Topics covered:

– Use of GIS software and its application, components and chemicals used in water treatment (Drinking and Wastewater)

– Relationship between terrain and overland flow of water

– Layout and operation of a water distribution system

– Connection between storm water and erosion

– Deposition, movement, and removal of toxic chemicals in the environment

Gain hands-on experience, often at off campus/outdoor locations:

– Tours of both drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities, plant Identification

– Forest measurements and identification (Plots, Stands, Diameter at Breast Height, Canopy Cover, etc.)

– Infiltration rates using infiltrometers, stream, analysis (Flow Rates, Discharge, pH, Turbidity, Electrofishing, etc.)

– Fish Identification

– Bacterial analysis of water (E. coli, enterococci, etc.)

– Lab tests performed at treatment plants (lead, chlorine, nitrogen, etc.)