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This course explores both quantitatively and qualitatively - technical, economic, institutional, social, policy, and legal aspects of urban water. The course will include lectures and discussions covering the following themes (1) history of urban water (2) journey of urban water including human health and ecosystem health impacts (3) sanitation (4) global urban water conflicts (5) disease prevention and pandemic response (6) practical and technical aspects of water quality analysis (7) economics of water (8) technology and water (9) seeds of hope. Lectures will provide foundational information on drinking water, wastewater treatment processes, contaminants, role of various stakeholders in the outcome of water conflicts as well as policies and guidelines (local national and WHO). Discussion sessions will include case studies of nuanced water conflicts that students will dive deep into using engaging conversation and debate. Technical classes will include water quality analysis on contaminants that students will work through during in-class discussions and homework assignments.
Last offered: Spring 2021
CEE 173S: Electricity Economics (CEE 273S)
This course develops a foundation of economic principles for the electric utility on the topics of regulation, planning, and operation. Topics covered in regulation include cost of capital, calculation of the revenue requirement, and rate design. Topics covered in planning include generation costs (fixed and variable), reliability, marginal costs, and cost-effectiveness. Topics covered in operations include least-cost dispatch and energy markets. The course is geared toward emerging electricity sector topics including renewable energy, distributed energy resources, energy storage, and clean firm resources. The course also covers the history of the U.S. electricity sector and its evolution to the current technical and regulatory structure with the goal that economic principles can be used to achieve a system that is both economically efficient and environmentally sustainable.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Ming, Z. (PI)
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