If you are a
graduating senior, this schedule will be slightly modified
to accommodate your graduation – I’ll
e-mail you later in this regard. The tests will be essay-short
answer except at final exam time. That test will mostly be
multiple choice with a few essay questions.
Tentative
Schedule:
Week
1
Lecture: Ch 1. Overview of water pollution;
Clean Water Act
Overview
of water pollution
SEE:
Water Quality
Water Pollution
http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/water/health.htm
Forms of Water
Pollution
Lab: Potable water analysis: pH, EC, Ca, Mg, Na, Hardness,
Cl, HCO3, SO4, NO3, turbidity, color,
Cl2, Disinfection
Week
2
Lecture: Ch 2. The nature of
water and the hydrologic cycle.
SEE:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/home.rxml
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8b.html
http://www.iwr.msu.edu/edmodule/water/cycle.htm
Lab 2: Hydrology Studies; Porosity & Permeability
Lab
Week 3
Lecture: Ch 3. Overview of
aquatic ecosystems.
Lab 3: Life in a Pond: Microbiodiversity in Natural Waters;
Stream Indicators
Week 4
Lecture: Ch 4. Bacteria and
water pollution and Ch 16. Pollution from biological
sources.
SEE:
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/water/g989.htm
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/hfacts.html
http://www.state.ky.us/nrepc/water/wcpfcol.htm
http://www.healthyvermonters.info/hs/epi/idepi/coliform/coliform.shtml
Lab 4: Membrane Filter Fecal Coliform Testing;
Presence/Absence (PA) Tests
Week 5
Lecture: Ch 5. Dissolved oxygen
and natural purification.
SEE:
http://www.state.ky.us/nrepc/water/wcpdo.htm
http://fire.fws.gov/ifcc/monitor/RefGuide/DO.htm
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/Environmental/BOD/coda.htm
Thursday
morning: TEST 1
Lab 5: Methods for oxygen testing: Winkler Modification
& Probes; BOD5, COD & other water
stability tests.
Week 6
Lecture: Ch 6. Algae and
eutrophication.
SEE:
http://www.utoronto.ca/env/jah/lim/lim09f99.htm
Lab 6:Palmer
Pollution Index; EPA Bottle Bioassay;
BOD5
Followup
Week
7
Lecture: Ch 7. The Estuarine
environment.
SEE:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/kids/
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/habitats/estuaries1.htm
http://kingfish.coastal.edu/biology/sgilman/778Plants.htm
http://kingfish.coastal.edu/biology/sgilman/778AnimalAdapt.htm
http://www.estuaries.gov/
Lab 7: Testing Salinity in Water; Adaptations for Salinity.
Week
8
Lecture: Ch 8. The nitrogen and
phosphorous cycles.
SEE:
The Nitrogen Cycle
The Nitrogen Cycle (part
II)
http://www.lenntech.com/phosphorus-cycle.htm
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/308phosphorus.html
Lab 8: Testing water for NH3, NO2, NO3 and PO4
Week
9
Lecture: Ch 9. Thermal
pollution.
SEE:
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/academic/global/thermpol.htm
http://sevilleta.unm.edu/%7Ekerkhoff/bio310/96/yvonne.html,
Thursday
morning: TEST 2
Week 10
Lecture: Ch 10. The sulfur
cycle.
SEE:
http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~weather/maryp/Effects/fish.html
Lab 9: Buffer capacity in
water; Acid rain; Acid mine wastewater.
Week 11
Lecture: Ch 11. Aquatic
toxicology
SEE:
http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/co116.htm
Lab
10: Aquatic toxicology with Daphnia
Week 12
Lecture: Ch 12. Pollution by
inorganic materials and metals.
SEE:
http://www.lenntech.com/heavy-metals.htm,
Lab 11: Testing water for Cr, Zn, Cu, Fe and Pb in water
Week 13
Lecture: Ch 13. Pesticides and
water pollution.
SEE:
Pesticides as Water
Pollutants
http://www.slh.wisc.edu/ehd/pamphlets/pesticide.php
Health Affects of Pesticides in
Water
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SS111
Lab 12: Testing phenols in water.
Week 14
Lecture: Ch 14. Polychlorinated
biphenyls.
Lab: TEST 3
Week 15
Lecture: Ch 15. Pollution from
petroleum hydrocarbons.
Lab:
Class Presentations
Comprehensive
Final Exam (mostly multiple choice)