Water System Management

Water system management focuses on water allocation and supplies. Students specializing in this area will learn engineering solutions to supply adequate quantities and quality of water for human use and the environment.Ìý This includes ground water, streams, lakes, reservoirs, and water storage facilities.

Environmental engineers specializing in water also design wastewater treatment facilities to treat water after human use so that it can be returned to the environment without negatively impacting the ecology and downstream users. Water distribution and sewer collection pipelines must also be designed.

  • Water quality characterization by collecting samples of groundwater, surface water, and wastewater
  • Working with regulatory agencies to determine appropriate water quality for human consumption, ecology, etc.
  • Designing facilities to treat water and wastewater; these can include chemical, biological, and phyical methods
  • Using modeling software to predict water treatment effectiveness of various processes

Environmental Applications

  • ATOC 4550 Mountain Meteorology- 3 credits
  • CVEN 4133 Land Use and Water Quality -3 credits
  • CVEN 3323 Hydraulic Engineering -3 credits
  • CVEN 4353 Groundwater Engineering -3 credits
  • CVEN 4383 Applied Groundwater Modeling -3 credits
  • GEOG 4501 Water Resources and Water Management of the Western U.S. -3 credits
  • CVEN 3424 Water and Wastewater Treatment -3 credits

  • MCEN 4291 Project Based Learning in Rural Schools - 3 credits- two term class

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