A qualitative study of groundwater availability and movement, and the development of groundwater as a resource. Included will be pertinent geologic and engineering aspects of groundwater flow and the effect of man on the groundwater regime.
Laboratory includes a field investigation.
The content of this course consists of fundamentals of surface and subsurface water movement and water quality. It is comparable to the standard introductory course in hydrogeology given at most universities and follows the general scope and sequence of topics in the leading undergraduate textbooks on the subject. The first quarter of the course encompasses the hydrologic cycle and surficial water. The remainder of the course is an in-depth study of groundwater. Emphasis is placed on fundamental principles and the physics and mathematics of flow of water through channels and porous media.