CIV E 633 - ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY
FALL 2021
TERM PROJECT TOPICS

  1. The concept of self-dredging and its application to the Upper Paraguay River.

  2. Hydraulics of the boomerang and double-boomerang curves.

  3. Environmental impact of reservoirs in the Amazon basin.

  4. Environmental impact of desalination plants. (McGaugh)

  5. Comparison of the Leopold and Batelle methods of environmental impact evaluation.

  6. Anthropogenic impact on the phosphorous cycle.

  7. Anthropogenic effects of carbon balance in the oceans. (Moore)

  8. How did the ocean get its salt? (Fyda)

  9. Global climate change: Is it natural or anthropogenic?

  10. Does the Amazon basin effectively constitute the lungs of the Earth?

  11. Comparison of Streeter-Phelps and Ponce equations for DO sag curve. (McDowell)

  12. Case study of a design of a constructed wetland.

  13. Case studies of anthropogenic closing/opening of the nitrogen cycle.

  14. Case studies on the use of dry ecological latrines. (Mueller).

  15. Case studies and management of acid rain.

  16. Proton and electron concentration in water resources management.

  17. Effect of geomorphology on the yield runoff coefficient.

  18. Comparison of event and yield runoff coefficients across the climatic spectrum.

  19. Are floods good or bad?

  20. The concept of flood pulse.

  21. The concept of time engineering.

  22. Past, present, and future of the Salton Sea. (Rinder).

  23. Is groundwater sustainability possible?

  24. Was Meinzer ahead of his time?

  25. What is California doing for groundwater sustainability? (Thornbury).

  26. What is the United States doing for groundwater sustainability?

  27. Effect of geomorphology on irrigation, drainage, and salinity.

  28. Was Chebotarev ahead of his time?

  29. The concept of salt balance in relation to arid-land irrigated agriculture.

  30. Does Nature have the right to dispose of its salt waste?

  31. The future of Tulare Lake agriculture.

  32. Salinity balance in the San Joaquin valley of California.

  33. Is drip irrigation sustainable? (Santos).

  34. Is the irrigation of arid lands sustainable?

  35. Comparison of furrow, sprinkler, and drip irrigation with regard to salinity management.

  36. The concept of brine line for salinity management in California.

  37. The need for brine lines and its connection to groundwater pumping.

  38. Environmental impacts of groundwater utilization.

  39. History and impacts of groundwater pumping in the Borrego Springs valley.

  40. History and impacts of groundwater pumping in the Las Vegas valley.

  41. History and impacts of groundwater pumping in California's Central Valley.

  42. The demise of the tropical glaciers in Venezuela and Ecuador.

  43. Impact of global climate change on the White Range of Peru (Scott).

  44. Impact of global climate change on the Himalayan Range.

  45. Impact of global climate change on global sea level.

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