EV 311 Water: Hydrology, Aquatic Chemistry & Ecology Tentative Syllabus Block 8, 2007	Howard Drossman & Miro Kummel

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Day	Time	Topic	Reading
Week 1: Fountain Creek Watershed/Geochemistry
Mon.	AM	Class Introduction Physical Properties of Water (worksheet 1) Chemical Equilibrium Review (worksheet 2)	Paper 1 Hydrologic Cycle Clean Water Act
	PM	GIS: Introduction to FC Watershed (Barnes PC Lab) Experimental Design (Long, Project)	Handout
Tues.	AM	Depart to PP Hiway (8 AM) Longitudinal Sampling Project Snow Sampling
	PM	Longitudinal Sampling Project Physical and chemical sampling
Wed.	AM	Acid Rain Acids and pH Acid-Base Reactions Lab Preview	W.O.W. Aquatic Chem I Intro Acid-Base
	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Anions by IC, TDS, TSS, BOD, E. coli, Metals Chem Help Session: 4 PM	Lab Manual
Thurs.	AM	Solubility and Net Ionic Reactions pH of normal rain Acid-Base Distribution Functions I	Paper 2a Aquat. Chem II
	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, Cations by IC, TDS, TSS, BOD, E. coli, Metals Chem Help Session: 4 PM	Lab Manual
Fri.	AM	Acid-Base Distribution Functions II	Aquat. Chem III
	PM	Carbonate Equilibria: Excel Assignment Nutrient-Soil Interactions Longitudinal Data 07 Watershed Map Chem Help Session (4 PM)	Aq. Chem IV Jacobs Chapter
Week 2: Arkansas Watershed & Water Resources Hydrology & Stream Ecology
Mon.	AM	Watershed delineation and area calculation (GIS & map exercise) Steam Hydrographs (Excel exercise)	Leopold 2
	PM	Homestake & CS Water Delivery Videos GIS II: Watershed Data Mapping Lab Analysis: BOD	Lab Manual
Tues.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip Elephant Rock (Stream Ecology/Hydrology) Dams Hyporheic Zone	Paper 2 P aper 3
	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip Princeton HS (Stream Ecology)	Leopold 3
Wed.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip (Heckla Junction: Hydrologic surveys)
	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip (Heckla Junction: Hydrologic surveys)	Paper 3
Thurs.	AM	Arakansas Headwaters Recreation Area Pueblo Reservoir	Paper 2b
	PM	South Fountain Creek	Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment
Fri.	AM	Stream Ecology I
	PM	Southern Water Delivery (Carol Baker, CS Utils) Exam II Arkansas River Data
Week 3: Stream Ecology & Urban Impact Assessment
Mon.	AM	Exam II Due at 9 AM Stream Ecology II	Handout
	PM
Tues.	AM	Stream Ecology III
	PM		Lab Manual
Wed.	AM	Stream Ecology IV	Handout Leo 5
	PM		Lab Manual
Thurs.	AM	Redox Chemistry, Nutrient Cycling and Bioenergetics Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrient Cycling	Redox Notes
	PM	Final Project Sampling
Fri.	AM	Final Project Sampling/Analysis	Stream Ecology Links Eutrophication
	PM	Take Home Exam III
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 Project Data Analysis
Wed.	AM	Final Reports Due Presentation of Final Project Data Class Evaluation

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