CIV E 633 - ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY
FALL 2019
FINAL EXAM
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2017, 1900-2100

Name: __________________Red ID ______________ Grade: ____________

Instructions: Closed book, closed notes. Use engineering paper. Please answer only 10 questions. When you are finished, staple your work in sequence, and return this sheet with your work.

  1. Describe the concept of time engineering and its application to the formation of the Salton Basin.

  2. How did the concept of 100-yr flood come about in the United States? Who is credited with its development? What was the rationale behind it?

  3. Why is the work of Meinzer (1927) important in environmental hydrology?

  4. Explain the experience of the camellones of the Llanos de Mojos. How can this experience help in securing export agriculture in seasonally flooded plains?

  5. Describe Tulare Lake Basin's predicament. What is presumably the best long-term strategy to achieve salt balance in Tulare Lake Basin?

  6. What are the four sources of salts in irrigation projects in arid and semiarid regions? Which one is the most unaccounted for and often ignored?

  7. What is the only irrigation project in the Western United States that pumps irrigation water both in and out? Why is this necessary?

  8. Describe the predicament of the Vitor valley, in southern Peru. How can the problem be fixed if there is no limit on resources?

  9. What is Pillsbury' greatest contribution to arid-land salinity management?

  10. Describe Chebotarev's model of the metamorphism of groundwaters. How does it affect us?

  11. What is the proof that the pumping in Ash Creek, Utah, affected the baseflow in the vicinity? How was the issue resolved?

  12. Why is the city of Las Vegas called as such? What happened during the 20th Century? Where does Las Vegas get its water now?