UNSW Handbook Course - Groundwater Resource Investigation

Groundwater Resource Investigation - CVEN4503


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: CVEN3501.
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 5 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Review of groundwater occurrence in Australia. Physical properties of groundwater and groundwater occurrence. Principles of groundwater flow. Storage and transmissivity - impacts of groundwater abstraction. Groundwater in the hydrological cycle: flow nets; surface water groundwater interconnectivity. Groundwater modelling. Unsaturated zone flow and calculation of infiltration. Groundwater recharge mechanisms and water balance calculations. Drilling methods for groundwater abstraction; geophysical logging; well design and completion for water production bores. Solutions to the radial flow equation; pumping test interpretation; a program of field work and data analysis will be undertaken at the UNSW Farm in Wellington.

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