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