The unit aims to develop the student's awareness and broad understanding of the issues encountered in water resources management of both rural and urban catchments. Learning in this subject area will be supported by course notes on introductory and background material, supplemented by directed study of reference resource material. The introductory material will cover typical issues related to catchments/stream complexes; rural and urban land uses and their potential water quantity and quality impacts. Basic principles of water quantity modelling will be addressed and developed through use of spreadsheet tools and industry computer models. Water resource management options will be... -- Course Website
Instructor: A Hague