Water Resources HubStudy guide — free
NCEES Exam Coverage Map
Every official NCEES exam area mapped to the free material on this site: the theory page, its mini-quiz, the relevant calculator, and the paid practice it feeds into. Use this page as your study checklist — if you can work the theory and the quiz for every row, you have covered the syllabus.
The area names below follow the April 2024 NCEES exam specifications: PE Civil — Water Resources and Environmental (12 areas) and FE Civil (14 sections). Exam specifications change over time — see the April 2027 standards change — so always verify against the current NCEES specifications for your exam date.
PE Civil: Water Resources & Environmental — the 12 exam areas
| Project Planning | Theory: Project Planning · Quiz: free 10-question mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: earthwork calculator (quantity take-off) · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Soil Mechanics | Theory: Geotechnical · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: geotechnical calculator · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Materials | Theory: Materials · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Analysis and Design | Theory: Analysis and Design · Quiz: free 10-question mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index (weir, orifice, Rational Method) · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Hydraulics–Closed Conduit | Theory: Pipe Flow and Pipe Networks · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: Hazen-Williams, Manning, pump operating point · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Hydraulics–Open Channel | Theory: Open-Channel Flow · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: Manning calculator · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Hydrology | Theory: Hydrology and Flood Frequency & Reservoirs · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: Rational Method, reservoir yield · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Groundwater and Wells | Theory: Groundwater · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index (Darcy, seepage velocity) · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Surface Water and Groundwater Quality | Theory: Surface Water & Groundwater Quality · Quiz: free 10-question mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index (BOD, Streeter–Phelps) · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Drinking Water Distribution and Treatment | Theory: Water Distribution and Water Treatment · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: formula index · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Wastewater Collection and Treatment | Theory: Wastewater Collection and Wastewater Treatment · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: sewer capacity calculator · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
| Project Sitework | Theory: Project Sitework · Quiz: free 10-question mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: earthwork, USLE · Practice: PE-ready practice sets |
FE Civil — the 14 exam sections
| Mathematics & Statistics | Theory: Mathematics and Probability & Statistics · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: normal distribution, numerical methods · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Ethics & Professional Practice | Theory: Ethics & Professional Practice · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Engineering Economics | Theory: Engineering Economics · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: economics calculator · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Statics | Theory: Statics · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: centroid & inertia · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Dynamics | Theory: Dynamics · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: dynamics calculator · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Mechanics of Materials | Theory: Mechanics of Materials · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: beam stress · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Materials | Theory: Materials · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Fluid Mechanics | Theory: Fluid Properties, Continuity, Bernoulli & Momentum, Buoyancy · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: formula index · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Surveying | Theory: Surveying · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: traverse, vertical curve · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Water Resources & Environmental | Theory: Hydrology, Groundwater, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: Manning, Rational Method · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Structural | Theory: Structural Analysis and Structural Design · Quiz: free mini-quizzes on the pages · Calculator: shear & moment · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Geotechnical | Theory: Geotechnical · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: geotechnical calculator · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Transportation | Theory: Transportation · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: formula index · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
| Construction | Theory: Construction · Quiz: free mini-quiz on the page · Calculator: earthwork calculator · Practice: 110-question FE practice exam |
New here? Start with the PE WRE exam guide for how the exam is structured, then work the rows above in any order — Project Planning, Project Sitework, Surface Water & Groundwater Quality, and Analysis and Design are the newest PE pages.
Preparing for the PE Civil: Water Resources & Environmental exam?
Work the FE→PE Bridge material for this topic, then test yourself under time pressure with the 30-question Water Resources practice set — fully worked solutions and distractor analysis included.