BIO 6635 - Water Quality and Resources

3 Semester Hour(s)

This course is designed to present the basic aspects of water quality, quantity, and policy to the students to help them make informed decisions on how to manage the social science issues related to water supply, demand, and sustainable water management within the U.S. and globally. This course specifically covers properties of water, ecological implications of water, water resources, hydrologic cycle, physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water, stream, lake and reservoir water quality, water pollution, best management practices, water laws, regulations, and standards, and water economics. This course is an elective for all concentrations within the Environmental and Biological Sciences program.