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Welcome to the Advanced Degree Program in Integrated Water Resources Management
Advanced Degree Program in Integrated Water Resources Management
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Institutional Considerations for Water Resources Planning

Learning Objectives:

  • To understand the law making process. The course begins with the U.S. Constitution because it is the master plan directing how the legislative, executive and judicial branches of federal and state governments must interact in creating law. The course highlights the constitutional role of each branch of the federal government, and the role of federal agencies in particular.
  • To understand the particular laws governing the activities of the Corps, including enabling statutes and environmental statutes.

 

 

 

 

Revised 1 Dec 2007