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SPRING 2008

Engineering Outreach Tentative Outline

contact Dr. Jan Boll: 1-800-824-2889 (press 1), ext 7324

fax: (208) 885-8923

NOTE: This web page is jointly used by on- and off-campus students, so you should not use 'home', 'lab section', and 'this week'.

session

Topic

Assignment Due Dates

1

Introduction + Definitions

 

2

More Definitions + "Setting the Stage"

 
     
 

Receiving Water Impacts

 

3

Physical, Chemical & Biological Characteristics of Water

 

4

Physical, Chemical & Biological Characteristics of Water

Prob. Set 1: Feb 1

5

Oxygen Problem

Prob. Set 2: Feb 15

6

Oxygen Problem & Eutrophication

 

7

Eutrophication

Prob. Set 3: Feb 22

8

Quality Assurance, Water Quality Criteria & Monitoring + QA handout

     
 

Sources of Water Pollution

 

9

Fate of Contaminants in Soils, Isotherms

 

10

Degradation and Transformation in Soils

 

11

Potential Pollutant Interaction + handout

Prob. Set 4: Mar 21

12

Atmospheric Deposition

 

 

Midterm Exam

 
     
 

Transport of Pollutants & Loading Calculations

 

13

Hydrologic Components, Mass Balance

 

14

Erosion and Sediment Transport: Loading Functions

 
     
 

SPRING BREAK

 

 

Exam Answers, after Midterm Exam

 
 

EPA DOCUMENT

 

15

Solid-Phase and Dissolved Chemical Loads

Prob. Set 5: Mar 31

16

Distributed-phase Chemical Loads

 

17

Salt Loads in Irrigation Return Flows

 

18

Urban Runoff Loads

 

19

Groundwater Waste Loads

Prob. Set 6: Apr 14

20

Groundwater Waste Loads

 

21

Groundwater Waste Loads (slide show)

 
 

Control of Pollutants

 

22

Definitions & Agricultural Management Practices

Prob. Set 7: Apr 28

23

Urban and Forest Management Practices

 

24

NPS Modeling and GIS

 

25

Term Paper Presentations I

EO students: May 4

26

Term Paper Presentations II

Live students: May 4

 

 

 

 

Final Exam (take home)