Storage and fluxes of water through the natural environment. Hydrologic processes, including precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, snowmelt, infiltration, subsurface flow, runoff, and streamflow. Emphasis is on measurement, data analysis, modeling, and the role of hydrologic processes in ecosystems. Technological systems associated with human use of water as a resource. Irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, rural and urban water supply systems, stormwater management, flood damage mitigation, water law and institutions.
Emphasis is on engineering design and environmental impacts.
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