Water Quality: Protection, Monitoring, and Management for Health
EHSC 7650
3 hours
Water Quality: Protection, Monitoring, and Management for Health
Course Description
Impacts of development on water quality related to protecting human health and the environment. Traditional and contemporary methods of assessing water quality, treatment, and management of water for human, animal, and industrial use, and the regulatory framework for preserving water quality and quantity.
Athena Title
Water Quality
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EHSC 7650E
Prerequisite
EHSC 7010 or EHSC 7010E or permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will know how to characterize the sources and routes of exposure of humans and aquatic organisms to anthropogenic and natural sources of water pollution and analyze their effects on human and ecological health.
Students will know how to analyze the effects of water pollution on human and ecological health.
Students will know how to critically evaluate water treatment and management strategies for protection of human health and the environment.
Students will know how to examine the current regulatory structure for water quality in the US and other developed countries.
Students will know how to critically evaluate the regulatory structure adequacy in protecting human health and the environment.
Topical Outline
Overview of hydrologic cycle
Characteristics of surface and ground waters
Physical and chemical determinants of water quality in surface and groundwaters
Regulatory framework for maintaining surface water quality
Biomonitoring techniques: lab and field methods
Anthropogenic contamination of water resources and health impacts
Regulatory framework for protection of human health
