CIV E 633 - ENVIRONMENTAL HYDROLOGY
FALL 2017
FINAL EXAM
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2017, 1900-2100

Name: __________________Red ID ___________________ Grade: ____________

Instructions: Closed book, closed notes. Use engineering paper. Please answer only 10 questions. When you are finished, staple your work in sequence, and return this sheet with your work.

  1. How did the concept of 100-yr flood come about in the United States? Who is credited with its development? What was the rationale behind it?

  2. Why is the work of Meinzer (1927) important in environmental hydrology?

  3. State one example (a case study) where geomorphology has played a large role in understanding the principles of ecohydrology.

  4. Describe Tulare Lake Basin's current predicament. What is presumably the best long-term strategy to achieve salt balance in Tulare Lake Basin?

  5. What is the apparent proof that the Uyuni Salt Flats of Bolivia were formed by drainage through time and not orogeny or vulcanism?

  6. What geologic and geomorphologic conditions are conducive to the existence of mud volcanoes? How does this knowledge explain the mud volcanoes of the Salton Sea?

  7. What are the four sources of salts in irrigation projects? Which one is the most unaccounted for and often ignored?

  8. What is the only irrigation project in the Western United States that pumps irrigation water both in and out? Why is this necessary?

  9. What is Pillsbury' greatest contribution to arid-land salinity management?

  10. Describe Chebotarev's model of the metamorphism of groundwaters. How does it affect us?

  11. Why is net recharge in groundwater flow equal to zero? Explain. What is usually taken as a reliable quantitative indicator of regional groundwater depletion?

  12. Why is the city of Las Vegas called as such? What happened during the 20th Century? Where does Las Vegas get its water now?