CIV E 633 - ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY FALL 2009 INSTRUCTOR:    DR. V. M. PONCE TEXT:   ONLINE SYLLABUS

1.   Environmental impact of water resources projects [Weeks 1 and 2] 1.1   [A] Hydrologic and environmental impact of the Parana-Paraguay waterway 1.2   [C] Ladario data 1.3   [A] Environmental impact of dams 1.4   [A] The Leopold matrix 1.5   [A] The Battelle Environmental Evaluation System for water resources planning 1.6   [A] EIA La Leche: Part 7 2.   Hydroecological characterization [Week 3] 2.1   [A] An ecological characterization of the Pacific Northwest coastal region: Chapter 1 (USFWS) 2.2   [A] An ecological characterization of the Pacific Northwest coastal region: Chapter 2 (USFWS) 2.3   [C] Figures (USFWS) 2.4   [C] The carbon cycle 2.5   [B] Why is the ocean salty? (USGS) 2.6   [B] Phosphorous availability in the 21st century 3.   Wastewater ecology [Weeks 4 and 5] 3.1   [A] Ecological effects of wastewater: Chapter 1 (Welch) 3.2   [A] Ecological effects of wastewater: Chapter 2 (Welch) 3.3   [B] Will the Amazon rainforest help in taking up excess carbon from the air? 3.4   [A] Ecological effects of wastewater: Chapter 3 (Welch) 3.5   [A] Ecological effects of wastewater: Chapter 4 (Welch) 3.6   [C] Llanos de Mojos 3.7   [A] Ecological effects of wastewater: Chapter 5 (Welch) 3.8   [A] Differential equation for DO sag curve 3.9   [B] DO sag curve 3.10   [B] DO sag analysis 3.11   [B] Oxygenation constant 3.12   [A] The facts about dry ecological latrines 3.13   [B] Dry ecological latrines 3.14   [B] Comparison between sanitation alternatives 4.   Wetlands hydrology [Weeks 6 and 7] 4.1   [A] Treatment wetlands: Chapter 4 (Kadlec) 4.2   [A] Treatment wetlands: Chapter 5 (Kadlec) 4.3   [A] Treatment wetlands: Chapter 6 (Kadlec) 4.4   [A] Treatment wetlands: Chapter 7 (Kadlec) 4.5   [A] Design of constructed wetlands: Chapter 3 (EPA) 4.6   [C] Common wetland plants 4.7   [A] Design of oxidation ponds 4.8   [B] Wilhelm-Werner graphs 4.9   [B] Design and performance of waste stabilization ponds 4.10   [A] Design of constructed wetlands     4.11   [B] Cucuchucho constructed wetland, Michoacan, Mexico 4.12   [B] The New River Wetland Project, Imperial, California 4.13   [C] Imperial wetland site 4.14   [C] Brawley wetland site 5.   Hydroecology/ecohydrology [Weeks 9 and 10] 5.1   [A] The river continuum concept (Sedell) 5.2   [A] The flood pulse concept (Junk) 5.3   [A] Large river-floodplain ecosystems (Bayley) 5.4   [A] Hydraulic food-chain models (Power) 5.5   [A] Ecosystem management of large rivers and their flood plains (Sparks) 5.6   [B] Plants as indicators of groundwater (Meinzer) 5.7   [A] Vegetated earthmounds in tropical savannas of Central Brazil: A synthesis 5.8   [C] Hummocks photo gallery 5.9   [C] Everglades hummock flow patterns 5.10   [A] Hydrologic and environmental impact of Campo landfill on the hydrology of Tierra del Sol 6.   River and lake restoration [Week 11] 6.1   [A] Hydroecological characterization of Arroyo Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California 6.2   [A] Sustainable architecture of Arroyo Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California 6.3   [A] The Salton Sea: An assessment     (Presentation) 6.4   [A] Restoration of the Salton Sea using solar still distillation 6.5   [B] Modeling salinity balance in proposed Salton Sea restoration using a diked impoundment 7.   Sustainability of agriculture [Week 12] 7.1   Irrigated agriculture: Is it sustainable: Chapter 28 (ASCE)     (Presentation) 7.2   [A] The price to pay for agricultural sustainability     (Presentation) 7.3   [A] To drain of not to drain     (Presentation) 7.4   [A] Sustainable irrigation     (Presentation) 7.5   [A] The resource dilemma     (Presentation) 7.6   [A] The salinity of rivers (Pillsbury) 7.7   [B] Excerpts from "The salinity of rivers" (Pillsbury) 7.8   [A] The natural function of rivers 7.9   [A] The salt predicament 8.   Salinity management [Week 13] 8.1   [A] Sustainable runoff for basin salt balance 8.2   [A] The facts about San Joaquin valley drainage 8.3   [A] A case of drainage: The story of Wellton-Mohawk     (Presentation) 8.4   [A] Salinity (ASCE Manual 71) 8.5   [A] Leaching requirements (ASCE Manual 71) 8.6   [A] Hydrologic and environmental impact of the irrigations of La Joya and La Cano 8.7   [A] What to do about the Vitor valley slides? 8.8   [B] The Tiracoma mud volcanoes, Puno, Peru 9.   Sustainability of groundwater [Week 14] 9.1   [A] Groundwater utilization and sustainability 9.2   [A] The Tragedy of the Commons 9.3   [A] Sustainable yield of groundwater 9.4   [A] The facts about groundwater sustainability 9.5   [A] Who owns the groundwater? 9.6   [A] Q&A on how much groundwater to pump in a sustainable fashion 9.7   [B] How did Las Vegas get its name? 9.8   [A] Some facts about Sawyer Spring and Ash Creek, Utah 9.9   [A] Sustainable management of water in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California