Hydrology BC ENV 3025
Introduction
Overview
- handout of printed syllabus
- scope of the course
- focus on physical hydrology (complements 'Chemistry of Continental Waters')
- components of the hydrologyic cycle (no oceanography though)
- fundamental principles and case studies
- skills oriented class
- technical aspects
- laptops
- password
- textbook recommended
- format of the course
- lecture
- hands-on wet labs
- computer excercises
- demonstrations
- fieldtrips
- prerequisites
- basic computer skills
- grading policy
- what is your interest in the course?
- signup sheet
Video "Water, a precious resource"
(23 min.) Washington, D.C. : National Geographic
Society, c1980. BARNARD MEDIA VIDEO GB661.2 .W37 1980g
topics discussed: hydrologic cycle; history of hydrology (quantity of
water constant on Earth?); everything is connected; hydrology is
connected to many other things, such as economic development
(transportation), food production, recreation,.erosion,...; natural
hazards; dams; urban hydrology - sewers, waste water treatment; climate
& water, drought, climate change; water quantity issues, falling
water tables, irrigation efficiency, clean-up of Potomac river.