CEV 428E - Envirn. Plan. of Catchment Areas

Course Objectives

To introduce and put together various elements of water quality management concepts, and natural/manmade territorial characteristics/facts in a broad perspective to plan and manage water resources in such a way as to maintain their sustainability

To set the fundamentals for analyzing catchment areas and to introduce basic concepts to formulate relatively long term solutions for water quality management with a holistic approach, where the water resource is assessed together with its hinterland

Course Description

ntroduction to catchment area planning. Elements of catchment area planning. Physical and natural characteristics. Socio-demographical characteristics: population, developments, land use. Sources of pollution: point sources, diffuse sources, waste loads. Water quality classifications and evaluations. Legislative and managerial aspects. Example of catchment plans. Scenarios for pollution control and management.