Ecohydrology
Group

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

ABE 591/EAS 591: Future of Water Resources
This three-credit course is designed as an advanced course concerning water management, water supply and water quality issues in conjunction with economic and political driving forces. This is a new course of its kind developed and taught jointly by Drs. Chaubey and Barbara Cooper (EAS) at Purdue University.  It was offered for first time in Fall 07.  The topics covered include the hydrologic cycle and its individual components (e.g. precipitation, infiltration, runoff, evapotranspiration), stream flow, groundwater flow, water quality, water law, impact of human activities on water availability and water quality including use of mathematical modeling to quantify these impacts, case studies of water conflicts around the world and discussion related to how some of these complex problems could be addressed.

ABE 591: Ecohydrology
Ecohydrology links hydrological and ecological processes at various spatiotemporal scales. Dr. Chaubey has led the development of this new 3-credit hour course titled Ecohydrology, which was offered to senior level undergraduate and first year graduate students in Environmental and Ecological Engineering.  Movement and storage of water are integral parts of landscape and ecosystem functioning. Hydrological processes in individual ecosystems and the role of water in linking the myriad components of the landscape are explored in this class.