Water Policy

Catalog description

Climate change, aging infrastructure, pollution, and institutional barriers are all contributing to urban water management crises around the globe. This course examines the systems and policies that comprise urban water, while looking for integrative, flexible solutions. First, we review water system fundamentals, ensuring everyone has a basic understanding of hydrology and traditional infrastructure. Next, we examine key challenges, concepts, and arguments in water management today. Then, we develop solutions, emphasizing integrated water resource management, demand-side management strategies, water portfolios, and decentralized systems. Through the course, you apply the lessons learned from readings, lectures, and class discussions in one city that you select. Final projects are published on urbanwateratlas.com.