Sustainable Water Resource Engineering

Catalog description

An examination of water resource issues at local, regional and global scales. Special emphasis will be placed on the effects of climate change on water resources, restoration of aquatic ecosystems, and methods of low-impact development and green infrastructure. The course will include an examination of water resources policy and regulation, sustainability principles and concepts, water issues in the developing world, water supply protection, approaches to flood damage control, watershed management and water quality. Control and emerging water resource issues in the New York City and the Tri-state areas will be used as case studies.