See instructor for special course fees. May be taken for credit more than once. The nature, distribution and circulation of fresh water. Major topics include elements of the hydrologic cycle, surface water hydrology, principles of ground water flow, and geologic setting of groundwater supplies. Emphasis upon human interaction with the hydrologic environment.
Laboratory exercises stress mathematical and graphical methods of analysis of hydrologic data.
A field trip may be required. The occurrence, nature and movement of ground water studied from both theoretical and practical viewpoints. Ground water resources, hydrogeochemistry, groundwater resource management and techniques of modeling ground water flow. Environmental applications are stressed. 51-369 Geochemistry 3 cr.