The Impact of Land Use
on Water Quality
This module provides information on conducting a multiple session classroom, laboratory, and field-based experience to determining the impact of non-point sources of pollution on watersheds. The module is comprised of the following instructional sessions:
(1) A preparatory activity in which students use remote sensing and Internet sources to understanding of the watershed;
(2) A field experience in which students evaluate the impact of land use on water quality through direct observation and measurement;
(3) An analysis laboratory in which students measure additional water quality parameters and evaluate the relationship between land use
and water quality.
Updated January 2008.
Copyright 2007 Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources,Salem,Oregon.