Specific concerns over organics, metals and pathogens. Water Quality Modeling and Assessment Principles of surface water quality modeling, with an emphasis on physical, chemical, and biological processes that alter water quality. Methods for developing chemical mass balances and experimental methods for model calibration are discussed. Water quality assessment techniques include historical tend analysis, development of region-specific water quality criteria, and biological indicators. This course introduces students to fundamental transport processes that govern the fate and migration of pollutants in the environment.
Emphasis is on contaminant migration in the subsurface and mathematical modeling and analysis.
Knowledge of contaminant transport fundamentals is applied to common risk assessment, aquifer restoration, aquifer management, and remediation problems. The theory of unit process operation will be linked to practical implementation of unit operations. Application of problem-solving skills for unique environmental applications. The ASU Hydraulics Engineering Laboratory was created with donations from the Salt River Project and is mainly used for teaching. A large scale hydraulics laboratory is located at the Salt River Project and is available for use by ASU faculty and graduate students.