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Apr 19, 2024
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EV 726 - Water Resources Management3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Water resources management is a growing area in environmental engineering. Communities need to deal with both water quantity and quality issues on a regional and watershed basis. The purpose of this course is to give an introduction to water resources management including such topics as hydrology, and hydrological modeling, surface water quality, stormwater management and treatment, and wetlands classification and migration. Offered Spring-O term. (prereq: Graduate standing in MSEV program or department consent)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
• Understand the factors that affect stormwater runoff, nonpoint source pollution, and stream flow at various scales (project site, sub-basin, and watershed
• Be able to compute runoff rates (pre- and post-development) using a variety of methods
• Understand the local, regional, and state regulations regarding stormwater runoff and erosion control and be able to apply for the necessary permits to allow development
• Have the ability to design stormwater discharge and water quality control facilities including detention ponds, infiltration basins, swales, culverts, and manufactured stormwater treatment devices
• Know how to design a stormwater management and erosion control plan for a development
• Understand the environmental and functional benefits of wetlands and environmental corridors, how they are delineated and afforded special protection under the law
• Understand the regulations affecting development in floodplains and floodways and how to calculate impacts
• Know how to minimize and mitigate the affects developments in and adjacent to wetlands and be able to develop a water quality certification application and wetland mitigation plan
Prerequisites by Topic
• At least one introductory course in fluid mechanics, hydrology, hydraulics, or water resources engineering, or consent of instructor
Course Topics
• Introduction to hydrology including the water cycle, basics of stream flow, erosion processes, how land use changes affect hydrology, and hydrologic modeling
• Protection of surface water quality including standard water quality criteria, point source discharge permitting, non-point source control, watershed-based planning, waterway regulatory permitting, and shoreland zoning
• Site stormwater management including construction site and permanent erosion control and stormwater management planning, design, and permitting
• Wetlands and environmental corridors including wetland classification and functionality, water quality certifications for construction projects, and mitigation
• Floodplain and floodway issues including zoning and development restrictions and design requirements
• Students will apply course topics to an actual development from concept through final design
Laboratory Topics
• No laboratory topics appended
Coordinator
Francis Mahuta
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