EOHS 5324 Water and Public Health

3 SCH. This course covers how water quantity and quality affect population health from regional and global perspectives, and efforts to reduce its impacts on public health. The course discusses recognition, evaluation, and control of water contaminants and current issues related to water sustainability. The water contaminants include microbial organisms, chemicals, and radioactive materials both from natural and anthropogenic sources. Human efforts to reduce the impacts of water contamination and to conserve water include; water and wastewater treatment technologies and policy and regulations. In addition, climate effocts on water quality and quantity will be discussed both in regional and global perspectives.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EOHS 5300.
Offered Spring
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