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Sustainable Water Resources
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| Date | Topic (subject to change) | Assignment |
9/19 |
Sustainability in water engineering, collapsing civilizations, water development, modern concepts of sustainability (slides) | |
9/21 |
Applying sustainability concepts to water quality: River Thames; water demands and use (handout 1; handout 2) | Homework 1 |
9/26 |
Continue with water demands and use; Population growth (population handout) | |
9/28 |
Engineering economics for water projects: review (economics handout) | Homework 2 |
10/3 |
Shifting risks in a changing environment - flood damages (flood damages handout) | |
10/5 |
Detecting shifts and trends, attribution of changes, statistical tests for shifts and trends (notes; sample spreadsheet) | Homework 3 |
10/10 |
Student Led Discussion #1 - Water Supply and sustainability; Climate change and water impacts | |
10/12 |
Sea level rise and flooding; HEC-RAS exercise | Homework 4 |
10/17 |
Student Led Discussion #2 - Water and Energy; Carbon footprint of water, power generation and water | |
10/19 |
Appropriate technology, development and sustainability: The Sustainable Development Goals | |
10/24 |
Optimization and shifting constraints (class handout; sample spreadsheet) | Homework 5 |
10/26 |
Student Led Discussion #3 - LEED standards related to water, Introduction to water and conflict (Handout to prep for next class) | |
10/31 |
Roundtable Discussion - Water, Conflict, Peace; Sustainable water policy in the South Bay | |
11/2 |
Critical assessment of climate change literature - Meet in Library | |
11/7 |
Low impact development for urban flood control, Bay Area Hydrology Model (BAHM) | Homework 6 |
11/9 |
Student Led Discussion #4 - Water law; Reserved water rights, basin overallocation, paper rights | |
11/14 |
Groundwater sustainability (slides) | |
11/16 |
Life cycle analysis in the context of water development (Lecture Notes) | |
11/28 |
Class Q & A on final project; Water privatization, water as a human right. (Lecture Notes) | Homework 7 (extra credit) |
11/30 |
In-class project presentations | |