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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2397yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Why Study Water in the West
  • Important Things to Know About the Course
  • Geography of the West
  • Review of the Water Cycle (with a focus on the Western US)
Readings
  • So You Want to Learn about Water?
  • Water Footprint Activity
  • [OPTIONAL] Atlas of the New West
  • [OPTIONAL] Beyond the Hundreth Meridian
  • [OPTIONAL] Climatic fluctuations, drought, and flow in the Colorado River Basin

Videos
  • History and Development of Water in the West
  • Native American Tribes and Water
  • Water Storage and Delivery Infrastructure
  • Prior Appropriation
  • Interstate Water Conflicts and Agreements
  • Environmental Flows and the Endangered Species Act
Readings
  • [OPTIONAL] Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States
  • [OPTIONAL] Colorado River Basin Ten Tribes Partnership Tribal Water Study
  • [OPTIONAL] The Emerging Tribal Role in the Colorado River Basin
  • [OPTIONAL] Suggestions for further reading
Practice Exercises
  • History, Politics, and Culture Quiz
  • Water Footprint Challenge Part 1

Videos
  • Climate in the Western US and Water Resources
  • Water Quality, Aquatic Habitat, and Drinking Water
  • Groundwater Resources
  • Watershed Impacts
  • River and Flash Flooding
  • Impacts of Climate Change in the Interior West
  • Water Demand for Agriculture
  • Water Demand for Urban Areas
Readings
  • [OPTIONAL] Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwestern United States
  • [OPTIONAL] Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation
  • [OPTIONAL] Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study
  • [OPTIONAL] Water to Supply the Land: Irrigated Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin
  • [OPTIONAL] Municipal Deliveries of Colorado River Basin Water
  • [OPTIONAL] The twenty-first century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the future
  • [OPTIONAL] When is Drought Not a Drought? Drought, Aridification, and the “New Normal”
  • [OPTIONAL] Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already Know
  • [OPTIONAL] New House, New Paradigm: A Model for How to Plan, Build, and Live Water-Smart
  • [OPTIONAL] Understanding California’s Groundwater
Practice Exercises
  • Hydrology, Water Demand, and Climate Quiz
  • Water Footprint Challenge Part 2

Videos
  • Geographic and Physical Overview of the Colorado River Basin
  • History of Development of the Colorado River Basin
  • Climate and the Colorado River Basin: Past, Present, and Future
  • The Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study
  • Physical Attributes of the Colorado River and Experimental Flows in the Grand Canyon
Readings
  • [OPTIONAL] Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study
  • [OPTIONAL] The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
  • [OPTIONAL] Water is For Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the West
  • [OPTIONAL] Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
  • [OPTIONAL] Colorado River Drought Contingency Plans
  • [OPTIONAL] West wrestles with Colorado River “grand bargain” as changing climate depletes water governed by 1922 compact
  • [OPTIONAL] First-ever mandatory water cutbacks will kick in next year along the Colorado River
Practice Exercises
  • Colorado River Basin Quiz
  • Water Footprint Challenge Part 3

Videos
  • A Growing Controversy: Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Supplies
  • Understanding Water Quality Impacts: Boulder Creek Case Study
  • Science, Management, and Reality: The Story of the California Bay Delta
  • Doing More With Less: Water Conservation and New Supplies in Las Vegas
  • A Collision of Impacts: The Water-Energy Nexus
  • What Does the Future Hold?
Readings
  • [OPTIONAL] EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources
  • [OPTIONAL] The role of precipitation type, intensity, and spatial distribution in source water quality after wildfire
  • [OPTIONAL] Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: Exploring Pattern and Process
  • [OPTIONAL] Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants
  • [OPTIONAL] Conservation Oriented Rate Structures
  • [OPTIONAL] Third Intake Documentary
Practice Exercise
  • Controversial and Complex Topics Quiz

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