When you have completed this course, you should be able to interpret the role hydrology plays in specific environmental and societal issues so that you can approach any new site, project, or problem and apply this understanding. Specific examples might include the role of hydrology in preservation of natural areas, in analysis or remediation of contaminated sites, in provision of adequate clean water supply for a community, or in disaster situations like flooding or drought.
1. The Hydrologic Cycle, Water Resources, and Society (Chapter 1)
2. Precipitation (Chapter 2)
3. Infiltration and Soil Water Processes (Chapter 3)
4. Evapotranspiration (Chapter 4)
5. Surface Runoff and Subsurface Drainage (Chapter 5)
6. Flow in Channels, Rivers, and Impoundments (Chapter 7)
7. Hydrogeology (Chapter 9)
8. Forests and Wetlands (Chapter 8)
* All readings are from Environmental Hydrology by A. D. Ward and W. J. Elliot (1995).