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<SUBJECT ID="121-220" CODEUSED="121-220/320">
<TITLE>WATER RESOURCES</TITLE>
<POINTS>16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
<COORDINATOR>Dr J Bird.
<PREREQUISITES>Normally 121-219/319.
<SEMESTER>Second semester
<CONTACT>Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes a week. Some of the practical classes will be in the form of field trips.
<OBJECTIVES>On completion of this subject a student should:
<ul>
<li>be aware of the different types of water resource, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
<li>understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
<li>appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
</ul>
<CONTENT>Water as a resource with special relevance to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
<ASSESSMENT>Practical class exercises (25 per cent), field trip report (10 per cent) and an individual assignment (15 per cent) together totalling not more than 3,000 words; and a final 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
</SUBJECT>
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<TITLE>WATER RESOURCES</TITLE>
<POINTS>16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
<COORDINATOR>Dr J Bird.
<PREREQUISITES>Normally 121-219/319.
<SEMESTER>Second semester
<CONTACT>Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes a week. Some of the practical classes will be in the form of field trips.
<OBJECTIVES>On completion of this subject a student should:
<ul>
<li>be aware of the different types of water resource, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
<li>understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
<li>appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
</ul>
<CONTENT>Water as a resource with special relevance to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
<ASSESSMENT>Practical class exercises (25 per cent), field trip report (10 per cent) and an individual assignment (15 per cent) together totalling not more than 3,000 words; and a final 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
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<XREF TABLE="Geography:Sci:CODEAS121-220:v4.192">
<SUBJECT ID="121-220" CODEUSED="121-220">
<TITLE>WATER RESOURCES</TITLE>
<POINTS>16.7
<COORDINATOR>Dr J Bird
<PREREQUISITES>121-219 or equivalent, subject to approval of the Head of Department or Subject Coordinator.
<SEMESTER>Second semester
<CONTACT>Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes a week. Two days of field trips
<OBJECTIVES>Students completing this subject should:
<ul>
<li>be aware of the different types of water resources, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
<li>understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
<li>appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
</ul>
<CONTENT>Water as a resource with special reference to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
<ASSESSMENT>Practical class exercises (25%), field trip report (10%), individual assignment (15%) and a final two-hour exam (50%).
<PRESCRIBEDTEXTS>
<ATEXT>Pigram J <i>Issues in the Management of Australia's Water Resources </i>University of New England Centre for Water Policy Research 1990
</PRESCRIBEDTEXTS>
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<XREF TABLE="Geography:Ed-P::v5.111">
<SUBJECT ID="121-220" CODEUSED="121-220/320">
<TITLE>WATER RESOURCES</TITLE>
<POINTS>16.7
<COORDINATOR>Dr J. Bird.
<PREREQUISITES>Normally 121-219/319.
<SEMESTER>Second semester.
<CONTACT>Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes each week. Some of the practical classes will be in the form of field trips.
<OBJECTIVES>On completion of this subject a student should:
<ul>
<li>be aware of the different types of water resource, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
<li>understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
<li>appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
</ul>
<CONTENT>Water as a resource with special relevance to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
<ASSESSMENT>Practical class exercises (25 per cent), field trip report (10 per cent) and an individual assignment (15 per cent) together totalling not more than 3,000 words; and a final 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
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