Water Resources

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) The following are just some of the topics developed: the Columbia River Treaty, the Churchill Diversion, is Canada's water for sale? In predicting future Canadian needs for water, the relative merits of direct and indirect methods of forecasting are assessed. Analytical techniques such as economic base, input-output, and cost-benefit are fully developed. Requisite Courses: GEOG-1105 or GEOG-1102 or GEOG-1103 or permission of the instructor or permission of the chair [prerequisite(s)].