement of water is in essence no more than setting up mass balances. read more

The hard part is that every single measurement or observation we have at our disposal has quite a large error band. Whether it is the precipitation volume, seepage(!) or even observed discharges in a river: none of our observations have a decent amount of certainty. read more

Hydrology has evolved as a science in response to the need to understand the complex water system of the earth and help solve water problems. This hydrology primer gives you information about water on Earth and humans' involvement and use of water. read more

The studies themselves ranged from simple to really hard. My coursework included easier classes like Sedimentology, Hydrology and Physical Geology which were no trouble at all. However, harder classes like Geophysics, Structural Geology, Igneous Petrology and my senior field course were very strenuous. read more