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The authors present certain numerical methods for solving the so-called coefficient inverse problem which describes the unsteady motion of a fluid with a priori prescribed level of fluid data and an unknown roughness coefficient. The next problem under consideration is concerned with a boundary value inverse problem of finding an unknown boundary condition for a passive scalar in a fluid. The model is governed by the system of Saint Venant equations for a class of flow with long waves which can be reduced to a quasilinear parabolic equation. To solve the first problem, the authors use an extremal method and find a solution as the minimum of a functional. For solving the second problem, the authors apply the parametric sweep method for an iterative procedure. The numerical solutions presented in the article illustrate a practical usage of the mathematical model in the problem of propagation of passive scalars in canals.