Week 1: Introduction; State of the State’s Land and Water
Resources
Tuesday , January 20
Lab 01: Preparing a Formal Lab Report.
Latitude/Longitude
Conversions
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Mon, Jan 19
Martin Luther King Day
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Wed, Jan 21
Topics: Introduction to the course;
nonpoint source pollutants
Notes: Water Quality Criteria
Water Resources Challenges
Readings: Readings: Facts about Illinois
Agriculture Illinois Land
Use Illinois
Water Resources
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Week 2:
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Tuesday , January 27
Lab
02: Data
Analysis in Excel.
Rainfall Frequency Analysis
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Mon, Jan 26
Topics: Clean
Water Act, TMDL’s, Nutrient Trading
Notes: Introduction to TMDL’s
Readings: Illinois EPA TMDL Site 2014 Groundwater Report 2008 Groundwater Impairment List in Excel Format
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Wed, Jan 28
Topics:
Soil Genesis and Characterization
Notes: Soil Properties PPT
Readings: Global Warming and
Soil Properties
Homework 01 (Due Monday,
February 2)
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Week 3:
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Tuesday , February 03
Lab
03: Soil
Texture Calculator.
Excel File
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Mon, Feb 02
Homework 02 (Due Monday,
February 9)
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Wed, Feb 04
Topics:
Water-related Soil Properties
Notes: Water-related Soil Properties (of
course it hurts)
Soil
Water Retention PPT
Readings: Understanding
Soils Soil
Information for Illinois ; Illinois
State Symbols
Sample Problem
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Week 4:
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Tuesday , February 10
Lab 04:
Development of a Soil
Map.
Soil Map Data
Files
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Homework 03 (Due Monday,
February 16)
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Wed, Feb 11
Topics:
Flow in Soils
Notes: Darcy’s Law
Sample
Problem
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Week
5:
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Tuesday , February 17
Lab 05:
Development of a Contour
Map.
Contour Map Data
Files
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Mon, Feb 16
Topics: Map Projections, Map Layers/Google Earth : PPT
How GNNS Work
Homework 04 (Due Monday, February 23)
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Wed, Feb 18
Topics:
Steady State Drainage Equation ; PPT
Transient Drainage
Equations ; PPT
Readings: Chapter 7 of textbook (Page
125)
Drain
Spacing Calculator
Modified Drain Spacing Calculator
Sample
Problems
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Week
6:
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Tuesday , February 24
Lab 06: Sizing a Farm Pond
Farm Pond Data
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Mon, Feb 23
Topics:
Local
Coordinate Systems
UTM Conversion State Plane Conversion
Homework 05
(Due Monday, March 09)
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Wed, Feb 25
Topics: Introduction to Hydrology
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Week
7:
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Tuesday , March 03
Lab 07: Drainage Design and Layout
Drainage
Design Data (Sample Layout)
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Mon, Mar 02
Topics: Drainage Layout
Notes: Drainage Design and Layout
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Wed, Mar 04
Topics: Conservation
Drainage
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Week
8:
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Tuesday , March 10
Lab
08: Runoff Calculator
Excel
File
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Mon, Mar 09
Notes: Runoff
Readings:
Runoff Coefficients
Homework
06 (Due Monday, March 16)
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Wed, Mar 11
Topics: Flow Resistance and Discharge
Sample Problems
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Week 9:
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Tuesday , March 17
Lab
09: Septic System Drain Field Calculator
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Mon, Mar 16
Topics: Channel Routing PPT
Sample
Problems
Channel Routing Template
Homework
07 (Due Monday, March 30)
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Wed, Mar 18
Topics: Reservoir Routing
PPT
Reservoir Routing
Template
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Week
10:
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Tuesday , March 31
Making
a PowerPoint Presentation PowerPoint
Design Tricks Effective
PowerPoint Presentations PowerPoint Template for
Self-paced Lecture
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Mon, Mar 30
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Wed, Apr 01
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Week
11:
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Tuesday , April 07
Lab
10: Runoff Estimation Lab10 Files
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Mon, Apr 06
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Wed, Apr 08
Homework 09
(Due Thursday, April 16)
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Week 12:
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Tuesday , April 14
Student Projects
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Mon, Apr 13
Topics: Subsurface
Irrigation Lateral Spacing Collector
Sizing
Layout PPT
Sample Problem
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Wed, Apr 15
Student Projects
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Week 13:
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Tuesday , April 21
Lab
11: Evaluating Sprinkler Uniformity Excel
File
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Mon, Apr 20
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Wed, Apr 22
Topics: Measuring
Erosion
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Week 14:
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Tuesday , April 28
Comprehensive Irrigation Design Lab 12
Files
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Mon, Apr 27
Homework 10
(Due Monday, May 5)
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Wed, Apr 29
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Week 15:
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Tuesday , May 05
Watersheds
around the World
O.L.D.
McDonald has a farm (Pt. 2)
Drought in California
Successful
Golf Course Drainage
Soil
Erosion
Water
Runoff
Indonesia
Land & Water Analysis
Self-paced
Lecture: An Accelerated History of Accelerated Soil Erosion
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Mon, May 04
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Wed,
May 06
Climate Change and the Land/Water
Relationship
Furrow Irrigation
Landscape Irrigation
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