EV 311
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Topic |
Reading |
Week 1: Arkansas Watershed & Water Resources | |||
Mon. |
AM |
Hydrologic Cycle (STELLA Model; Barnes PC Lab) Flood Frequency (Excel Calculations; Barnes PC Lab) HW1: Stream Hydrographs (Excel exercise; Data SS; Homework) |
HL: Chs. 1-5 (skim) |
PM |
Homestake & CS Water Delivery Videos (lunch) Activity 1: Fountain Creek GIS Introduction (Palmer 20) |
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Tues. |
AM |
HL Chs. 3, 7, 20, 21 |
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PM |
Arkansas River
Field Trip |
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Wed. |
AM |
Arkansas River
Field Trip |
HL Chs. 3, 7, 20, 21 Vannote Paper |
PM |
Arkansas River Field Trip Chalk Creek Stream Survey |
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Thurs. |
AM |
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (9 AM) |
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PM |
Pueblo Reservoir (SDS/Ftn Creek; 2 PM) |
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Fri. |
AM |
Depart to PP Hiway (8 AM)
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PM |
Sample Prep: Anions by IC, Cations by IC, BOD, E. coli |
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Week 2: Urban Impact Assessment: Chemistry, Ecology and Lab Analysis | |||
Mon. |
AM |
Hydrology Project Due (9 AM) Final Project Design: Stream Population & Community Ecology |
HL Chs. 23, 25 |
PM |
Lab Analysis: Alkalinity (5), TDS/TSS (4), E. coli (4) |
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Tues. |
AM |
What is Acid Rain? Physical Properties of Water Long. HW (2) Problems: One-Way ANOVA; Physical Props of Snow |
Jacob Ch.13 (PROWL) Acid Rain Intro (Science) |
PM |
Lab Analysis: Alkalinity (5) , TDS/TSS (4), Metals by ICP (prep) (4) |
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Wed. |
AM |
Acids
and pH pH of normal rain Long. HW (3) Problems: pH of snow samples, ion concentration; regression analysis. Use: Long Data Set 2 |
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PM |
Lab Analysis: BOD (9), Metals by ICP (2), Data Entry (2) |
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Thurs. |
AM |
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PM |
Activity 2: GIS: FC Watershed Samples (GIS lab) Long. HW (4) Problems: Carbonate distribution; alkalinity calcs. |
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Fri. |
AM |
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PM |
GIS Data Presentations Final Project Brainstorm Long. HW Problems: Summary Data Final Project Proposals (guidelines) |
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Week 3: Urban Impact Assessment: Part II |
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Mon. |
AM |
Final Project Proposals (due 9 AM) Wetland Diagenesis N-P Cycles |
Papers: Wetland denitrification Stream denitrification (PROWL) |
PM |
Final Project Proposal Presentations |
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Tues. |
AM |
Final Project Sample Collection |
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PM |
Final Project Sample Collection |
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Wed. |
AM |
Eutrophication & Dissolved Oxygen |
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PM |
Final Project Lab Analysis |
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Thurs. |
AM |
Ecology & Flow | Poff Natural Flow Paper (PROWL) |
PM |
Final Projects Lab Analysis |
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Fri. |
AM |
Rhine River Restoration | |
PM |
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Week 4: Final Projects | |||
Mon. |
AM |
Project II Due (9 AM) Final Project Data Analysis: Meetings |
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PM |
Final Project Data Analysis | ||
Tues. |
AM |
Final Project Data Analysis: Meetings | |
PM |
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Wed. |
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