CE 424 Schedule   (Subject to minor revisions)

Week

Class topic(s)

Readings (D&S)

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
6.1

7

10/9 - 10/13

- Fall Break -

Unsteady flow to a well - Theis solution
Pump tests - Cooper & Jacob solution

6.2, 6.7

10/18

MID-TERM EXAM (through steady well equations)

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

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! -

 

14

11/27 - 12/1

Groundwater sampling and analyses
Aquifer remediation
17.4, 17.5
20.1 - 20.4

15

12/4 - 12/8

Advanced remediation methods/NAPLs
<contaminated site remediation field trip>

19.2, 20.5 - 20.7


Note: we will not be covering any of Chapters 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 21 of the text