Course Outcomes
Water budgets
Demonstrate knowledge of the hydrologic cycle by creating a basin-scale water budget.
Darcy's law
Evaluate the relationship between grain size, sorting, and hydraulic conductivity using Darcy's Law.
Groundwater level measurements
Produce a potentiometric surface map and water table map for a well field.
Physics of groundwater flow
Evaluate the relationship between mechanical energy, hydraulic head, and force potential.
Flow nets
Construct a flow net to describe groundwater flow.
Aquifer tests
Evaluate different aquifer test methods for calculating aquifer parameters.
Groundwater recharge
Evaluate different methods for estimating groundwater recharge rates.
Groundwater flow paths
Describe groundwater flow paths for confined and unconfined aquifers.
Basin hydrogeology
Produce a consulting-type report that synthesizes the groundwater resources, flow paths, and aquifer characteristics of a basin.
