SENIOR CAPSTONE: WATER AND THE WEST, WATER RESOURCES IN ARID LANDS.

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Pre-requisites: junior or senior standing. Corequisite: GEOS 490AL . Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–senior capstone. Focuses on the global controls on aridity and the relationship between human activities and water resources in the largely arid western U.S. Includes topographic and meteorological controls on the distribution and quantity of water, the history of conflict over scarce water resources, and construction of dams, aqueducts, and other engineered structures to solve water scarcity problems. Case studies involve examples from the western U.S. and other countries. Companion course to GEOS 470AL.