AGR227 Water Resource Management (8)
Our terrestrial and aquatic environments, along with the Earth's atmosphere, comprise the essential components of our survival on this planet. The aim of this subject is to provide a general introduction to inland water environments from the following perspectives:
Water as an essential resource for all living things; including water as an environmental, economic and social resource;
The background to water and water resource use in Australia;
The fundamental physical, chemical and biological characteristics of inland fresh water environments;
The basic ecology of inland waters streams, lakes and wetlands;
The land:water link:interactions between land and water environments; land use and water quality; catchments;
Current issues in water resource management.
One of the important learning outcomes developed is to acquire skills in the measurement, monitoring and assessment of key parameters of inland water environments:physical, chemical and biological.