EV 311: Water
Tentative Syllabus

Drossman/Hamann
Block 8, 2003

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Labs

Day

Time

Topic

Reading

Week 1

Day 1

AM

Class Introduction
Clean Water Act
Hydrologic Cycle
Videos: Harvest of Water, Homestake Project

Making a Difference

PM

GIS Introduction

In-class Handout

Day 2

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip & Water Resources Tour

Leopold

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip & Water Resources Tour

Day 3

AM

Arkansas River Field Trip & Water Resources Tour

Paper 1
Leopold

PM

Arkansas River Field Trip & Water Resources Tour

Day 4

AM

Physical Properties of Water
Chemical Equilibrium Review

Web Notes

PM

GIS: Ftn. Creek Watershed

In-class Handout

Day 5

AM

Soil, Groundwater & Snow

Leopold
Dunn & Leopold

PM

Intro to Stream Ecology
Take-Home Exam I

Week 2

Day 1

AM

Elevational Sampling Project

Kegley

PM

Elevational Sampling Project

Day 2

AM


Acid Rain I

Lisensky
Paper 2

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Anions by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals

Lab Manual

Day 3

AM


Acid Rain II

Lisensky
Kegley

Watershedds tutorial
Water on the Web tutorial

PM

Lab Analysis II

Kegley
Lab Manual

Day 4

AM


Acid Rain III

Lisensky

PM


Carbonate Equilibria: Excel Lab

Handout

Day 5

AM


Acid Rain IV

Lisensky
Paper 3

PM

Acid Rain Review
Take-Home Exam II

Week 3

Day 1

AM

Exam II Due
Lake Ecology

Invertebrate Links

PM

Diurnal Stream Sampling

Day 2

AM

Diurnal Stream Sampling

PM

Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Cations and Anions by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals, Benthics, DO, TSS

Lab Manual

Day 3

AM

Acid Mine Drainage

Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment

Spiro
Redox Equilibria

Kehew

PM

Lab Analysis II

Lab Manual

Day 4

AM

Eutrophication

Spiro

PM

Sample Analysis, Data Reduction & GIS

Lab Manual

Day 5

AM


Project Preparation

PM


Presentation of Data: Projects I & II
Class Visit: Richard Muzzy, (Power Point, 13 MB)
Final Project Discussion
Acid Mine HW Due (noon-Saturday)

Handout

Week 4

Day 1

AM

Historical Data Analysis: Meetings

PM

Historical Data Analysis

Day 2

AM

Historical Data Analysis

PM

Historical Data Analysis

Day 3

AM

Class Evaluations
Final Reports/Presentations Due


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