CIV E 633 - ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY
FALL 2006
INSTRUCTOR:    DR. V. M. PONCE
TEXT:   WEB-BASED SYLLABUS, PRINTED SYLLABUS

Topic, Title, Paper No.

  1. Environmental impact of development projects     1, 2

  2. Hydroecological characterization      3

  3. Wastewater ecology      4

  4. Wetlands      5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  5. Dry ecological latrines      10, 11

  6. River ecology      12, 13, 14, 15, 16

  7. Hydroecology      17, 18, 19, 20

  8. Eutrophication      21

  9. Salinity management      22, 23

  10. Groundwater depletion and quality     24, 25, 26, 27

Paper No., Author, Title

  1. Ponce: Hydrologic and environmental impact of the Parana-Paraguay waterway on the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil      (710)

  2. Ponce and Shetty: Environmental impact of dams      (3604)

  3. Fish and Wildlife Service: An ecological characterization of the Pacific Northwest coastal region
    (Chapter 1)        (Chapter 2)

  4. Welch: Ecological effects of wastewater (Chapters 1-5)

  5. Kadlec and Knight: Treatment wetlands (Chapters 4-7)

  6. EPA: Design of constructed wetlands (Chapter 3)     (3807)

  7. Ponce: Design of oxidation pond      (2304)      (2308)      (4315)      (4301)

  8. Ponce: Design of constructed wetland      (2306)      (2309)

  9. Rivas: Constructed wetland of Cucuchucho      (4317)

  10. LaNeave and Ponce: The facts about dry ecological latrines      (4309)

  11. Tonantzin: Dry ecological latrines      (4311)

  12. Sedell et al.: The river continuum concept

  13. Junk et al.: The flood pulse concept

  14. Bayley: Understanding large river-floodplain ecosystems

  15. Power et al.: Hydraulic food-chain models

  16. Sparks: Need for ecosystem management of large rivers and their floodplains

  17. Ponce: Hydroecological characterization of Arroyo Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico     (2509)

  18. Ponce: Sustainable architecture of Arroyo Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico     (2621)

  19. Ponce: Vegetated earthmounds in tropical savannas of Central Brazil: A synthesis     (3132)

  20. Ponce: Impact of the proposed Campo landfill on the hydrology of the Tierra del Sol watershed      (1727)

  21. Ryding and Rast: The control of eutrophication of lakes and reservoirs (Chapters 4-7)

  22. Ponce: Restoration of the Salton Sea      (3607)      (3155)      (3504)

  23. ASCE Drainage Manual: Irrigated agriculture: Is it sustainable? (Chapter 28)

  24. Ponce: Campo valley hydrology history      (2726)

  25. Hardin: The Tragedy of the Commons      (4303)

  26. Ponce: Groundwater utilization and sustainability      (3608)

  27. Ponce: Sustainable management of water in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California, Mexico      (2307)

CALENDAR

Week 6:  Topic selection deadline (Monday, October 2, 1900)

Week 8:  Midterm Exam (Monday October 16, 1900-2015)

Week 10:  Preliminary oral presentation (Monday October 30, 1900-2015)

Week 15:  Final oral presentations (Monday and Wednesday, December 4 and 6, 1900-2015)

Week 15:  Written report due (Wednesday, December 6, at 1900)

Week 16:  Final Exam (Wednesday, December 13, 1900-2100).

INSTRUCTIONS

OFFICE HOURS: MW 1100-1200 (E421-E); MW 2015-2115 (PS231-B).

GRADING POLICY: Midterm (30%), Project (30%), Final (40%).

PROJECT: The project will consist of individual work on a topic mutually agreed with the instructor. The report should be of professional quality, and its length should not exceed 15 pages, including tables and figures. Text should be double-spaced. The oral presentations should be either Power Point or web-based.