HYDRUS Short Course
August 30 - September 1 2021
ProgramMonday: August 30, 2021
9:00 - 12:00

HYDRUS short course

12:00 - 13:00

lunch break

13:00 – 17:00

HYDRUS short course

Tuesday: August 31, 2021
9:00 - 12:00

HYDRUS short course

12:00 - 13:00

lunch break

13:00 – 17:00

HYDRUS short course

Wednesday: September 1, 2021
9:00 - 12:00

HYDRUS short course

12:00 - 13:00

lunch break

13:00 - 17:00

HYDRUS short course

15 min breaks are scheduled within each morning and afternoon session.

Advanced modeling of water flow and contaminant transport inporous media using the HYDRUS software packages
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1:
Lecture 1:
Lecture 2.

Vadose zone flow and transport modeling: An overview.
The HYDRUS-1D software for simulating one-dimensionalvariably-saturated water flow and solute transport.
Computer session 1: HYDRUS-1D: Infiltration of water into a one-dimensional soilprofile.
Lecture 3:
On the characterization and measurement of the hydraulicproperties of unsaturated porous media.
Lecture 4:
Application of the finite element method to variably-saturated
water flow and solute transport.
Computer session 2: HYDRUS-1D: Water flow and solute transport in a layered soilprofile.
Lecture 5:
Inverse modeling; application of HYDRUS-1D to laboratory
and field experiments.
Computer session 3: HYDRUS-1D: One- and multi-step outflow experiments.

Day 2:
Lecture 6a:
Lecture 6b:Computer session 4:
Computer session 5:
Computer session 6:
Computer session 7:

Application of the finite element method to 2D variablysaturated water flow and solute transport.
HYDRUS (2D/3D) software for simulating two- and threedimensional variably-saturated water flow and solute transport.
HYDRUS (2D/3D): Subsurface line source.
HYDRUS (2D/3D): Furrow infiltration with a solute pulse.
HYDRUS (2D/3D): Flow and transport in a transect to astream.
HYDRUS (2D/3D): Three-Dimensional Water Flow and SoluteTransport.

Day 3:
Lecture 7:
Computer session 8:
Lecture 8:
Computer session 9:
Lecture 9:

Preferential and Nonequilibrium Flow and Transport.
HYDRUS-1D: Nonequilibrium Flow and Transport.
Coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy.
HYDRUS-1D: Coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy.
Overview of multicomponent biogeochemical transportmodeling using the HYDRUS computer software packages,e.g., with the UNSATCHEM, HP1, and Wetland Modules.
Computer session 10: HYDRUS-1D: Modeling Salinity with H1D.
Computer session 11: UNSATCHEM: Modeling Salinity with UNSATCHEM.
General session:
Other applications and future plans with HYDRUS.

HPx (HYDRUS/PHREEQC) Short Course
September 2 - 3 2021
ProgramThursday: September 2, 2021
9:00 - 12:00

HYDRUS/HP1 short course

12:00 - 13:00

lunch break

13:00 – 17:00

HYDRUS/HP1 short course

Friday: September 3, 2021
9:00 - 12:00

HYDRUS/HP1 short course

12:00 - 13:00

lunch break

13:00 – 17:00

HYDRUS/HP1 short course

15 min breaks are scheduled within each morning and afternoon session.

Advanced modeling of water flow and biogeochemical transportin porous media using the HPx software packages
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1:
Lecture 1:
Computer session 1:
Computer session 2:
Computer session 3:
Lecture 2:
Computer session 4:

Biogeochemical equilibrium modeling
Introduction of PHREEQC
Definition of initial solutions
Examples of reaction path modelingReactive transport in the vadose zone: Examples and approach
Setting up a HPx project – Mineral dissolution/precipitationwaves

Day 2:
Lecture 3:
Computer session 5:
Computer session 6:
Computer session 7:
Lecture 4:
Computer session 8:
Computer session 9:

Surface-related processes: ion exchange and surface
complexation
Ion exchange in PHREEQC
Chromatographic transport of major cations and heavy metals
Surface complexation models for U speciation
Kinetics
Writing kinetic rate equationsFirst-order kinetic PCE degradation network