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GEOL
201: Hydrology and Water Resources
Course Description:
Throughout history,
the planning and management of water resources has remained
among the chief concerns of society. For example, water
shortages in parts of the world over the next 25 years
will pose the single greatest threat to food production
and human health. This course examines the basic physical
and chemical aspects of the applied interdisciplinary
science of hydrology and offers a broad perspective on
the underlying hydrologic processes that directly influence
sound water planning and management decisions. The organization
of this course around the unifying concepts of the hydrologic
cycle and the watershed allows application of hydrologic
theory to local problems of water quantity and quality.
Laboratory and field work provide opportunities to measure
stream and ground-water flow, construct physical and computer
models of flow, sample for and analyze water quality,
conduct hydrologic site investigations, and design simple
engineering solutions for hydrologic hazards such as floods
and droughts.
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