Description

Students earning a certificate in Water Quality Management will:

1. Be knowledgeable in physical, chemical, and microbiological water quality standards, the impact of discharging organic substances and ammonia into surface and ground waters;
2. Understand lake limnology and the principles of water and wastewater treatment;
3. Be knowledgeable in the carbonate cycle in water and equilibrium chemistry; and
4. Understand the principles of the movement and fate of chemicals and other contaminants in surface and groundwaters.

Requirements

To obtain a certificate, students must complete the required courses with a 3.0 grade point average or higher.

• CIVL 601 Sustainable Water Quality and Resources 3 semester hours
• CIVL 605 Aquatic Chemistry 3 semester hours
• ENVS 607 Environmental Engineering and Science Lab 3 semester hours or
• CIVL 608 Contaminant Fate, Transport, and Remediation 3 semester hours