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.
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