Online Courses Handbook 2003

7495 (v.3) Water in Australia 100

Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
World's water supply and Australia's portion of it. Distribution and variability of water supplies, surface and underground - emphasis on Western Australia. Quantitative, qualitative and environmental aspects. Measurement of water resources. Demand for water and limitations imposed by scarcity. Domestic, industrial, agricultural and pastoral use and misuse of water.