Earth & Environmental Sciences
ENVR 3200: Water Resources
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Offers students who wish to work in the area of water resources an opportunity to understand the issues related to water's availability and behavior at the Earth's surface.
- Topics covered include (1) the hydrologic cycle, including global and regional patterns of water movement; (2) characteristics of surface and groundwater systems, including the linkage between streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, groundwater, and the sea; (3) water management issues and regulations that have been enacted to control the use of water as a resource; (4) water quality measures for surface water and groundwater; and (5) examples of water use conflicts and emerging water issues.
- Case studies include examples from California, New England, New York, the southwestern United States, China, Africa, and the Middle East.
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