CIEG 430 - Water Quality Modeling

Credit(s): 3

WATER QUALITY MODELING
Component: Lecture
Water quality modeling and criteria. Application to lakes, streams, and estuaries. Dissolved oxygen, BOD, nitrification. Eutrophication: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silica mass balances; chlorophyll, primary production and dissolved oxygen; Toxic chemicals: PCBs, PAHs, toxic metals: partitioning theory, organic carbon normalization; coupled water column- sediment models.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option

PREREQ: MATH 302 or MATH 351, and CIEG 233.

Course Typically Offered: Spring

General Education Objectives:
GE1A: Read Critically GE1B: Analyze Arguments and Information GE2A: Communicate Effectively in Writing GE5A: Reason Quantitatively GE5B: Reason Computationally GE5C: Reason Scientifically