701-1342-00L Agriculture and Water Quality
Semester | Frühjahrssemester 2015 |
Dozierende | C. H. Stamm, E. Frossard, W. Richner, H. Singer |
Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kurzbeschreibung | Linking scientific basics of different disciplines with practical question in the context of real-world problems of diffuse pollution due to agriculture. |
Lernziel | This course discusses the application of scientific understanding in the context of real-world situations of diffuse pollution caused by agriculture. It aims at understanding the relevant processes, analysing diffuse pollution and developing mitigation strategies starting from legal requirements regarding water quality. |
Inhalt | - Diversity of diffuse agrochemical pollution - Transport of agrochemicals from soils to water bodies - Development of legal requirements for water quality - Monitoring strategies - Mitigation strategies - Exercises including all major topics - 1 field excursion |
Skript | Handouts will be provided including reference list for each topic. |
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Some exercises require R (Link) and Hydrus-1D (Link). Both softwares are free public domain tools. Hydrus-1D runs on PCs but runs also on emulated PC environments on Mac. |