# Calendar

Course calendar.
WEEK # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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1 | Water for life: Commons, commodity, nature/culture |
2 | Water, history, and culture |
3 | Water resources: The physical system, weather, and climate | Quiz 1
Water law
4 | Water power; Field trip 1: Lowell National Historical Park
Water management
5 | China's Three Gorges Dam Controversy |
Dams, reservoirs, and hydropower
6 | Water scarcity
Water pollution
Water and energy: Hydraulic fracturing
7 | Field trip 2: Cambridge Water Treatment Plant | Quiz 2
Water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH)
8 | WASH; Pure Home Water (NGO in Ghana)
Water and climate change
9 | Water conflict and cooperation | Term project due
Watersheds, landscape and urban design; Adaption through policy planning, management, and economic tools
10 | Adaptive technologies | Quiz 3
Adaption: Integrated water resources management
11 | Ecological waterscapes |
12 | Protecting water: Green roofs, rainwater harvesting, and waste stabilization ponds
Water footprint
13 | Water, food security, and agriculture | Quiz 4
Field trip 3: New Charles River Dam and Massachusetts Dams
14 | Student presentations; Water visions: The next 50 years | Extra credit term project upgrade due