Detailed Schedule[1]

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Date	Day	L#	P#	Lecture	Homeworks	Reading	Notes
6 Sep	W	1	1	I. Introduction · Course overview & administration; regulations		Chapra L1
8 Sep	F	2	2	· Mass Balance & Kinetics		Chapra L2
11 Sep	M	3	3	· Hydrological Measurements	#1 assigned	Chapra L14
13 Sep	W	4	4	II. Lake Models · Steady state solution		Chapra L3
15 Sep	F	No Class
18 Sep	M	5	5	· General Modeling		Chapra L4
20 Sep	W	6	6	· General Modeling · Particular Solutions	#1 due ,#2 assigned	Chapra L29 (1^st half)
22 Sep	F
25 Sep	M	7	7	· Particular Solutions (cont.) · Phosphorus lake models		handout
27 Sep	W	Field Trip to Mill River					8:00-11:00
29 Sep	F	8	8	· Export Coefficients · Lake Higgins example	#2 due,	Chapra L8
2 Oct	M	9	9	· Diffusion/dispersion	#3 assigned	Chapra L14
4 Oct	W	10	10	III. River Models · Hydrographs · Low flows, dispersion	Mapping	Chapra L14
6 Oct	F	11	11	· Model development	DP#1 assigned	Chapra L9
9 Oct	M	No Class – Columbus Day
10 Oct	Tu	No Class – Travel Day					Monday schedule
11 Oct	W	12	12	· Distributed Systems Waste · Load Allocation	#3 due
		13	13	· BOD and DO	#4 assigned	Chapra L19
13 Oct	F	No Class – WINSSS meeting
16 Oct	M	14	14	· Gas Transfer		Chapra L20
		15	15	· Reaeration		Chapra L21
18 Oct	W	16	16	· Streeter-Phelps: Point Sources	#4 due	Chapra L21 & L22
		17	17	· Streeter-Phelps: Distributed Sources · Streeter-Phelps: Nitrogen & P/R	#5 assigned	Chapra L23
20 Oct	F	18	18	· Photosynthesis & methods	DP#1, part 1 due	Chapra L24
		19	19	· Sediment Oxygen Demand		Chapra L25
23 Oct	M	22	22	· Dye Studies		Chapra L10
25 Oct	W	20	20	· Algal Modeling	#5 due	Chapra L28 & L33 (parts)
27 Oct	F	21	21	· QUAL2K		Chapra L26
30 Oct	M	23	23	· Thermal Modeling · Numerical solutions	#6 assigned,	Chapra L30
1 Nov	W	24	24	IV. Lakes Revisited · Thermal Stratification		Chapra L7
3 Nov	F	25	25	· Lakes in Series		Chapra L16
6 Nov	M	26	26	· Lakes Mgmt; order of magnitude estimates	#6 due,	Chapra L29
8 Nov	W	27	27	· Other lake models beyond Qual2		Chapra L29
8 Nov	W	Mid-term EXAM (7:00 PM) Mrst 15					Through end of Lecture #22
10 Nov	F	28	28	· Stratified Lakes, Empirical models	DP#1, part 2 due,	Chapra L40
13 Nov	M	No Class; travel days, WQTC
15 Nov	W	No Class; travel days, WQTC
17 Nov	F	29	29	V. Toxics Models · partitioning	DP #2 Assigned,	Chapra L44
Thanksgiving Break
27 Nov	M	No Class, NYC symposium
29 Nov	W	30	30	· Toxics: Lake Models	DP#1, All parts	Chapra L41
		31	31	· Toxics: River Models		Chapra L42
1 Dec	F	32	32	· Toxics: volatilization		Chapra L43
		33	33	· Toxics: hydrolysis, photolysis
4 Dec	M	34	34	· Simplified models	DP#2 part 1A
		35	35	· Toxic Models: PCBs in Great Lakes	DP#2 part 1B	Handouts
6 Dec	W	36	36	· Toxic Models: EDCs		Handouts
8 Dec	F	37	37	VI. Special Topics · Non-point source models	DP#2 part 1C	Handouts
		38	38	· Case Study: Aldrin in Iowa reservoir		Handouts
11 Dec	M	39	39	· TMDLs	DP#2 part 2A	Handouts
Extra Topics; time permitting		40	40	· PPCP & Flame Retardants
		41	41	· TOC/THMFP models I
		42	42	· TOC/THMFP models II
22 Dec	F	Final Report for DP#2 Due

[1] Tentative, subject to change; if necessary extra classes may be scheduled at 2:30 one either Tu, Th or F.

Detailed Schedule[1]

I. Introduction

· Course overview & administration; regulations

· Mass Balance & Kinetics

· Steady state solution

V. Toxics Models

Thanksgiving Break

VI. Special Topics