The technical content of this chapter is important to the professional hydrologist, but practice is not confined to making technical decisions. The intent of this discussion question is to show that hydrologists must often address situations where value issues intermingle with the technical aspects of a project. In discussing the staled problem, at a minimum include responses to the following questions:
1. What value issues are involved, and how are they in conflict?
2. Are technical issues related to the value issues? If so. in what way are the technical issues in conflict with the value issues?
3. If the hydrologist attempted to rationalize the situation, what rationalizations might he or she use? Provide arguments to suggest why the excuses represent rationalization.
4. What are the hydrologist’s alternative courses of action? Identify all alternatives, regardless of the ethical implications.
5. How should the conflict be resolved?
You may want to review Sections 1.6 to 1.12 in Chapter 1 in responding to the problem statement.
Case. A hydrologist is hired as a consultant on a legal case. A small shopping mall, behind which is a stream, was flooded. The owners of the stores in the mall sue the owners of a large arena that was built 5 years earlier upstream of the mall. The arena has a large
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