The course is concerned with effective use of water as a manageable natural resource. It begins with instruction on the tools needed to plan and design an effective water resources project. The planning tools have applicability to any planning, expecially the complex planning required of an Army Officer. The course then asses the economic, environmental, engineering, and social/cultural impacts of an actual project. Real world contact with water resources professionals develops the students' understanding of the engineering process. Methods for conducting tradeoff analyses among the engineering, economic, social/cultural, and environmental aspect of projects are developed and applied. The course is taught on a seminar basis and makes use of case studies of water resource projects. Visiting speakers represent the views of water resource professionals and a visit to a hydro-power project provides practical experience in water resource planning and design.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
Written and oral research report on a contemporary water resources project; compensatory time provided for research. No term end.
