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Below is a comprehensive list of course materials for the Water Course.
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🧑🏫 Lecture Sequence
Slides are released as we get to them during the semester.
- Introduction to the Course
- The Hydrologic Cycle
- Precipitation
- Evapotranspiration
- Run-off
- Groundwater - Principles
- Groundwater - Aquifers
- Groundwater - Theory of Flow I (saturated)
- Groundwater - Theory of Flow II (unsaturated)
📄 Tutorials
Each tutorial appears here in the week it is run.
- The Hydrologic Cycle
- Precipitation
- Evapotranspiration
- Run-off
- Groundwater - Principles
- Groundwater - Theory of Flow
- Groundwater - Aquifers
🔖 Assignments
Assignments are handed out on Canvas.
- Assignment 1 - Precipitation
- Assignment 2 - Total Water Storage
- Assignment 3 - Groundwater
📚 Textbook References
This course draws exclusively from two comprehensive texts:
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Tim Davie & Nevil Wyndham Quinn (2019), Fundamentals of Hydrology, 3rd Edition, Routledge. Used for the hydrological cycle, precipitation, evaporation, runoff, and surface hydrology.
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Franklin W. Schwartz & Hubao Zhang (2024), Fundamentals of Groundwater, 2nd Edition, Wiley. Used for soil moisture, aquifers, flow theory, and groundwater management.
Please refer to these books throughout the course for deeper insight and examples.