EV 311: Water Tentative Syllabus Block 8, 2004	Jessica Delmonte, Howard Drossman & Hillary Hamann

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Day	Time	Topic	Reading
Week 1: Fountain Creek Watershed/Geochemistry
Mon.	AM	Class Introduction Frameworks for Watershed Study Final Project Introduction Hydrologic Cycle	Making a Difference Paper 1 (Karr) Leo 1 Giller 1
	PM	GIS Introduction Barnes PC Lab	Handout
Tues.	AM	Depart to PP Hiway (8 AM) South Catamount Reservoir (Drought) Longitudinal Sampling Project Snow Sampling	Giller 2
	PM	Longitudinal Sampling Project pH, DO and BOD Sampling Biological Sampling
Wed.	AM	Physical Properties of Water Chemical Equilibrium Review Acid Rain I	Eby 1 Water on the Web
	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Anions by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals Chem Help Session: 4 PM	Lab Manual
Thurs.	AM	Acid Rain II: Acid/Base Chemistry	Eby 2 Paper 2 (Likens)
	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Cations by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals  Chem Help Session: 4 PM Carbonate Equilibria: Excel Assignment	Lab Manual
Fri.	AM	Acid Rain III: Carbonate Chemistry Chem Help Session: 4:15 PM	Eby 3 Leo 2
	PM	GIS II: Watershed & Data Mapping Take-Home Exam I	Watershedds
Week 2: Arkansas Watershed & Water Resources Hydrological & Biological Effects
Mon.	AM	Acid Rain IV: Alkalinity, Buffers and Soil Homestake & CS Water Delivery Videos	Eby 4
	PM	Lab Analysis: BOD Chem Help Session: 4 PM	Lab Manual
Tues.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip Elephant Rock (Hydrology I)	Leo 3 Paper 3
	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip Princeton HS (Stream Ecology I)	Giller 3
Wed.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip Hydrology II	Leo 4
	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip Pueblo Reservoir Limnology Dams Southern Water Delivery (Bob Robler, CSU)	Giller 4
Thurs.	AM	Mesa (Potable) Treatment Plant Tour (8 AM) Longitudinal Sampling Project Acid Rain V: Effects on Soil Ions	Eby 5 Leo 5
	PM	Longitudinal Data (spreadsheet) Las Vegas (Wastewater) Plant Tour (2 PM)	Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment
Fri.	AM	Stream Ecology II	Giller 5
	PM	Lonmgitudinal Project Office Hours (1 - 3:30 PM) Take-Home Exam II Exam II Data
Week 3: Assessing Human Impact on Streams & Drinking Water
Mon.	AM	Exam II Due Longitudinal Reports Due Stream Ecology III	Invertebrate Links Giller 6 Eutrophication Clean Water Act
	PM	Water Delivery Wrap-Up Final Project Rubrics
Tues.	AM	Stream Ecology IV Class Visit: Ed & Betsy Marston (9-10 AM)
	PM	Project Sampling	Lab Manual
Wed.	AM	Soil, Groundwater & Snow	Leo 6
	PM	Project Sampling & Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Anions by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals, Benthics, BOD, TSS, coliform	Lab Manual
Thurs.	AM	Groundwater Chemistry I	Eby 6 Redox Equilibria
	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Anions by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals, Benthics, BOD, TSS, coliform Chemistry Review 3:30 PM	Lab Manual
Fri.	AM	Groundwater Chemistry II Review	Eby 7
	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Cations by IC, Total Dissolved Solids, Trace Metals, Benthics, BOD, TSS, coliform Chemistry Review 3:30 PM Take-Home Exam III	Lab Manual
Week 4: Final Projects
Mon.	AM	Exam III Due Final Project Data Analysis: Meetings
	PM	Final Project Data Analysis
Tues.	AM	Final Project Data Analysis: Practice Presentations
	PM	Final ProjectData Analysis Class Evaluation
Wed.	AM	Final Reports Due Presentation of Final Project Data

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