Syllabus

Text Book

CSS/GEO 335H: Water Resource Science Connections

Instructor: Benno P. Warkentin

Meeting Time and Place: TR 1400-1550, StAg 226

Course Overview:

1. The students, during the first week, will determine the format and the content of the course in discussions.

2. Possible formats are:

1. One or a few major projects on a water topic, by small groups or by the entire class. Guest lectures, readings and discussions could provide background for the project(s).
2. Reading, writing and discussion of a chosen, limited list of topics.
3. Lectures and videos for a chosen list of topics, with projects for the remainder of the work.
4. Other

3. Some current water issues are:

• competition for water in arid lands—politics and technology
• global water resources and the Earth summit
• water allocation in the western USA
• water allocation during drought
• lifestyles in arid environments
• water uses in rituals, attitudes toward water
• hydrology concepts
• water quality—laws and enforcement
• clean and affordable drinking water
• watershed management for runoff pollution
• local watershed councils for planning and restoration
• Salmon in the Northwest as an integrating water issue