Week 1: Jan 21       

Week 2: Jan 26, 28      

Week 3: Feb 02, 04     

Week 4: Feb 09, 11    

Week 5: Feb 16, 18

Week 6: Feb 23, 25      

Week 7: Mar 02, 04      

Week 8: Mar 09, 11    

Week 9: Mar 16, 18

Spring Break (March 22-28)

Week 10:  Mar 30, Apr 01    

Week 11: Apr 06, 08      

Week 12: Apr 13, 15

Week 13: Apr 20, 22

Week 14: Apr 27, 29

Week 15: May 04, 06

   

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

Mon, Jan 19

Martin Luther King Day

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

Week 2:

Tuesday , January 27 

Lab 02: Data Analysis in Excel.

Rainfall Frequency Analysis

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

Wed, Jan 28

Topics: Soil Genesis and Characterization
Notes:
Soil Properties  PPT

Readings: Global Warming and Soil Properties

Sample Problems

Homework 01 (Due Monday, February 2)

 

Week 3:

Tuesday , February 03  

Lab 03: Soil Texture Calculator.

Excel File

Mon, Feb 02

Notes: Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy

Homework 02 (Due Monday, February 9)

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

Week 4:

Tuesday , February 10

Lab 04: Development of a Soil Map.

Soil Map Data Files

Mon, Feb 09

Topics: Introduction to GIS, Latitude/Longitude

Homework 03 (Due Monday, February 16)

Wed, Feb 11

Topics: Flow in Soils

Notes:  Darcy’s Law

 

Sample Problem

 

Week 5:

Tuesday , February 17 

Lab 05: Development of a Contour Map.

Contour Map Data Files

Mon, Feb 16

Topics: Map Projections, Map Layers/Google Earth : PPT

How GNNS Work

Homework 04 (Due Monday, February 23)

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

 

 

Week 6:

Tuesday , February 24 

 Lab 06: Sizing a Farm Pond

  Farm Pond Data  

Mon, Feb 23

Topics: Local Coordinate Systems

UTM Conversion   State Plane Conversion

Latitude/Longitude Example Exercise

Homework 05 (Due Monday, March 09)

Wed, Feb 25

Topics: Introduction to Hydrology

Week 7:

Tuesday , March 03

 Lab 07: Drainage Design and Layout

 Drainage Design Data   (Sample Layout)

Mon, Mar 02

Topics: Drainage Layout
Notes
: Drainage Design and Layout

 

Wed, Mar 04

Topics: Conservation Drainage

 

Week 8:

Tuesday , March 10 

Lab 08: Runoff Calculator

 Excel File

Mon, Mar 09

Notes: Runoff

Readings: Runoff Coefficients

Sample Problems

Homework 06 (Due Monday, March 16)

Wed, Mar 11

 Topics: Flow Resistance and Discharge

Sample Problems

Week 9:

Tuesday , March 17

Lab 09: Septic System Drain Field Calculator

Mon, Mar 16

Topics: Channel Routing  PPT

Sample Problems

Channel Routing Template

Homework 07 (Due Monday, March 30)

Wed, Mar 18

Topics: Reservoir Routing  PPT

Reservoir Routing Template

Week 10:

Tuesday , March 31

Making a PowerPoint Presentation   PowerPoint Design Tricks     Effective PowerPoint Presentations  PowerPoint Template for Self-paced Lecture

Mon, Mar 30

Topics: Climate Change   Introduction to Irrigation

Irrigation Efficiencies

Sample Questions

Wed, Apr 01

Topics: Plant Water Requirements Pumps and Lift Stations
Notes:  Adequacy of Water Supply    Irrigation in Illinois

Week 11:

Tuesday , April 07

Lab 10: Runoff Estimation  Lab10 Files

Mon, Apr 06

Topics: Flow in Pipes         

 

Homework 08 (Due Monday, April 6)

Wed, Apr 08

Topics: Irrigation Scheduling       

 

Homework 09 (Due Thursday, April 16)

 

Week 12:

Tuesday , April 14 

Student  Projects

Mon, Apr 13

Topics:  Subsurface Irrigation    Lateral Spacing  Collector Sizing

Layout PPT  

Sample Problem

Wed, Apr 15

Student Projects

Week 13:

Tuesday , April 21 

Lab 11: Evaluating Sprinkler Uniformity  Excel File

Mon, Apr 20

Topics: Introduction to Erosion

Erosion and sedimentation

Wed, Apr 22

Topics: Measuring Erosion

Handout

Week 14:

Tuesday , April 28

Comprehensive Irrigation Design   Lab 12 Files

Mon, Apr 27

Soil Mapping BIG 10 Football Stadiums

Homework 10 (Due Monday, May 5)

Wed, Apr 29

Illinois Water Law

Drip Irrigation

Week 15:

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

Mon, May 04

The Nile Basin Initiative

Soil Erosion

 Wed, May 06

Climate Change and the Land/Water Relationship

Furrow Irrigation

Landscape Irrigation