Textbook: Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology by Patrick A. Domenico and Franklin W. Schwartz, second edition, John Wiley & Sons 1997

Additional reader: Groundwater and Wells by Driscoll, F.G. Johnson Filtration Systems, Inc., 1986

Pre-requisite: GEOL-42067/52067 or special permit

The course is composed of three parts. The first part of the course addresses the methods of quantitative assessment of ground water resources, with the particular emphasis on the use of analytical models, including use of computer software. The second part of the course provides a review of the methods and drilling techniques used in exploring, developing and monitoring ground water resources, including designing construction of monitoring and production well-fields. The third part of the course highlights various techniques of hydrogeological investigations.

The course consists of lectures and a number of problems to be solved by the students at home or in a computer lab. The course grade will be based on the weighted average grades received by the student for the "take-home" problems (30%), the grades received at two mid-term tests (15% each), and the final exam (40%). Both mid-term tests and the final exam are comprehensive. Grading is based on a 0 to 100% scale, with the following grade ranges:

The following is a sequence of the course topics and activities:

1. Introduction
2. Applied hydrogeology; science and technology
3. Porosity and permeability
4. Origins of porosity
5. Ground water movement
6. Darcy's Law
7. Homogeneity/heterogeneity, isotropy/anisotropy
8. Lab testing
9. Grain size distribution and hydraulic conductivity
10. Flow in secondary porosity
11. Flow in vadose zone
12. Elastic properties and flow equations
13. The storage properties of porous media
14. Boundary conditions and flow nets
15. Hydraulic testing: models, methods and applications
16. Modeling concepts
17. Simulation techniques
    
18. Analytical models
19. Diffuse porous systems
20. Fracture flow systems
21. Hydrogeological boundaries
22. Aquifer tests
23. Computer software
24. Mid-term #1
25. Well technology
26. Drilling methods
27. Cable-tool drilling
28. Rotary methods
29. Other drilling techniques
30. Production wells, observation and monitoring wells
31. Well construction design
32. Grain-size distribution and size-frequency curves
33. Artificial and natural-pack production wells
34. Casing and screens
35. Well production tests
36. Specific capacity data
37. Principles of designing of well systems
38. Production well-field
39. Monitoring networks
40. Mid-term #2
41. Methods for hydrogeological investigations
42. Surface investigations
43. Geological
    
44. Hydrochemical
45. Geophysical
46. Subsurface and down-hole methods
47. Hydrogeological maps
48. Computer programs
49. Mid-term #3 (optional)
50. Current and future trends in hydrogeology
51. Professional organizations and employment
52. Final exam