CIV E 633 - Environmental Hydrology
Fall 2019
Suggested Term Project Topics

  1. The concept of self-dredging and its application to the Paraguay River.

  2. The physico-chemical properties of water and their impact on water resources quantity and quality.

  3. Anthropogenic impact on the phosphorous cycle.

  4. Anthropogenic effects of carbon balance in the oceans.

  5. Can the ocean be polluted with additional salt?

  6. Application of the concept of the 800-mm isohyet to California.

  7. The concept of salt balance and its relation to geomorphology.

  8. Case studies of closing/opening of the nutrient cycle.

  9. Event and yield runoff coefficients across the climatic spectrum.

  10. Comparison of the Streeter-Phelps equation and Ponce's equation for sag curve.

  11. Case studies of design and performance of constructed wetlands in California.

  12. Status of the Salton Sea restoration.

  13. History and status of the Yuma desalination plant.

  14. Salinity balance in the San Joaquin valley of California.

  15. Comparison of furrow, sprinkler, and drip irrigation with regards to salinity balance, with case studies.

  16. The concept of brine line for salinity management in California.

  17. Comparison of irrigated vs dryland agriculture.

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