WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

CIVENGR 416

Course Description

Water supply and demand are increasingly stressed by climate, population, land-use, policy, etc. Presents a variety of systems analysis techniques for water resources planning and management. Deterministic and stochastic optimization and simulation models will be developed and applied. Problems addressed include water supply, water quality, and river basin development.

Prerequisties

CIVENGR 311 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Spring

Grade Point Average

3.83

1.93% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

No change from Historical

A Rate

66.67%

-6.12% from Historical

Class Size

-47.83% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

Sorted by ratings from Rate My Professors

Paul BLOCK

[email protected]

4.5

Rating

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