please go to bookboon.com and download the relevant e-books on water resources engineering. You may also write to [email protected]

prof. a sarma

Please follow these links for said query.

http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-11023-3

http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781627035941?token=prtst0416p

http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP001609.html

Of course technical books are desired and appropriate, but productivity also relates to being able to function as a team player and at times leader, being able to collecting information and applying it to a problem appropriately, being able to write well and both speak and listen.  The observing and learning does not begin or stop with a degree, it will be ongoing.  To be productive it also helps to enjoy and be committed to your profession.  A background in GIS, logic, statistics and typing are all helpful.  I do feel that LiDAR and high definition remote sensing are helpful tools to be aware of if not have some exposure to. Those who are more organized have some advantages in being productive.  Developing and cultivating not only the office skills of analysis, but field skills of being able to read the ground, the streams, the plants, the soils, the topographic setting, rainfall/stream/well/soil/erosion/sediment data collection, analysis and interpretation and other factors would all be helpful. You will soon learn that knowing it all is unlikely to achieve, but learning various skills to address a problem, search information, make observations, collaboration, teamwork, independent dedication all enter into a winning combination to set yourself up for productivity.  It is helpful to know enough of the other related fields so when reading or dealing with a subject such as soils, you know enough to understand the information and can apply it or ask for help to get it right.

There are many references in water and hydrology that might be helpful  I would suggest that you find some papers that address hydrology and water in your area and see which references they cite.  Look up those references and read them.  Likely some will be in books, but many not.  If you have mentors who function in your specific areas of interest, ask them.  But with Google, it is amazing what some technical exploring will do to expand awareness and knowledge on various topics.  And in many instances, you can type in titles of papers and the internet will find it.

Since Environmental and Water Engineering is expansive area of multiple specialties, I did not offer suggestions to you.  In researchgate papers, I have cited books or papers that were helpful to me, or better, find a favored or respected author, such as Luna Leopold (late USC professor, researcher, USGS hydrologist), and search on his works as well as his citations.. I am sure you have some noted professors or researchers who could fulfill this approach with some excellent works.  

I recommend "Water Resources Engineering" by Larry W. Mays. However, be careful that there are errata in the book.