Water Syllabus 2009

EV 311: Water

Hydrology, Aquatic Chemistry & Ecology
Syllabus

Block 8, 2009

Howard Drossman
&
Miro Kummel

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Day/Time		Topic	Reading
Week 1: Arkansas Watershed & Water Resources Hydrology & Stream Ecology
Mon.	AM	Class Introduction CS Water Delivery Video Stream Hydrographs (Excel exercise; Data SS; Barnes PC Lab) Hydrologic Cycle Model (STELLA Model; Barnes PC Lab) Flood Frequency (Excel Calculations; Barnes PC Lab)	Leopold
Mon.	PM	Activity 1: Fountain Creek GIS Introduction (Palmer 20) Field Trip Equipment List	GIS Exercise
Tues.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip (Depart 8 AM)	Leopold
Tues.	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip Chalk Creek Stream Survey
Wed.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip Chalk Creek Stream Survey	Leopold
Wed.	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip Chalk Creek Stream Survey
Thurs.	AM	Arkansas River Field Trip Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area (9 AM)	Leopold
Thurs.	PM	Arkansas River Field Trip Riparian Ecology Southern Water Delivery System
Fri.	AM	Longitudinal Sampling Project
Fri.	PM	Longitudinal Sampling Project Gear list Sample Prep: Anions by IC, Cations by IC, BOD, E. coli	Chalk Creek Project Description Data moved to Project page

Week 2: Urban Impact Assessment: Chemistry, Ecology and Lab Analysis
Mon.	AM	Dissolved Oxygen & Headwater Streams Introduction to Longitudinal Analysis Project Introduction to Final Project	Hydrology Project Due (9 AM) Physical Properties of Water Chemical Equilibrium Solubility
Mon.	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, TDS/TSS, E. coli, Macroinvertebrates, DO	Lab Manual
Tues.	AM	Aquatic Respiration Biochemical Oxygen Demand & Redox Chemistry	Redox Chemistry
Tues.	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, TDS/TSS, Macroinvertebrates, DO	Lab Manual
Wed.	AM	Aquatic Primary Productivity Acid Rain	Aquatic Chem I Intro Acid-Base
Wed.	PM	Lab Analysis: Alkalinity, BOD, Macroinvertebrates, TDS/TSS	Lab Manual
Thurs.	AM	Human Impacts on Stream Health I Weak Acid Equilibria	Aquatic Chem II Longitudinal Project
Thurs.	PM	GIS Data Analysis
Fri.	AM	Acid-Base Distribution Functions Phosphorous Cycle	Aquatic Chem III Acid-Base Distribution Functions
Fri.	PM	Fountain Creek Bicycle Tour Carol Baker-CS Utilities (1:30 PM) Final Project Proposals (guidelines)	Final Project Proposals
Week 3: Urban Impact Assessment: Part II
Mon.	AM	Human Impacts on Stream Flows Alkalinity	Proposals Due (9 AM) Aquatic Chem IV Carbonate Equilibria: Excel Assignment
Mon.	PM	Final Project Proposal Presentations
Tues.	AM	Final Project Sample Collection
Tues.	PM	Final Project Sample Collection
Wed.	AM	Geochemistry & Soils	Aquatic Chem V
Wed.	PM	Final Project Lab Analysis
Thurs.	AM	Nitrogen Cycling & Wetlands	Nutrient Cycling and Bioenergetics
Thurs.	PM	Final Projects Lab Analysis
Fri.	AM	Eutrophication & Hypoxia	DO and Nutrient Cycling
Fri.	PM	Chemistry & Longitudinal Review Sunday: Longitudinal Project (Individual)
Week 4: Final Projects
Mon.	AM	Project II Due (9 AM) Final Project Data Analysis: Group Meetings	Long. Group Project Due 9 AM
Mon.	PM	Final Project: Data Analysis
Tues.	AM	Final Projects: Individual Meetings
Tues.	PM	Final Projects: Reports
Wed.	AM	Final Reports Due (9 AM) Presentation of Final Project Data Class Evaluation