Water Governance & Economics (Coursera)

Coursera

Politecnico di Milano

Water: an essential resource (Coursera)

Sci: Environment

This MOOC wants to communicate the challenge of protecting water and then human health from chemical and microbiological hazards, as well as the multidisciplinarity required by this challenge by providing some key elements about water quality, protection and remediation, sustainable drinking water production, online monitoring, and finally advanced computing for process control.

Jun 1st 2026

3 Weeks

Sustainability Water Water Quality

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Coursera

University of Manchester

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems (Coursera)

Social Sciences

Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation. We look forward to you joining us. We want to help you develop the skills you need to address this major global challenge of the 21st century.

Jun 8th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Health Water Public Health

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EdX

Purdue University,PurdueX

Computational Watershed Hydrology (edX)

Engineering

Learn how to perform hydrologic analysis and modeling using real observations, geospatial data, and computational tools. Students in this class will learn how to access and process commonly used geospatial and temporal data such as the digital elevation model (DEM), land use, soil, streamflow and precipitation using geographic information systems (GIS).

Jan 10th 2022

13-24 Weeks

Geographic Information Systems GIS Hydrology

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FUN

Grenoble INP

Des rivières et des hommes : hydrologie, hydraulique et géomorphologie (FUN)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences

Comprendre et prévoir le comportement des rivières aménagées est un enjeu essentiel pour protéger les populations et préserver durablement les ressources en eau. Ce cours est illustré par de nombreux cas d'études.

Jan 11th 2022

5-12 Weeks

Water Quality Hydraulics Hydrology

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EdX

LouvainX,Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL

L’eau et les sols - Hydrodynamique des milieux poreux (edX)

Engineering Sci: Physics

Ce cours de spécialisation vous donnera les clés pour comprendre, modéliser et mesurer les processus de transferts de l’eau dans le sol. Comment l’eau de pluie s'infiltre-t-elle dans le sol (et quelle partie ruisselle) ? Quelle est la recharge d’une nappe ? Quelle quantité d’eau un sol peut-il retenir ? Quelle sont les directions des flux de polluants dans un sol ?

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Water Flow Soil

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FutureLearn

The Open University

Elements of Renewable Energy (FutureLearn)

Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences Sci: Environment

Learn how sustainable energy from the Greek elements – Earth, Air, Fire and Water – can replace fossil fuels and nuclear power. In recent decades there’s been increasing global concern about the sustainability of our use of fossil fuels and nuclear power, which has led to increased interest in more sustainable renewable energy sources.

No sessions available

4 Weeks

Earth Sustainability Water

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Saylor Academy

Saylor.org

Marine Biology (saylor.org)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences

Marine Biology is the study of ocean life. As you might expect, life in salt water is vastly different from life in a terrestrial or freshwater environment due to factors like salinity, water circulation, and atmospheric pressure. How, for example, can organisms living in salt water avoid dehydration? How do organisms living in the depths of the ocean handle the immense pressure? How do the environmental factors in marine communities affect biodiversity? How do some animals manage to alternate between the demands of terrestrial life and the demands of marine life? In this course, you will learn the answers to these questions and more. This course will touch on a number of different subfields of biological study (including biochemistry, physiology, zoology, botany, and ecology) within the context of the ocean environment.

Legacy Course

Self-Paced

Biology Water Marine

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FutureLearn

Monash University

Water for Liveable and Resilient Cities (FutureLearn)

Health & Society Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences

Learn how water can be used in the planning of cities to improve liveability in the face of climate change and population growth. Water plays a central role in almost every aspect of our urban environment and quality of life in our cities. Alarmingly, the combined impacts of rapid population growth and climate change are now posing a severe threat to the liveability and resilience of our cities.

No sessions available

5-12 Weeks

Water Climate Change Water Management

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Coursera

University of Colorado System

Cybersecurity Policy for Water and Electricity Infrastructures (Coursera)

Social Sciences

This course will examine the drinking water and electricity infrastructures, and various policies that have been developed to help guide and strengthen their cybersecurity programs. The drinking water and electricity infrastructures are two of fourteen subsectors comprising what are known as "lifeline infrastructure". The 2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan identifies four lifeline infrastructure sectors: 1) water, 2) energy, 3) transportation, and 4) communications. These sectors are designated "lifeline" because many other infrastructures depend upon them.

Jun 1st 2026

4 Weeks

Water Electricity Cybersecurity

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Coursera

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB

Climate Change in Water and Sanitation Utilities (Coursera)

Sci: Environment

The objective of this course is to support urban water and sanitation utilities in transitioning to climate-resilient management by reducing their carbon emissions. This course, consisting of 4 modules, addresses the concept of climate change, its impacts, risks, and actions that can be employed for its mitigation, specifically within water and sanitation utilities. In this context, an introduction to climate financing is provided, explaining how companies can secure funding for projects that yield climate-related benefits.

Jun 8th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Water Climate Change Sanitation

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Coursera

PepsiCo

The Water Cycle (Coursera)

Sci: Environment

In this course, spread over ten modules, participants will learn about: the water cycle; hydrology; groundwater models; human impacts on freshwater ecosystems; water governance; water law; the economics of water infrastructure and scenario planning and municipal water.

Jun 1st 2026

4 Weeks

Water Groundwater Hydrology

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Coursera

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Introduction to Sustainability (Coursera)

Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences

This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and policy, ethics, and cultural history.

Jun 8th 2026

5-12 Weeks

Earth Sustainability Energy

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