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Week |
Class topic(s) |
Readings (D&S) |
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1 8/28 - 9/1 |
Scope of course Groundwater in the hydrologic cycle The subsurface water profile |
1.1 - 1.3 |
|
2 9/4 - 9/8 |
Aquifer properties/geology Darcy's Law |
2.1 - 2.6 |
|
3 9/11 - 9/15 |
Hydraulic conductivity Heterogeneity/Anisotropy <Darcy flow tube experiment> |
3.1 - 3.5 |
|
4 9/18 - 9/22 |
Formulation of the groundwater flow equation Storage properties; Analytical solutions |
4.1 - 4.4 |
|
5 9/25 - 9/29 |
Flow in unconfined aquifers <water levels and gradients at Metzger> |
(not in text) |
|
6 10/2 - 10/6 |
Large-scale flow patterns & groundwater/surfacewater interactions Well hydraulics - steady flow |
5.1 - 5.2 |
|
7 10/9 - 10/13 |
- Fall Break - Unsteady flow to a well - Theis solutionPump tests - Cooper & Jacob solution |
6.2, 6.7 |
|
10/18 |
MID-TERM EXAM (through steady well equations) |
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8 10/16 - 10/20 |
Leaky aquifers, unconfined aquifers Bounded aquifers - superposition of solutions Single-well (slug) tests |
6.3, 6.4 |
|
9 10/22 - 10/27 |
Numerical modeling of groundwater flow <pump test at Metzger> |
7.2 - 7.3 |
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10 10/30 - 11/3 |
USGS groundwater model MODFLOW <computer application of MODFLOW> |
7.4 - 7.5 |
|
11 11/6 - 11/10 |
Groundwater contamination Solute transport processes |
17.1 - 17.2 10.1 - 10.5 |
|
12 11/13 - 11/17 |
Formulation of the transport equation Analytical transport models |
14.1 - 14.3 18.1 |
|
13 11/20 -11/24 |
- Thanksgiving Break - NO CLASS! - |
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14 11/27 - 12/1 |
Groundwater sampling and analyses Aquifer remediation |
17.4, 17.5 20.1 - 20.4 |
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15 12/4 - 12/8 |
Advanced remediation methods/NAPLs <contaminated site remediation field trip> |
19.2, 20.5 - 20.7 |