This course focuses on the flow, storage and use of fresh water in the United States and fundamental environmental conflicts that result from human intervention in hydrologic processes. Technical reports and readings in American prose are used to study attitudes about irrigation, water depletion and salinization, water law and economics, and aspects of the hydraulic empire of the American West. Lectures and discussion, three hours a week.
Evaluation reflects an hour exam, class participation, field trips, a term paper, and a final exam.