Groundwater hydrology. Flow in satured and insatured porous media. Infiltration. Well hydraulics in steady state. Groundwater pollution and vulnerability assessment. Groundwater modeling techniques. Introduction to MODFLOW code.
Todd DK, Mays LW. Groundwater Hydrology, 3rd Edition, Wiley
Custodio E, Llamas MR. Idrologia Sotterranea, Dario Flaccovio Editore
Civita M. Idrogeologia Applicata e ambientale, CEA
Learning Objectives
To provide the advanced professional knowledges in the field of groundwater exploitation.
Prerequisites
Principles of Geology and Engineering Geology. description of flow in satured porous media (Darcy' law).
Teaching Methods
Lectures with use of blackboard and PC video-projector. Field trip. Use of software in computer room.
Further information
Attendance of lectures is strongly recommended
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
Part I
Principles of groundwater hydrology: permeability, transmissivity, storage. General equation of flow in satured porous media, Laplace's eq, flow nets, graphic solution. Infiltration, Richards' eq. Empiric solutions for infiltration. Green-Ampt method. Groundwater and well hydraulics in steady state. Dupuit-Forcheimer conditions. Complete wells in confined and unconfined aquifers. Thiem's eq, Dupuit's eq. Assessment of groundwater pollution risk and vulnerability. DRASTIC and SINTACS methods.
Part II
Introduction to groundwater modeling. MODFLOW and ModelMuse (GUI). Modeling grid, layers, object, data-sets. 2D and 3D modeling approaches for the steady state. Resolution of case-studies in MODFLOW/ModelMuse.