WRS5101

WRS 5101 - Water Policy (3 Cr.)

Water Resources Center (11054) TCOA - College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

WRS 5101 - Water Policy (3 Cr.)

Course description

Socio-cultural, legal, and economic forces that affect water resource use. Water quality, Clean Water Act contrasted with international laws, roles of State and Local agencies. Water supply, drought, flooding, drainage, irrigation, storage. Sulfide mining, Line 3, hypoxia, wildfire, climate, snowpack, extreme events, China south-to-north transfer, CEC’s, AIS, Aral Sea, CAFOs, and more.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Lecture

Requirements

000017

Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:

01827

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring