E – 1110 Ponds – Planning, Design, and Construction

This comprehensive six hour course describes basic design principles of embankment and excavation ponds as well as construction requirements. Other topics include: water needs, preliminary soil investigations, watershed stormwater runoff estimation, basin sealing, spillways and inlets, and operation/maintenance.

This course is intended for hydrologists, civil engineers, agricultural engineers, construction engineers, municipal engineers, geotechnical engineers and environmental engineers. An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about planning, design, and construction of embankment and excavated ponds.