Hydrogeology and Environmental Geochemistry (2500218) – Course 2025/26 PDF
Contents
Movement of water in the hydrosphere. Water resources management. The Underground Reservoirs. Recharge, evaluation methods
Specific Objectives
Movement of water in the hydrosphere. The Hydrological Cycle focused on the underground cycle. Water resources and reserves. Joint use of surface and groundwater. Joint management. Artificial recharging. Underground reservoirs. Concepts. Aquifer and aquitard. Groundwater level and piezometric level. Water balance. Evapotranspiration evaluation methods. Calculation of a water balance
Dedication
5h Large group + 7h Self StudyRecharge, evaluation methods Ghyen-Herzberg formulation, variable density, coastal aquifer management intrusion wedge balance calculations
Specific Objectives
Water balance. Evapotranspiration evaluation methods. Calculation of a water balance Understand the fundamental concepts of variable density, the movement of fluids at the land-sea interface, and the management of freshwater resources in coastal aquifers. intrusion wedge balance calculations
Dedication
3h Large group + 3h Medium group + 8h 23m Self StudyWater flow in porous media The Equation of Continuity Flow solutions in porous media 1D Tracing of piezometric surfaces and flow networks
Specific Objectives
Water flow in porous media. Porosity, hydraulic conductivity. Darcy's Law. Heterogeneity and anisotropy. Transmissibility. Continuity Equation. Storage coefficient. Permanent regime and transitional regime. Some particular 1D and 2D solutions. River-aquifer interaction. Equivalent permeability calculation in stratified medium. Flow Networks. Definition. Layout. Qualitative and quantitative interpretation. . Tracing of piezometric surfaces and flow networks
Dedication
3h Large group + 6h Medium group + 4h Laboratory classes + 18h 12m Self StudyBasic concepts on catchment hydraulics Catch hydraulics in transient regime: confined, semi-confined and free aquifers. Interpretation of pumping tests. Graphic methods.
Specific Objectives
Basic concepts on catchment hydraulics. Starting hypothesis. Pumping tests: concept and preparation. Dupuit-Forcheimer hypothesis. Analytical formulas. Catch hydraulics in transient regime: confined, semi-confined and free aquifers. Principle of superposition. Image theory. Interpretation of pumping tests. Graphic methods.
Dedication
3h Large group + 3h Medium group + 8h 23m Self StudyChemical components of groundwater. Parameters that determine the physical, chemical and physico-chemical characteristics of groundwater. Rock-water relationship. Origin. Modifying processes. Piper and Stiff diagrams Chemical analysis. Chemical diagrams
Specific Objectives
Study and management of a chemical analysis. Representation of chemical data. Aquifer pollution. Aquifer pollution. Sources of pollution: landfills, agriculture, toxic waste, others. Accidental spills. Chemical analysis. Chemical diagrams
Dedication
2h Large group + 3h Medium group + 7h Self StudyAdvection, diffusion and dispersion. Formulation of the transport equation as a partial derivative equation (EDP) and its solution using analytical solutions. basic transport calculations
Specific Objectives
Know how to formulate a mass balance of an integrated system and solve it. Know the processes that transport pollutants to groundwater Know how to formulate an EDP for the transport of a pollutant and solve it using analytical methods. understand the basic concepts of advection and dispersion
Dedication
2h Large group + 4h Medium group + 4h Laboratory classes + 14h Self StudyChemical equilibrium, thermodynamic definitions; activity, law of action of masses, mixtures in liquids. Equations and variables of speciation. Operation of speciation codes. Reaction rate, elementary and global reactions, Kinetic laws, mineral kinetics, experimental determination. multicomponent transport calculations
Specific Objectives
Revise the thermodynamic concepts needed to understand other topics of the subject. Know when to use a kinetic or equilibrium approach and know how to work with kinetic laws. Know how to make chemical calculations assuming chemical equilibrium. .
Dedication
4h Large group + 7h Medium group + 15h 24m Self Studyconcepts of biphasic flow unsaturated zone experiments
Specific Objectives
Understand the concepts of air-water flow
Dedication
2h Large group + 2h Laboratory classes + 5h 36m Self Study