ABSTRACT
The study of water has been one of the most critical and beneficial needs since man understood the relationship between water and life. From the beginning of recorded history, water-related events (rainfall, snowfall, and runoff), patterns (stream flow, watershed contributions, and groundwater characteristics), and extremes (floods and droughts) have influenced hydrology research. As man impacted the environment and nature continued its process of weathering, approaches have been sought to better understand available resources, their properties, and how to minimize man’s impacts on those resources.
