Water Resources Directory/Education

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This page links to sections which describe educational goals, model curricula, best teaching examples and programs for the major specialties within the water resources profession.

Contents 1 Hydrology 2 Engineering 3 Planning 4 Management 5 Simulation 6 Short courses for professionals

[edit] Hydrology

[edit] Engineering

[edit] Planning

• University of Karlsruhe Institute of Water and River Basin Management (technical university of Germany) offers since 1991 a two-year Master of Science Programme in Land and Water Resources Development with particular reference to the Developing World.

• Masters Degree Program in Water Resources and Hydrology offered jointly by University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, Flinders University

• UNESCO International Hydrological Program - list of endorsed degree programs

[edit] Management

[edit] Simulation

• Reservoir and river simulation - short course at Georgia Tech
• Education through Simulation, initiative at Georgia Institute of Technology

[edit] Short courses for professionals

• Efficient Management of Wastewater, by EMWater Consortium (Middle East)
• International School of Water Resources, at Colorado State University (USA)

• Computer applications in integrated water resources planning and management, one semester
• Dam operation and maintenance, six weeks
• Decision support systems for water resources and irrigation management, two months.

• US EPA's Online Training in Watershed Management (about 40 units)

http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/

• NRCS Conservation and Areawide Planning - training courses

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/planning/

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Planning Course

http://www.nedc.nrcs.usda.gov/catalog/consplan.html

• US Army Corps of Engineers, Water Planners training curriculum

http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/iwr/planningcapabilities/

http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/iwr/planningcapabilities/curriculum.htm

Description of courses

Educational resources for stakeholders

• Animal waste management, USDA
• Drinking water and human health, USDA
• Environmental restoration, USDA
• Nutrient and pesticide management, USDA
• Pollution assessment and prevention, USDA
• Water Conservation and agricultural water management, USDA
• Water policy and economics, USDA
• Watershed management, USDA