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Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
| ABE/CEE/TSM 455 Erosion and Sediment Control | |||||||||
| (Offered 2nd 8-weeks, Fall Semester, 2 Credit hours) | |||||||||
| Meeting Time and Location: | |||||||||
| M 1:00-3:50pm 242 AESB | |||||||||
| WF 2:00-2:50pm 218 Ceramics | |||||||||
| Instructor: | |||||||||
| Michael Hirschi, PhD, PE, CPESC | |||||||||
| Class Information (check back, frequently revised/updated during Fall 2008): | |||||||||
| Course Format and Objectives: | |||||||||
| In general, Wednesday and Friday will be lecture-discussions, while Monday will be laboratory-discussion. There will be no class the week of October 27. Please plan to spend class time reviewing materials and completing assignments provided . | |||||||||
| Upon completion of this course, students will:
1. understand soil erosion on a process basis; |
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| Final Exam (comprehensive) will be a take-home, distributed on Wednesday December 10, due Wednesday December 17 by 5pm in 206 Engineering Hall. | |||||||||
| Required Text: Construction Site Erosion and Sediment Controls by Pitt, Clark & Lake (2007) | |||||||||
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| Assignments | |||||||||
| Quizzes and Exams | |||||||||
| Resources: | |||||||||
| NSPE Code of Ethics; CPESC Code of Conduct and Ethics | |||||||||
| Hydrologic Return Period; Illinois NRCS Engineering Handbook; NRCS websoilsurvey | |||||||||
| Illinois Watershed Clearinghouse; ISGS Geospatial Clearinghouse | |||||||||
| Illinois NRCS Precipitation by County: Adams-Lee; Livingston-Woodford | |||||||||
| HYDROGRAPH Software: Zip file or self-extracting archive | |||||||||
| USLE Parameter Handout | |||||||||
| General Stormwater Permit (ILR10); Curve Number tables | |||||||||
| USLE/RUSLE Manuals: 1965; 1978; 1997 (large file) | |||||||||
| US-EPA SWPPP Guide | |||||||||
| Illinois Urban Manual (on class site) Illinois Urban Manual (on NRCS site) | |||||||||
| NRES 201 Introductory Soils Lecture Notes | |||||||||
| North Carolina Sedimentation Manual | |||||||||
| Iowa Streambank Manual | |||||||||